http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ calm little moments before the storm. en Vox Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:59:48 +0100 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/i-love-nemi.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/i-love-nemi.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/i-love-nemi.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:59:48 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4141cc720685e00fad69719200004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4141cc720685e00fad69719200004-50si" alt="Nemi: v. 1" /></a> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4141cc720685e00fad69636320005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4141cc720685e00fad69636320005-50si" alt="Nemi (Vol 2): 2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Found these in the book shop whilst I was browsing at lunchtime. Long-time members of Closet Goth will know of my penchant for Nemi and now I can take her home and laugh at / with her whenever I like...... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/i-love-nemi.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00fad69719470004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cartoon books nemi http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/culture-qotw-everyone-should-read-this-book.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/culture-qotw-everyone-should-read-this-book.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/culture-qotw-everyone-should-read-this-book.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 30 May 2008 09:30:02 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4141cc720685e00fad68bd5e20005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4141cc720685e00fad68bd5e20005-50si" alt="The Fountainhead (Penguin Modern Classics)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Which one book do you wish everyone in your life would read? It's just epic......I can't believe that I had never even heard of this book until last year, and even then only because I saw someone reading it on the train and thought "That looks i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/culture-qotw-everyone-should-read-this-book.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00fa967a480a0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd ayn rand the fountainhead one book http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/confession.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/confession.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/confession.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 May 2008 12:12:50 +0100 Placebo's "Slave to the Wage" (Lyrics Below) popped up on my iPod shuffle the other day, whilst I was on the train home and it took me back to some dark times, two years ago that I have never really talked about to anybody except my very best fri... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/confession.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00fad687b92c0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/the-inevitability-of-death.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/the-inevitability-of-death.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/the-inevitability-of-death.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 May 2008 13:21:55 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4141cc720685e00f48d14bc010001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141cc720685e00f48d14bc010001-50si" alt="An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I have just finished reading An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan by Jason Elliot which I heartily recommend. In it is a story told to the author which just struck a fatalistic chord with me, I don't know why? It just did. A young follow... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/the-inevitability-of-death.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00e398f7a6a80005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> death sufism afghanistan an unexpected light travels in afghanistan jason elliot http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/youre-hired.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/youre-hired.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/youre-hired.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:58:00 +0100 So after nearly two months without gainful employment I have been offered a new job. I am intending to start on Tuesday. All I have to do is sort out the final payment from the company that made me redundant - Surprise, surprise it arrived in my b... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/youre-hired.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00f48d12313e0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new job redundancy http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/free-tibet-flags-made-in-china.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/free-tibet-flags-made-in-china.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/free-tibet-flags-made-in-china.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:28:01 +0100 Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say. The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Workers said they thought t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/free-tibet-flags-made-in-china.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00f48d11c31a0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> china olympics tibet free tibet reporters without borders (rsf) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/army-chief-defends-recruitment-move.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/army-chief-defends-recruitment-move.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/army-chief-defends-recruitment-move.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:42:18 +0000 The Army's chief recruiter has defended the decision to launch a £2 million public relations campaign on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Brigadier Andrew Jackson, Commander of the Army Recruiting Group, said the timing was "coincid... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/army-chief-defends-recruitment-move.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00e398e6c7e10004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> war army iraq war on terror afghanistan prince harry jamelia british army help for heroes to the best jonny wilkinson http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/how-would-alan-or-donald-put-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/how-would-alan-or-donald-put-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/how-would-alan-or-donald-put-it.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:12:24 +0000 .......You're fired! It's true - I had the novel experience of being put on a month's notice yesterday and effectively made redundant. I won't bore you with the details, but the start-up I was working for has in effect become a "Stop!" as the p... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/how-would-alan-or-donald-put-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00e398e5305f0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> redundancy notice linked in start up you're fired planet recruit http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/wednesday-12-march-launch-of-online-free-expression-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/wednesday-12-march-launch-of-online-free-expression-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/wednesday-12-march-launch-of-online-free-expression-day.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:14:10 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141cc720685e00e398e4d0f10004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141cc720685e00e398e4d0f10004-50si" alt="Rsf_logo" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will launch the first International Online Free Expression Day under UNESCO’s patronage on 12 March, when it will also organise its second “24-hour online demo against Internet censorship,” urging Internet users to... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/wednesday-12-march-launch-of-online-free-expression-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00f48ce334000002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vietnam cuba china iraq tunisia burma egypt north korea eritrea saatchi & saatchi turkmenistan rsf press freedom reporters without borders (rsf) online free expression day cyber-dissidents http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/not-so-fond-farewell-to-eritrea-by-peter-martell-bbc-news.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Looks Serious) http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/not-so-fond-farewell-to-eritrea-by-peter-martell-bbc-news.html?_c=feed-rss http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/not-so-fond-farewell-to-eritrea-by-peter-martell-bbc-news.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:50:51 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141cc720685e00f48ce2fc1e0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4141cc720685e00f48ce2fc1e0003-50si" alt="Eritrea_map" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Deep inside the tall towers of Eritrea's Ministry of Information, the battle-scarred war veteran leaned towards me across his desk. His finger pointed towards a heavily-underlined copy of a report I had written the day before. "Why," he sai... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://looks-serious.vox.com/library/post/not-so-fond-farewell-to-eritrea-by-peter-martell-bbc-news.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141cc720685e00e398e486610005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ethiopia bbc news eritrea rsf press freedom reporters without borders (rsf)