upon coming home tonight, i found a large envelope from xs4all (my ISP) leaned against the door of my apartment. felt like there was a t-shirt inside and sure enough there was. the included letter referred to my recent switch to a xs4all only subscription (ADSL without having to pay a fee to the former […]

summer is approaching and that means a seasonal increase in african migrants who try to reach Lampedusa, Sicily or Malta from the coasts of Libya and Tunisia. As in the last couple of years lots of them manage to reach these island outposts that have come to be the most accessible edges of the European […]

lawrence gave a pretty amazing presentation on ‘what can be learned from asian cinema?‘ at piratecinema on sunday morning. his general point was how new forms of distribution (read shameless copying) slowly lead to another form of aesthetic/cinematorgaphic practice in asia (or to be less general china & india). towards the end he showed a […]

there are two articles about the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) in the spring 2007 issue of بدون/bidoun. the second one (‘let them eat laptops’ (p72ff.) – not available online) is a relatively serious email discussion about the merits of the project between a couple of academics. the other article ‘glory‘ by kenyan writer Binyavanga […]

one of the things that has always fascinated me about borders is the way they structure the local economies of adjacent regions. people one the one side suddenly start selling ridiculous amounts of all kind of things that are not available – or much more expensive – on the other side. particularly vivid examples of […]