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Within a winter. Photograph by Andrew Stephen Goodrich.

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:54:00 -0800

Within a winter.

tsunafishy: youranonnews: ACTA in a Nutshell – What is...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:05:14 -0800

youranonnews:

ACTA in a Nutshell –

What is ACTA? ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well.

Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting “Internet distribution and information technology.”

What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries’ law enforcement agencies.

Essential ACTA Resources -

Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheet

Read the authentic version of the ACTA text as of 15 April 2011, as finalized by participating countries here: ACTA Finalized Text

Follow the history of the treaty’s formation here: ACTA history

Read letters from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wherein he challenges the constitutionality of ACTA: Letter 1 | Letter 2 | Read the Administration’s Response to Wyden’s First Letter here: Response

Watch a short informative video on ACTA: ACTA Video

Watch a lulzy video on ACTA: Lulzy Video

Say NO to ACTA. It is essential to spread awareness and get the word out on ACTA.

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"…the universe is vast and senseless, capable of doling out horror and beauty in random..."

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:48:37 -0800

“…the universe is vast and senseless, capable of doling out horror and beauty in random increments.”

- Letter from the Editor: …And to All a Good Night by Jeff Giles

Found sound: dripping sink at a coffee shop in LA.

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:31:46 -0800

Found sound: dripping sink at a coffee shop in LA.

On this, the first day of winter, I’ll post my favorite...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:35:09 -0800

On this, the first day of winter, I’ll post my favorite video about autumn. My friend Mattie found it a year or two ago, and as soon as I watched it, it tugged my vulnerable heart-strings. It manages to capture a fleeting and ineffable feeling we’ve all felt at one point or another…and it does so quickly and (seemingly) effortlessly.

Nature simply amazes me. The colors in this hotspring...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:49:00 -0800

Nature simply amazes me. The colors in this hotspring (Yellowstone National Park) are created by different bacteria that thrive in specific temperature ranges. So, as the water cools as it moves away from the center, the colors change.

Photograph by Andrew Stephen Goodrich

Self Pop Tart is my favorite new thing today.

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:43:17 -0800

Self Pop Tart is my favorite new thing today.

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Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:57:15 -0800

"I think it’s really interesting that I brought the price so close to stealing and made the movie so..."

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:08:12 -0800

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I think it’s really interesting that I brought the price so close to stealing and made the movie so easy to get and made it so clear that it’s a human offering that it sparked a debate about pirating.

[T]o steal from someone and not feel bad, you either have to be a sociopath or view the act differently. One way is to remove “Someone” from the equation. You’re not stealing from a person. Big companies do a lot to help people view them as less than human. I heard a speech by Noam Chomsky who said that corporations are like super humans. They cannot be hurt like a human can and they never die. They are not susceptible to scrutiny or accountability. this makes them more profitable. If companies want to enjoy these benefits to some degree they have to live with what else comes with being not human. you miss out on compassion, forgiveness, camaraderie, empathy, trust all kinds of shit.

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- Louis C.K.—who made his latest album available for download for only $5 on his website—making an excellent point about internet piracy and corporate personhood (from his Reddit AMA thread)

Wave sequence. Highway One. California. Photograph by Andrew...

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:12:00 -0800

Wave sequence.

Highway One. California.

Photograph by Andrew Stephen Goodrich.

"Lose this day loitering—‘twill be the same story Tomorrow—and the next more..."

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:21:14 -0800

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Lose this day loitering—‘twill be the same story

Tomorrow—and the next more dilatory;

Each indecision brings its own delays,

And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days.

Are you in earnest? seize this very minute—

Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Only engage, and then the mind grows heated—

Begin it, and the the work will be completed!

”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Faust

Do Small Things

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:19:00 -0800

Do small things. Trust me.

Some of us get so over or underwhelmed by our ideas, dreams, and goals that we end up making no progress towards them. Some ideas are so big that they are daunting to even begin. Some ideas are so mundane as to be seen as unimportant to begin today. Some ideas are so complicated or advanced that we feel intimidated or unworthy of beginning. Just do something. Do some small thing. The smallest manageable thing that you can do. Because oftentimes it’s enough. And you’ll feel so much better about yourself.

Water seeps from a decommissioned mine near the old Ironton...

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:43:00 -0800

Water seeps from a decommissioned mine near the old Ironton townsite in western Colorado.

Photographs by Andrew Stephen Goodrich.

Los Angeles. 2011. Photograph by Andrew Stephen Goodrich. Los...

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:02:00 -0800

Los Angeles.

2011.

Photograph by Andrew Stephen Goodrich.

Los Angeles is full of awkward absurdities. Anyone who has ever made “Hollywood” a vacation destination must know. The fact is that Hollywood itself is nothing more than the name of a subdivision (the sign once read “Hollywoodland”). The fact that Hollywood as most people know it, the famed sidewalks with stars embedded (the imagery is almost too perfect: us pedestrians treading on the celebrated), is dirty like the streets of the French Quarter, lined with homeless and reeking youth. So many of us dream of heading West, an illusory Promise. But the fact is that dreams come to L.A. to die. Our roads are sliding into the ocean. Tar and natural gas bubble up from the ground along Miracle Mile, sinking the streets. Every waitress is an ‘actress’; everybody here to prove something to somebody because they heard this was the place to get it done. Meanwhile, these quiet, leftover places surround the city. Looming. Watching. Waiting to move in.

Wish I had a photo credit for this. If anyone knows, please let...

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:31:56 -0800

Wish I had a photo credit for this. If anyone knows, please let me know so that I can add…

"These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into..."

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:07:02 -0800

“These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”

Etch that last line into your mind forever: “It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.”

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Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:52:09 -0800

Probably one of the worst e-mails from a company ever.

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:28:46 -0800

Probably one of the worst e-mails from a company ever.

If this doesn’t leave you feeling insignificant (in the...

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:55:29 -0800

If this doesn’t leave you feeling insignificant (in the best way) and in utter awe of our natural world, you might be dead. Check your pulse.

HDR timelapse by Dustin Farrell

Tappi Tíkarrass - Dúkkulísur - Björk This pretty much blew my...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:20:39 -0800

Tappi Tíkarrass - Dúkkulísur - Björk

This pretty much blew my mind when I saw it. Björk performing when she was just a little girl. She’s got stage presence even at that age, sure, but when she starts singing about 1:30 in?! Dear lord! Some people are just born to do this stuff. Others will live their entire lives trying to live up to them.

I’d love to hear more recordings of her at this age.