http://www.briancharlesclark.com A Journal of the Irrepressible Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:08:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An article on Xark! claims that writing for the Web is a "new form of writing": We all learned to write in more or less the same way: Beginning, middle, end; Subject, predicate, object; Thesis, antithesis, synthesis. Beyond consisting of three items, each of these approaches shares another common theme: Inclusion.... ... http://www.briancharlesclark.com/a-new-form-of-writing/ Another flute has been discovered in Germany. Like similar instruments found in caves in Germany, this one is thought to be around 35,000 years old. From today's New York Times: At least 35,000 years ago, in the depths of the last ice age, the sound of music filled a cave in ... http://www.briancharlesclark.com/ancient-bone-flute/ My friend Jayme Jacobson is an amazing artist who has just illustrated a story by Ken O'Donnel. The story involves Eclectons, an invention of Jayme's - characters made from recycled paper and plastic, stuff you'd normally not give a second thought. In Jayme's hands, tough, junk gets a second life. ... http://www.briancharlesclark.com/birth-of-a-rebel/ Jay Greathouse has been telling me for years - nay, decades! - that the end is near. Because I'm sympatico with conspiracy theories, I keep listening. But, somehow, the agro-industrial complex keeps chugging along, as it has for the past few tens of thousands of years. The one thing we can ... http://www.briancharlesclark.com/the-impending-collapse-of-everything/ WINO magazine, the wine news and review mag published in Seattle, has been running a Higher Learning column written by yours truly since issue one. They've recently pulled all my pieces together into a single page on the WINO blog, complete with spiffy new headlines. http://www.briancharlesclark.com/higher-learning-at-wino/ I love the design and technique in this chalkboard animated video for the Aussie band Firekites. It was made by Lucinda Schreiber. I like the song, too, so much so that I ordered the album. Firekites - AUTUMN STORY - chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo. http://www.briancharlesclark.com/chalkboard-animation/ PBS has just launched a video portal featuring full-length PBS programs for online viewing, all in one place. More than 150 hours of full-length episodes, from iconic PBS programs, are currently available, with more content being added every week. The new portal was officially launched at midnight last night. It ... http://www.briancharlesclark.com/pbs-video-portal/ My sister just sent a link to this fabulous video of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" played and sung by musicians from all over the world. Awesome song! Awesome video. When the African women's chorus kicked in, me and KJ fell into each other's arms, tears streaming. Beauty, ey! ... http://www.briancharlesclark.com/stand-by-me/ A couple weeks ago I wrote about a couple pieces of federal legislation that folks were getting up in arms about, saying they would "ban organic farming." As I pointed out, the bloggers writing about the bills were, at best, misreading and perhaps deliberately using scare tactics in order to ... http://www.briancharlesclark.com/food-bills-coming-due/ Very cool! It's getting toward the end of Ada Lovelace Day (which is at least 48 hours long, counting date lines and all that weirdness that only a female techie can understand), and there are so far over 800 posts listed here. I keep hoping to see them on the ... http://www.briancharlesclark.com/ada-lovelace-day-posts/