Fallen Into Knowledge

Well, the trailer for the new Harry Potter Movie is up on the web, it is due to be released in November.  However, it is just in time ot get excited about the sixth book in the series:  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due out on Saturday, July 16.  I for one, am excited about my one day a year devoted to Harry Potter madness

It is always interesting to see yourself though another’s eyes. New York Press has an article about Portland bicycle culture; as seen from the eyes of a New Yorker. Interesting to notice what the perception is, I’ll leave it to the reader’s whether or not the article gets it right.
A little background for those who might not be aware, New York authorities are really cracking down on Critical Mass in New York; every CM generates between 30 and 100 arrests; using everything from Motorcycles to helicopters to catch those pesky cyclists

Found:
Very cool website:
Landscapes of Capital
1 part database of commercials, something like 800 commercials that you can watch online, indexed so that you can search them
1 part analysis: what do these commercials tell us about ourselves, about the economy, about the workplace, about conditions of production.
Do they tell the truth? (No) In what ways do they re-present reality?
Check it out.