http://www.johnmortell.com A blog about whatever comes to mind Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:13:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Al Gore speaking in DC at an environment conference 7.17.08: http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/07/22/he-makes-it-sound-so-easy/ Classic celebrity deathmatch: http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/07/16/al-gore-vs-weird-al/ Librivox is an volunteer organisation devoted to putting up various public domain books in audio form. While I know that audio recordings aren't for everyone, its still quite useful for the like of me who travel a bit and yet can't always read while doing so. Currently I'm downloading their ... http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/07/09/librivox/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/07/06/memes-and-their-role-in-hijacking-our-brains/ Interesting video, and while there's nothing in it that many haven't heard before (Jonathan Hickman's 'The Nightly News' comes to mind as a source of such discussions) it is still interesting to see such a big name talking about such things: http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/07/03/bill-moyers-address-the-national-conference-for-media-reform-in-minneapolis-june-7-2008/ ... Is the one that John Power (one of the lads from school) seems to be taking these days. Didn't realise that he was blogging until I bumped into him in a Borders book store in Boston. He has a lot of interesting commentary so take a look. http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/07/02/a-measured-view/ I'm going to try write a post on my experience of the U.S and finishing college the next day or two. In the meantime, back to video-blogging: http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/07/02/the-flintstones/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/06/30/jon-stewart-waterboards-a-muppet/ To try and express how disappointed I am is difficult. Yet the fact that having made the decision to go that I feel a lot happier says a lot. Frankly this week and a day that I was in Boston has been the worst of my life. Or at least ... http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/06/19/going-home-2/ Boston's been a bit of a disaster, currently unemployed and homeless. can't travel easily either. anyone know anything that could help get in touch please! http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/06/18/fuck/