Blog Entries
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My Letter to the Editor
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 11/15/2003 - 17:18(Originally published in my MovableType blog, and moved here for consolidation)
My letter to the editor, in response to the article New Lieberman ad takes swipe at Dean
I was disappointed to read about Joe Lieberman’s swipe at Howard Dean, “New Lieberman ad takes swipe at Dean”, Nov 14. "I don't think it's right to have raised a divisive symbol like the confederate flag” Lieberman is quoted as saying.
What I don’t think is right is for Lieberman to attack a fellow Democrat for encouraging people who have stopped voting as Democrats to look at the issues that really matter and return to the Democratic party.
Cows?
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 15:58(Originally published in my MovableType blog, and moved here for consolidation).
In today's New York Times, there is an editorial, When Good Photo-Ops Go Bad
It ends off with the comment:
Right now, Mr. Bush's potential opponents may be enjoying the administration's current embarrassment, but they'll feel different the next time they're in Iowa and a staff member announces it's time for the portrait with the cow.
I found this particularly interesting in light of an entry in Rick Klau's blog yesterday entitled Caption contest showing Howard Dean standing in front of a cow.
*I* am a new medium
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 10/21/2003 - 05:37(Originally published on my MovableType blog and moved here for consolidation)
Over on NetTime, there is a discussion about what exactly 'New Media' really is. As they argue round and round about this, I figured I would make a fun assertion.
I am a new medium.
or, in MOOCode
NewMedia = {@NewMedia, me};
I don't really know what this means, but I think some interesting copyright issues apply. In terms of DNA based media, there are currently three derivative works. They production of these derivative works was permitted by me. No other DNA based derivative works may be produced without my explicit consent. More importantly, my wife would need to consent, and she wishes to reserve the right of any and all future DNA based derivative works.
Fiona Elaine Hynes
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 10/09/2001 - 11:47“Yesterday, a child came out to wonder” spins off of the CD playing in the boom box in the maternity ward room. Kim is talking on the phone to a friend or relative; “Fiona Elaine was born yesterday morning at 7:52 in morning”. The TV is tuned to CNN but muted: “America strikes back!” “Fearful as the sky was filled with thunder, and tearful at the falling of a star”, Joni Mitchell sings. Kim and I are both tired. It was not an easy labor and there has been little sleep since.
