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 TangibleMotion ― http://tangiblemotion.com

Current events and original short fiction. Good writing. Good reading.

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Listed: Mar 18, 2011

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Foiled by His Favorite Quote

Tangible Motion ― A Green party candidate in Vancouver resigned after his favorite quote on his facebook profile was revealed. It read: “If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it!” Another reminder that nothing you put on the Internet is private. Can...

Tags: Aside, A Rare Occasion When Canadian Politics Got Interesting, Internet, Privacy

TangibleMotion ― 15 Apr, 11

Ron Paul Is Selling His House on the Internet!

Tangible Motion ― Ron Paul’s reputation in social media networks is bent to a different purpose today. His house went up for sale on the Internet. See it for yourself. It is interesting to note that USA today’s headline reads, Ron Paul sells his Texas...

Tags: Aside, Facebook, Internet, Ron Paul

TangibleMotion ― 15 Apr, 11

The Sixteenth Century Version of Fox News

Tangible Motion ― Have a laugh at modern contemporary comparisons while reading about the history of copyright: Under its auspices, and purporting to control the production of religious materials, the British government granted the exclusive right to publish ...

Tags: Aside, Authorship, Copyright Law, The Stationer's Company, The Statute Of Anne

TangibleMotion ― 15 Apr, 11

The Masters of Data

Tangible Motion ― “Standing at the shore of this overwhelming sea, instead of trying to swallow it all in, the new masters of information skim across it, picking out things from all over, and diving in deep only when necessary. Maybe more importantly, the ...

Tags: Excerpt, Internet, Masters Of Data, Reading, Toronto Standard, Web

TangibleMotion ― 14 Apr, 11

Documentary Heaven; Soviet Cosmonauts.

Tangible Motion ― Documentary Heaven is a gold mine for all you doc junkies out there. The site provides links to quality streams, funded by donations and the kind of ads that don’t make you want to smash your laptop in a modern-day Clash reenactment. Recent...

Tags: Aside, Documentary Heaven, Google, Yuri Gagarin

TangibleMotion ― 14 Apr, 11

Reality, Fiction, and the Suspension of Disbelief

Tangible Motion ― A Reality Stranger than Fiction These days it is hard, with a reality so insanely captivating, to imagine a stranger fiction. Suppose a particularly sensitive and perceptive man emerges today from a three-month sabbatical in seclusion. Suppose ...

Tags: Essay, Feature, 2011, Ain't Gonna Pee Pee My Bed Tonight, Essay, Fiction

TangibleMotion ― 9 Apr, 11

On the Miracle of Human Flight

Tangible Motion ― This is a clip of comedian Louis C.K. on Conan, back when he still had a talk show on NBC. Louis talks about how amazing life is today, and how little people appreciate it. It never gets old. On the miracle of human flight, he relates the ...

Tags: Aside, Comedy, Conan, Funny, Louis C.K

TangibleMotion ― 9 Apr, 11

The Toronto Standard, a Digital Revival

Tangible Motion ― Having briefly existed between the years 1848 and 1850, the Toronto Standard reemerged last night, April 7, 2011. From the cold ashes and forgotten name of a defunct printed newspaper to an internet media startup, 161 years later. “The ...

Tags: Aside, New Media, Startup, Toronto Standard

TangibleMotion ― 8 Apr, 11

My Dad, the Objectivist

Tangible Motion ― Soon, however, I began to question whether my father’s philosophical beliefs were simply a justification of his own needs. As soon as the legal drama erupted, he refused to pay for even the smallest things, declaring, “Your mother is...

Tags: Aside, Ayn Rand, Novels, Objectivism, Philosophy, Salon

TangibleMotion ― 8 Apr, 11

Public Intelligence in the US and the UK

Tangible Motion ― Files released by MI5 describe a bungled Nazi attempt to undermine the American war effort with sabotage in the summer of 1942. The report is written by intelligence officer Victor Rothschild. Eight Germans who had lived in the U.S. were dropped...

Tags: Aside, FBI, Intelligence Files, MI5, Nazis, Spies

TangibleMotion ― 8 Apr, 11

Before I die….

Tangible Motion ― In an innovative collaborative art project, artist Candy Chang turned the side of an abandoned house into a group chalk board. Entitled Before I die.., the community art project has blank spaces for passerby and people living in the neighborhood ...

Tags: Aside, Collaborative Project, Houses, Street Art, Writing Prompt

TangibleMotion ― 8 Apr, 11

Rugby Star Facing Axe Murder Charges

Tangible Motion ― Is revenge ever justified? A shocking article by the Sydney Morning Herald reports that a former Rugby player became a vigilante with an ax. The duality of the situation is apparent in the second part of the introduction: “[He] allegedly ...

Tags: Excerpt, Avenging Father, Axe Murder, HIV, Rugby, Sociopath

TangibleMotion ― 8 Apr, 11

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