Bill Doskoch: Media, BPS*, Film, Minutiae

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Thai king pardons Swiss defacer of posters about him

From the BBC: Thailand's king has pardoned a Swiss man who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for defacing images of him. Oliver Jufer was sentenced last month, after he admitted spray-painting images of the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the city of Chiang Mai. It was thought to be the first time a [...]

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Thu, April 12 2007 » Main Page, Minutiae » Comments Off

Kurt Vonnegut is dead

Here's the BBC story. He wrote a book that I still find influential in helping understand the world — Player Piano. Written in 1952, it's a still-relevant look at man's relationship to technology and the Darwinian nature of corporate culture. RIP, Kurt.

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Thu, April 12 2007 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, Media » Comments Off

The Incredible Disappearing Wells

You may find this post on Inkless Wells to be just a normal Web hiccup. And after reading this post on Pro PR, you might wonder if there's a more corporately Orwellian explanation behind it.

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