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Sameer Padania » Uncategorized http://blog.sameerpadania.com Human rights, video, technology, media, journalism, and, occasionally, other stuff Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:01:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/263ffe1f3d2eff151f09f0916d8a90c6?s=96&d=http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png Sameer Padania » Uncategorized http://blog.sameerpadania.com Notes For “Anatole’s Tomb” http://blog.sameerpadania.com/2010/02/26/notes-for-anatoles-tomb/ http://blog.sameerpadania.com/2010/02/26/notes-for-anatoles-tomb/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:27:58 +0000 Sameer http://blog.sameerpadania.com/?p=1388 ]]> At university, I was blessed with a range of extraordinary and inspirational tutors. One of my favourites was Professor Patrick McGuinness, who encouraged – perhaps since he’s also a poet – nonlinear thinking, making of connections, and explorations. I was particularly struck and moved by his analysis of Mallarme’s Pour Un Tombeau D’Anatole – “210 sheets of pencilled notes towards a poem about the death of [his son] Anatole”. He subsequently translated the work. In 2002, a section of McGuinness’ translation was published in the LRB, along with brief notes. Having recently becoming a parent (with “Anatole” on the baby-naming shortlist…), I wanted to re-read it. It still shatters, moves, uplifts me, because of rather than despite its broken form, and I encourage you to read it.

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Sunlight Labs Mashup Contest

(tags: transparency Development web awards data)

(tags: software tools web2.0 mac linux free)

6 open letters that changed the world…

(tags: activism primarysources letters conscience publicdebate)

Twitter Blog: Digg Has Dug Into Twitter

Is it bad to mention Digg? Oh well…

(tags: twitter socialbookmarking digg)

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More soon. Promise.

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]]> http://blog.sameerpadania.com/2007/03/27/paul-masons-book-launch-at-bookmarks-19-april/feed/ 0 sameer Documentaries at Information Clearing House http://blog.sameerpadania.com/2007/01/16/documentaries-at-information-clearing-house/ http://blog.sameerpadania.com/2007/01/16/documentaries-at-information-clearing-house/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:56:33 +0000 Sameer http://participatorytv.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/documentaries-at-information-clearing-house/ ]]> The tireless George Lessard (themediamentor) points up a few links to documentaries uploaded to Information Clearing House:

An Inconvenient Truth

Manufacturing Consent

The Power of Nightmares

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