Train of thought
Didn't go to school today, quite frankly because I couldn't be bothered :) I hope none of my teachers visit idleThinK. So I stayed at home and read historical journals by seminal authors discussing 1) theoretical perspectives on the study of military intervention in the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, 2) the philosophical trends of hegemony in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and 3) the political Stalinization of Communist China. I fell asleep somewhere in the middle of (3). I'm amazed I lasted that long.
Anyway, thanks to Jeremy, the aforementioned Yearbook Page has now been cleansed of the Evil Red-Eye Effect (another obvious symptom of hellish soul-sucking photography - see post entitled "The Theory of Photography"). Much appreciated! :)
And also, you may notice that I've added a "Top" link to each post for extra browsing convenience. Thanks to Cal for the suggestion :)
Such a helpful reader population :)
Speaking of reader population...US presidency campaigners are finally starting to come around to the notion that over the course of the next two presidential elections (or so) the US electorate is going to become increasingly and exponentially wired to the Internet. Here is a senator with a blog. Never mind that he's a bit of a communist, he's got the right idea in engaging the online population like that.
I imagine virtual campaigning is going to take off like wildfire pretty soon. And maybe if governments believe that the Internet is an essential commodity for getting their message to the electorate, they'll make Internet access a Basic Human Right...*looks hopeful*. Which it should bloody well be by now. Practically everything is online. In fact access to the Internet is, if anything, an even more basic right than food, water and shelter, because through the Internet, you can get all these things. Right? So food, water, shelter and clothing are a subset of the Internet, which means that the Internet is a more important right. Right??
I don't know. Just following an idle train of thought :) Plus, trawling through those e-journals is starting to take its toll.