Rainy Sunday
It’s very early morning in Sweden, and raining again. I’ll soon go swimming - I want to be in the pool early today.
Greg Franklin had a Mahler Sunday and writes a great review of Mahler’s Symphony No.3.
Andrea posted some beautiful pictures of rainbows.
~fletk links scientists discover second brain in stomach. The article is not very specific. But the idea is interesting - it suggests yet another way that hardcore AI ideas about building brains are insufficient.
In these enlightened times, sister may be doing it for themselves. But the technology of orgasm has a long history. Via abuddasMemes
Cam links to a Salon article by people who seem very surprised and a little scared because IKEA sells lots of stuff.
I actually share their concerns about mega-chains pushing the same cool crap everywhere - but I do find it rather ironic that Americans find the IKEA concept so frightening. Of course, IKEA does have decades of experience with a special, rather utopic social engineering kind of vision: “let’s create a Good Society where everyone can afford to buy the right things”. Being Swedish, I dislike that kind of stuff but take it for granted.
BTW - I am very suspicious of recent attempts to portray consumerism as the true political activism, too. Being aware of what you buy is fine - but it surely takes more to get a better society.