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• The Indexed Phobia List confirms that “ambulo” and “thanato” are good roots to use in my zombie-phobia neologism. (And Dictionary.com confirms that “ambulo” is the preferred prefix in the phobia realm for “walking”.)
• Little piece off bit-tech.net on “Why Web 2.0 will end your privacy” (at least, your privacy as you know it … spime-watch anyone?)
• Via TUAW: Painter’s Picker is the new mandatory system-wide OS X plug-in. Download it. Now! I mean it!
• A List Apart: The Four-Day Week Challenge
• Keep checking back: one Seattle family tries living car-free for a year
  • SIDE NOTE: Interesting to note here who their audience is. Let’s (safely?) assume that they’re trying to reach people in their same demographic: middle-class white polluters families. There are plenty of working-class folk living in urban areas that are already practicing this lifestyle - - and not by choice. But hey, let’s hope their message reaches at least some of the folks they’re trying to reach.

  currently playing: Faith No More “Caralho Voador”

Still not sure what he means by [tag]spime[/tag] (is spime the meme of ‘06?) but [tag]Bruce Sterling[/tag] is a heroic nexus. The first image in this series blows my mind. It’s almost like it says: I traveled 2500 miles to sit on an [tag]inflatable couch[/tag] and chat IM with friends that live 3500 miles away from me. When they’re sitting right next to me. And we’re not even going to listen to the same music. But I might Rendezvous Bonjour his tunes.

If evolution still applied to human beings, our vocal chords would be the next thing to go.