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"“Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.” “Yes,..."

Wed, 30 May 2012 22:14:46 +0200

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“Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.”
“Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it.”

Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it’s a game, all right — I’ll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren’t any hot-shots, then what’s a game about it? Nothing. No game.

”

- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Tradicionalmente han existido dos tipos de objetos: consumibles y herramientas. Mientras los...

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:57:35 +0200

Tradicionalmente han existido dos tipos de objetos: consumibles y herramientas. Mientras los consumibles, como la comida, no podían volver a usarse una vez cumplían su fin, las herramientas eran diseñadas para poder ser arregladas y perfeccionadas, de tal manera que pudiéramos maximizar su uso y estas fueran heredadas a través de generaciones.

Pero llegó la sociedad de consumo. Las herramientas pasaron a ser objetos consumibles, objetos con un número limitado de usos que pronto quedan obsoletos o se estropean. La basura se acumula en interminables vertederos tecnológicos mientras las necesidades creadas no hacen más que proliferar entre las sociedades occidentales. Las herramientas ya no cumplen un fin mediante su uso, son un fin en si mismas.

El objetivo no es crear una herramienta para cumplir un fin, es crear un fin para una nueva herramienta que pronto se desechará.

Quiero un móvil nuevo.

"An android doesn’t care what happens to another android. That’s one of the indications we look for."

Mon, 07 May 2012 01:47:33 +0200

“An android doesn’t care what happens to another android. That’s one of the indications we look for.”

- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick

by Claudio Rodriguez Valdes

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:48:55 +0200

by Claudio Rodriguez Valdes

We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody...

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:31:11 +0200

We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.

"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not..."

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:15:14 +0100

“Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.”

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"“My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression,” Iran..."

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:01:43 +0100

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“My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression,” Iran said.

“What? Why did you schedule that?” It defeated the whole purpose of the mood organ. “I didn’t even know you could set it for that,” he said gloomily.

”

- Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"We all know the story. Virginal girl, pure and sweet, trapped in the body of a swan. She desires..."

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:39:15 +0100

“We all know the story. Virginal girl, pure and sweet, trapped in the body of a swan. She desires freedom but only true love can break the spell. Her wish is nearly granted in the form of a prince, but before he can declare his love her lustful twin, the black swan, tricks and seduces him. Devastated the white swan leaps of a cliff killing herself and, in death, finds freedom.”

- Black Swan (2010)

"Breakfast is the only meal of the day that I tend to view with the same kind of traditionalized..."

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:25:22 +0100

““Breakfast is the only meal of the day that I tend to view with the same kind of traditionalized reverence that most people associate with Lunch and Dinner. I like to eat breakfast alone, and almost never before noon; anybody with a terminally jangled lifestyle needs at least one psychic anchor every twenty-four hours, and mine is breakfast. In Hong Kong, Dallas or at home — and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed — breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half-pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chiles, a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert… Right, and there should also be two or three newspapers, all mail and messages, a telephone, a notebook for planning the next twenty-four hours and at least one source of good music… All of which should be dealt with outside, in the warmth of a hot sun, and preferably stone naked.””

- Hunter S. Thompson, via Tom’s Things

Winter’s Bone (2010)

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:32:55 +0100

Winter’s Bone (2010)

"(…) I realised that our entire society is a network of safety nets: emergency services at the..."

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:27:26 +0100

“(…) I realised that our entire society is a network of safety nets: emergency services at the end of a phone line; health and safety in workplaces; friends; family; lovers. All there, if something goes wrong, part of a carefully designed structure to prevent all but the most mundane of emotions.”

- Penumbra: Overture (2007)

"He worked his ruler and his compass. He inferred. He deduced. He scrutinized the fall of an apple,..."

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:13:24 +0100

“He worked his ruler and his compass. He inferred. He deduced. He scrutinized the fall of an apple, the twisting of metal orbs hanging from a thread. He was searching for the Princess, and he would not stop until he found her, for he was hungry. He cut rats into pieces to examine their brains, implanted tungsten posts into the skulls of water-starved monkeys.”

- Braid

"I meet someone, learn their name, say a word, they’re gone. Others come like waves. Rise,..."

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:59:21 +0100

“I meet someone, learn their name, say a word, they’re gone. Others come like waves. Rise, fall. Ripples in a wheat field, blown by the wind.”

- The Man from Earth (2007)

"The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That’s..."

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:27:51 +0100

“The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That’s where we come in. We’re computer professionals. We cause accidents.”

- Nathaniel Borenstein, 1991

"People who make us happy are never the people you expect."

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:51:06 +0100

“People who make us happy are never the people you expect.”

- Skins 3x06

Series recomendadas I

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:11:38 +0200

A continuación una lista de series actualmente en emisión en EE.UU. que estoy viendo y recomiendo. La lista no está en ningún orden en particular y los enlaces del título dirigen al correspondiente hilo en MediaVida donde podéis encontrar más información (y quizás algunos enlaces desde los que poder seguir esas series).

Como aclaración, estas no son ni todas las series que estoy viendo ni todas las que recomiendo, solo una selección de series que ahora mismo se encuentran en emisión. La lista se encuentra libre de “spoilers” y quien sabe si más adelante dedicaré más atención a alguna serie en particular.

Boardwalk Empire

El genial Steve Bulscemi encabeza el reparto de esta trama de gangsters en plenos años 20, cuando la prohibición del alcohol ayudó a la mafia a alzarse, todo bajo la batuta de Martin Scorsese como productor y director del episodio piloto.

Sons of Anarchy

Tercera temporada de las andanzas de los moteros de SAMCRO. “Sons of Anarchy” es el nombre de una banda de moteros dedicada al tráfico de armas que lucha por mantener el control del pueblecito de Charming.

Fringe

También tercera temporada para esta serie de sucesos paranormales en la que seguimos las andanzas de Olivia Dunham, una agente del FBI que debe investigar casos muy extraños tras cruzarse con Walter Bishop, una suerte de “científico loco” cuyos experimentos en el pasado le llevaron a un manicomo y su hijo, Peter Bishop.

Mad Men

El buque insignia de la cadena AMC vuelve en su cuarta temporada. En esta serie seguimos las andanzas de Don Draper, creativo de una empresa de publicidad de Nueva York en los inicios de los años 60. Exitosa y genial producción que nos muestra un punto de vista bastante desconocido de como se vivió aquella década.

Rubicon

Una trama de espías más realista de lo habitual, este estreno nos pone en la piel de Will Travers, un analista de inteligencia que descubre una conspiración. Una historia que nos aleja del estereotipo de los espías presentado por James Bond y nos presenta el trabajo al que se enfrentan los analistas de inteligencia a la hora de trabajar con información privilegiada para intentar averiguar lo que está por suceder.

The Event

Presentada como la sucesora de Lost un misterioso suceso de origen paranormal destapa una trama para asesinar al presidente de los EE.UU. Un nuevo thriller que nos dejará en cada capítulo con ganas de saber más sobre la trama que, por ahora, va cumpliendo con las expectativas y no deja demasiados cabos sueltos.

Día de desfiles militares; aunque pocos tienen tanto groove como...

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 03:00:54 +0200

Día de desfiles militares; aunque pocos tienen tanto groove como los norcoreanos.

Happy 10/10/10 !!

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:54:09 +0200

101010 is 42 in binary.

42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything.

In the ASCII code, the decimal 42 corresponds to the glyph * , which usually represents “everything”.

The palindrome (and binary complement) of 10/10/10 is 01/01/01 , the first day of the 21st century. 010101 is 21 in binary, half of 42.

Kuriositas: Cool Han Solo Graffiti

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:25:06 +0200

Kuriositas: Cool Han Solo Graffiti

Jeb Corliss wing-suit demo (via jebcorliss)

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:50:53 +0200

Jeb Corliss wing-suit demo (via jebcorliss)