February 2011
Interesting how AHRC studentships now marketed as "job posts". Aside from the vocab of capital, doesn't that have tax implications?
Excellent piece on Eichmann and Kant: Carsten Bagge Laustsen, ‘Eichmanns Kant’, The Journal Of Speculative Philosophy, 21 (2007), 166-180
Although battling evil lurgy that I still haven't managed to shift. Need to work, though!
Today marks the beginning of my massive chapter editing spree; reckon there's 3 conference papers and an article in here at least.
Pre 10am chocolate orange.
That Ubuntu Natty test plan didn't go so well. Just spent a long time at grub rescue prompt.
Getting Natty Alpha up on a USB HDD to do some bug testing :)
Neil Gaiman on copyright and the internet: http://youtu.be/0Qkyt1wXNlI
Well, they've done something I approve of: http://bit.ly/hTF2Sr Open standards defined as: "irrevocably available on a royalty free basis"
Always the hardest class. http://yfrog.com/h06dxhej
Twitter api struggling for anybody else today?
Oh FFS. Queen Mary advertising for a 20th Century American Literature specialist. Couldn't you have waited 2 years? This was my dream post.
Does #p2pu (The Peer to Peer University) have an IRC channel?
I don't do this often, but #ff @Dystopia2009 #privacy #pynchon #mailart #politics
Using my sickness as an excuse to watch the David Lynch film I'm supposed to give a lecture on and to read the Terry Pratchett book I'm not.
Elia Suleiman's The Time that Remains now out on DVD. Yes, oh yes. http://amzn.to/fG6T60
Best first comment on a Guardian piece yet: http://bit.ly/g65S6m
Had a lovely day away. Then 3 horrid days of sickness and dizziness. Holidays are overrated.
On Daniel Domscheit-Berg's "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website"
Reading Daniel Domscheit-Berg's Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website gives the twofold impression of a deeply ideological personality, but also a man stinging from hurt naivety. Much of the work is concerned with revelations regarding Julian Assange's…
Mendeley for Android Update
A few weeks ago, I tweeted that the first beta of Android for Mendeley was almost ready. This post is an update on that status. I'm afraid to say that, about ten minutes after I posted that status, I ran a test on the oAuth code only to find that it was not working. This was strange as I had made…
Going dark on emails, social networks and so forth until Friday. This is called a "holiday". Almost shaking from withdrawal before I start.
Now reading @nicholasroyle's first novel, Quilt.
A great underground station http://yfrog.com/gzr7nhtj
Netgear fail: "speed: 500mbs" "gigabit: yes" http://yfrog.com/h7hlhcj
Ed M is right about the NHS, but his party doesn't have the credibility to pursue that criticism
To clarify: does kindle support pdf natively or do I have to use some conversion app? (Or use the stupid email thing - hello privacy?)
Also debating a Kindle now, having resisted for ages.
Despite my twitter feed not being in favour i've been playing with Foursquare. Am now mayor of my gym and local greasy spoon. #whoops
Why not simply nominate a different host? #phdchat
Times jumbo cryptic crossword features the word "owned" as an answer this week. Had to stop myself writing "pwned" #internetz
US uses UN veto to refuse condemnation of internationally illegal Israeli settlements. http://bit.ly/eXKqrt
I find comments on my blog prey on my mind a great deal more than they should; do other people get this?
Space Jam trending. Assume it's on TV, not a twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop, a twist in the fabric of space...
New Firefox 4 beta styling on Ubuntu is slick.
. @phpeach thanks so much for your work. Oauth for Mendeley is working again and Android client progresses once more!
Been awake since 1.30 and I wasn't out with the cool kids, I was in bed trying to sleep.
Gearing up for my next Wikileaks review http://yfrog.com/hs20074739j
Prisoner Rights, Overcriminalisation and Reform in Democracy
Image credit: Still Burning under a CC-BY-NC license. Perhaps one of the strongest arguments for universal suffrage, even among the convicted populous, can be taken from our recent history. There has been, in recent times, an over-identification of the law with absolute moral right. However, the…
Open Hardware: the Netgear WNR3500L
Featured image copyright, and courtesy of, My Open Router. I've been, over the past few years, through about 3 different routers. I had a Thompson Speedtouch, a Netgear DG834GT and, most recently, a Netgear DGN2200. The problem I have always experienced, though, is that when I open a large number…
THE editorial on the catastrophe of UK HE and a letter referencing the "genocide of academe". http://bit.ly/h3dhUz
Quick Cite smartphone app. Glowing review: http://bit.ly/g0JsMT but disgruntled users: http://bit.ly/gwNPvR
This morning's joy: reviewing applications for Arthritis Research UK Project Grant round.
Spent today reading the densest, most poorly argued, incomprehensible Pynchon criticism. It'll be better when I've finished writing it.
Postcards and Letters: Beyond Text conference programme now available http://bit.ly/i2Ix6S
Russell Hoban in Conversation with Will Self at the British Library http://bit.ly/fi4f4S
Russell Hoban in Conversation with Will Self at the British Library
Last night I was privileged enough to attend an event forming part of the British Library's Evolving English series featuring the novelist Russell Hoban in conversation with renowned satirist, novelist and generally sharp guy, Will Self. The conversation was focused around Hoban's masterwork,…
Happy birthday to John Graham, aka Araucaria. http://bit.ly/ghFcul
"Set in a mythical South Wales Valley, these are the children of a post industrial wasteland where the future is uncertain" <3 Alabama 3
This evening: Will Self in conversation with Russell Hoban at the @BritishLibrary. Yours truly attending as a guest of Mr Hoban!
Spent the morning doing workshop plans and setting up my new open source router. The latter was good, the former not so.
My hatred of writing workshop plans has resulted in multiple cups of tea before 9am.
On a "before 10am" delivery: "Your order is due [...] between 09:52-10:52 [...] We trust that you are happy" - I trust I'll get a refund
Everybody should read yesterday's #projv stream. Many similar narratives & each one a human life suffering to feed economic abstraction
Getting emails from devs and excited users about Mendeley for Android. Not complaining, but I'm waiting on Mendeley api team for oauth info
Brief but pleasant meetup with @jennifermjones @andycoverdale, @Naomi_jacobs and @ajcann post #dr11 - looks like there's new #phdchat ters
On echo chambers: certain critical communities offline feel like that, too. #dr11
Remember, though, that CopyLeft uses copyright; it's not a replacement: (c) + license http://bit.ly/gADGP7 #dr11 @CamargoCarla @libgoddess
The Analytic of Patriotism: On Greg Mitchell's The Age of WikiLeaks http://bit.ly/fzdFgQ
EdTechs on #phdchat might want to check out the #DR11 stream today
Before you ask: yes, the 'net at the BL is always this bad ;) #DR11
Interested in demographic of #DR11; any English Literature people out there?
The Analytic of Patriotism: On Greg Mitchell's The Age of WikiLeaks
This is my second review of a book on WikiLeaks, a subject which holds almost indefinite fascination for me, the first being David Leigh and Luke Harding's WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy. The book I am covering today is Greg Mitchell's self published The Age of WikiLeaks: From…
Perhaps some interesting prelim reading for #DR11 people http://bit.ly/hpuM96
Just zeroed that inbox.
Morning all en route to #dr11 - virtual attendance from me.
King's Speech a great piece of drama, but does grave historical damage in romanticising George VI and omitting Nazi sympathies
Funny that the second it's a Con flagship policy needing cash, there's some available.
'Many find it offensive that we... award a degree for doing nothing more than being able to breathe for three years.' http://bit.ly/hwQhm1
Such a good day culminating in chapter draft! http://yfrog.com/gytqinzj #phdchat
A blog compiling a humanities-centric list of Open Access journals http://bit.ly/i6GxyI (not sure how this supplements DOAJ...)
. @jasontanz could go either way - Pynchon has never agreed to a film before and consistently refused permission for a gr movie
Today's excitement in the post: Kevin Nolan's prose poetry, Loving Little Orick http://yfrog.com/h77jjwfj
Hmm tweetdeck fail. Last rt from @kottke
Daily Mail application by @antonvowl http://bit.ly/i8fMfy
Worried by the number of tannoy calls for the building manager at the @britishlibrary today; this usually precedes tedious fire drill.
Editorial Team member "Testy McTest" on journal "Style". Either they should remove that, or: best named editor EVER! http://bit.ly/e27HTE
Finally feeling a bit better today; back to Inbox Zero and looking forward to a *good* day's research :)
Ha! Someone posted my modified init local root exploit to Packetstorm http://bit.ly/gIHqSK
Knew I was destined for big things in Higher Ed, but hadn't quite realised how big until now @timeshighered http://yfrog.com/gyq7uxfj
“We do know what's going on, and we let it go on” - Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
And @GregMitch's Wikileaks book arrives - look forward to reading, shame so much packaging! http://yfrog.com/h0b9jupj
Not really feeling #phdchat this evening - can't think of a context for 'data' collection in English Lit - lots of reading?
Android and Eduroam http://bit.ly/dWP1n0
Android and Eduroam
Image credit: Copyright Eduroam, used here as fair use to indicate the network in question. It seems there's a few bugs in various Android variants that prevent a valid routing table being setup when connecting to an institutional eduroam network. The problem, which I have seen people reporting on…
CFP: First Conference of the UK Academic Pynchon Network http://bit.ly/ibTZr3
CFP: First Conference of the UK Academic Pynchon Network
Image credit: Robert Burdock under a CC-BY-NC-SA license. This is an announcement regarding the formation, and first UK meeting, of the UK Academic Pynchon Network, to take place on Friday the 1st of April, 2011 at Durham University. The format will be fairly informal, mainly a discussion group…
Oh and btw forgot to share my excitement last week at winning @timeshighered post it notes - pics when they arrive!
This is how I feel in those awkward conversations about football: http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20110207/
David Leigh and Luke Harding's WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy http://bit.ly/e85fc7
David Leigh and Luke Harding's WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy
For all the pains they take throughout to emphasise the vast quantity of editorial resources deployed in the redaction and publication of the most sensational scoops of 2010, the impression one gets reading David Leigh and Luke Harding's WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy is that…
Just discovered the Android wordpress app. Why wasn't I told about this before?!
Guardian wikileaks book sounds a bit silly on TOR, confusing being able to see the source ip and recording it. P. 53
SA4QE2011: The Drops http://bit.ly/hOcuOT
SA4QE2011: The Drops
As part of SA4QE2011, here's three photos of my drop locations (there were many more, but these were the ones I photographed). I'd also like to share this excellent image of the ephemera distributed by Twitter user @Dystopia2009 as part of his event: Drop #1 Somewhere between Enfield Town and Seven…
Foursquare: worth it?
Judging from conversation in my local barber shop, many have no idea about Egypt. "it's in everyone's interest to keep tourism going"
I love the @WittTweets account, tweeting through Wittgenstein's life.
Because strong national identity will save us from terrorism. #russiaanyone?
A writeup of Judith Butler at Sussex, http://bit.ly/gMA5Cd (attn: @alexjblandford)
Judith Butler at Sussex on Arendt, Cohabitation, and the Dispersion of Sovereignty http://bit.ly/haJ7P9
Judith Butler at Sussex on Arendt, Cohabitation, and the Dispersion of Sovereignty
Anybody reading this weekend's Comment is Free piece by Nick Cohen might have felt somewhat dispirited at the concept of attending a lecture by Judith Butler, who was invited to Sussex this week (2nd February, 2011) to speak as part of the Hannah Arendt Lecture in Modern Jewish Thought series.…
Oh and btw I have maintained daily inbox zero for well over a month and a half now thanks to producteev!
First sa4qe yellow qr code drop complete! http://yfrog.com/gyshroqj
#SA4QE 2011: "Their rose in my throat a terrible ache and in that moment the world became me and I became th… (cont) http://deck.ly/~87vgm
Dear Tweetdeck, I love deck.ly, but you've got to open up an API. Not doing so fragments Twitter, makes it client-specific and is EVIL.
Our lecturer training programme has a marking exercise this week. They decided there was no way to do this other than a 45mb PDF. #fail
Those wanting news on Mendeley for Android: somehow (I haven't changed anything), OAuth has been broken. Speaking to Mendeley team re. fix.
New blog post: SA4QE 2011: Spreading the Word of Russell Hoban http://bit.ly/gy6yPC #sa4qe #savelibraries
SA4QE 2011: Spreading the Word of Russell Hoban
Greetings! If you've landed here you are either a reader of my blog, one of my twitter followers or, and this is probably the most exciting case, you scanned one of the QR codes that I left, printed on yellow paper, in various locations on Friday the 4th of February 2011. What's it all about? SA4QE…
Deckly on tweetdeck is brilliant!
Ok, so I had totally working oauth on Mendeley for Android. Now doesn't return a verifier to my callback url. What did you guys change?
New blog post: The Big Society and Mythical Structure http://bit.ly/f0ZpAD #bigsociety
The Big Society and Mythical Structure
Featured image credit: The Prime Minister's Office under a CC-BY-ND license. In their infamous post-World War II, post-holocaust tract, the Dialectic of Enlightenment, Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno set out the central premises of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. In this work they made…
In case people missed it yesterday, here's part 1 of a draft sketch of a collaborative paper on #phdchat http://bit.ly/eKb5Wb
'we deplore the violence displayed by the state towards those critical of its policies' http://bit.ly/f9vGhY
Tomorrow I will be attempting to get the first beta of Mendeley for Android ready :)
Mmm had a lovely evening and a big fat pizza with @liannedemello
New blog post: On #PhDchat: Call for Collaboration/History, Overview, Themes and Response http://bit.ly/h44qM8
On #PhDchat: Call for Collaboration/History, Overview, Themes and Response
Featured image credit: Rain Rabbit under a CC-BY-NC license. This is the first part of a collaborative writing effort initiated by @jennifermjones, @AndyCoverdale, @FlyGirlTwo and myself (@martin_eve) which aims to discuss, interrogate and critically reflect, from an immanent position, on various…
Pardon my french, but Big. Fucking. Surprise: http://bit.ly/fuB246
Interactive map of Save Our Libraries protests: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/interactive/2011/feb/01/library-protests-map
Up before 6 is not my cup of tea. Oh well!