http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ DJ's back pages en Vox Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:48:19 +0000 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/stuart-candy-at-long-now-london.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/stuart-candy-at-long-now-london.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/stuart-candy-at-long-now-london.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:48:19 +0000 Stuart Candy, of the Hawaii Center for Future Studies and Fellow of Long Now Foundation was speaking this evening at a Long Now London meetup. The Clock of the Long Now is not so much about building a clock as building a culture around the clock.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/stuart-candy-at-long-now-london.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21901101636afea860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> event long now http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/dickens-1-nostradamus-0.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/dickens-1-nostradamus-0.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/dickens-1-nostradamus-0.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:50:06 +0000 Classy piece of journalism a few days ago from the mighty Music Week Friday December 19, 2008 By Alan Jones It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...little did Charles Dickens know when he penned the opening line of his classic Tale ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/dickens-1-nostradamus-0.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f219010981581d5b000d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> journalism charles dickens http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/favourite-actresses.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/favourite-actresses.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/favourite-actresses.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:34:40 +0000 Because Andy was too polite to tag anyone. Because it's Friday evening. Because I'm on my second large whisky. And because I'd never given much thought to my favourite actresses before, here is a list of them: Gloria Grahame Veronica Lake Holly ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/favourite-actresses.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f2190109d073912e000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> film cinema actress http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/carbon-comparisons.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/carbon-comparisons.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/carbon-comparisons.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:49:59 +0100 The carbon footprint of Facebook is half that of New York City (per capita) -- source The carbon footprint of a Second Life avatar is the same as that of an average Brazilian -- source: Ian Mulvany (or a Mexican, according to Paul Sanders) The c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/carbon-comparisons.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa96a5ca310003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> green energy carbon footprint http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/earth-from-above.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/earth-from-above.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/earth-from-above.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:56:51 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225205e14f2190100a8013123000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225205e14f2190100a8013123000e-50si" alt="Sheep flocking, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Incredible set of photographs by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, courtesy of The Boston Globe/Boston.com. Aiming to inspire people to think globally about sustainable living, Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing unique views of our planet, seen from the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/earth-from-above.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fad6b26ae70005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photography yann arthus-bertrand http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/a-sense-of-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/a-sense-of-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/a-sense-of-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:09:52 +0100 I made myself my usual Saturday morning double espresso today, got my pencil and prepared to get stuck into David Allen's Getting Things Done: How to Achieve Stress-free Productivity , making notes as I went. I got waylaid on my way to the kitche... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/a-sense-of-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa969bb3250002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> getting things done time management bill drummond k foundation http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:56:27 +0100 Here's a bunch of books I have bought in the last few weeks: Bill Drummond -- The 17 Murray Bookchin -- Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm Tim Etchells -- The Broken World Dan & Chip Heath -- Made to Stick: Why Som... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa969493400002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/music-can-stop-warmongers-and-torturers-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/music-can-stop-warmongers-and-torturers-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/music-can-stop-warmongers-and-torturers-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:05:41 +0100 ...at least if the royalties they charge for use of their material are high enough to make torture uneconomic. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/music-can-stop-warmongers-and-torturers-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa9685d4c40002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music torture war royalties http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/notes-on-cider.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/notes-on-cider.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/notes-on-cider.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:21:11 +0100 Lucy and I had a holiday in the Cornwall and Devon at the end of last month and beginning of this one (photos). In the Truro Sainsbury's on the way down I opted to eschew the usual selection of bitter for what seemed like a good range of ciders. T... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/notes-on-cider.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa96801dc70003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cider west country http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/denied-an-opportunity-to-moan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/denied-an-opportunity-to-moan.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/denied-an-opportunity-to-moan.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:59:53 +0100 So, I've been with with Vodafone for nine and a half years, and increasingly pissed off with how the deals they advertise to new customers are so much better than those available to loyal customers. The occasion of leaving them, then, offers an op... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/denied-an-opportunity-to-moan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fad691a2f60005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> complaint iphone