Birthdays

They rock.

Need to know

Here is a picture that needs to be seen.

Orthodox Jews from the Naturei Karta group protesting IDF operations in Gaza during a march in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Not everyone in Israel supports their country’s policy on Palestine or the current invasion. Make of that what you will.

Reformating

I’m messing around with a new format, trying stuff out.

Flattery

They say that immitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Of course, when you’re in the world of academia they also tell you that’s the most heinous a human being can commit. But, if nothing else, I suppose it says that you think the person whom you are immitating can do something better than you can, of does something better than you would think to do it.

I find myself immitating Jared Flood, a knitwear designer from Brooklyn. He is my favourite designer (of things to knit), and I have a number of his designs in my queue. He also takes the best pictures of his knits I have ever seen, ever. So i’m trying to copy his style. Perhaps if I can mimic his photography, my knits will become as good as his.

Shut up, it could work.

Too much internet?

I’m wondering if I have too much internet. By which I mean if I have too much of an online presence – too many profiles and site memberships. That I use regularly, I have this blog, a Facebook account, an account on Humble Voice (an art sharing site), My Happy Planet (a language learning community), and Flickr, as well as two knitting communites – Men Who Knit, and Ravelry, not to mention Textkit, my Latin and Greek community. The website i’m learning Icelandic through requires a profile, and I have one on YouTube and a few forum boards I don’t use any more, and I think Blogger.

I’m wondering if I have too much of it. Is it a good idea to have all those profiles, all those little fragments of information about oneself floating around in cyberspace? Should I delete extemporaneous accounts and profiles, or does it even matter now?