expected, but nontheless funny

by jebni on October 26, 2005

Dave (from the Independent Republic of Mancunia): So, name three good bands. Hans (from Sweden): Blur, – Dave: Wrong! In other news: I don’t want to join the usual liberal twittering about “our” tarnished national reputation, but almost every person (…)

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Northern Ireland 1, Microsoft 0

by jebni on October 25, 2005

Having a delirious time here in Belfast. Just popped into the Creative Clusters conference for a plenary featuring Chris Yapp from Microsoft UK. It was going quite nicely for a while, but when Yapp pulled out a bit of old-skool (…)

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in motion

by jebni on October 22, 2005

I find myself unexpectedly in Belfast, where the streets certainly do have names.

peers

by jebni on October 13, 2005

How is the egalitarian term “peer” related to the aristocratic concept of “the peerage”? What is excluded from the world of “peers”? And what does this tell us about the notion of equality in discourses of democracy? Discuss. [ tags: (…)

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“At last, we can retire and give up this life of crime.”

by jebni on October 4, 2005

Brisbane was… interesting. My paper at the postgraduate Work In Progress conference at the University of Queensland went really well. About a week before, I read through the version I presented at BlogTalk earlier this year, and realised that it (…)

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