Taipei 101 [picture] is Taiwan's tallest building. It was designed by C Y Lee. Here are some quotations from the English-language page of the architect's website:
A living building is the information space where life can be found.
Life exists within the space.
The information of space is then the information of life.
Space is the body of the building.
The building is therefore the space, the information, and the life.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
a question I emailed to DAG
Hello Mr. Green,
I want to ask you a hypothetical question:
Alongside others, we are chatting into the wee hours at a hotel bar. At 4AM, you and I amble into the elevator, unaccompanied.
I then say to you:
Arriving at your room, you get on the telephone with a trusted friend. Your friend asks if Gavin Sullivan said anything offensive in your presence.
Your reply?
peace,
Gavin Sullivan
Eden Prairie
I want to ask you a hypothetical question:
Alongside others, we are chatting into the wee hours at a hotel bar. At 4AM, you and I amble into the elevator, unaccompanied.
I then say to you:
Don't take this the wrong way, but I find you very interesting and I would like to talk more. Would you like to come to my hotel room for coffee?You issue a brusque No--and I get off the lift, wishing you sweet dreams.
Arriving at your room, you get on the telephone with a trusted friend. Your friend asks if Gavin Sullivan said anything offensive in your presence.
Your reply?
peace,
Gavin Sullivan
Eden Prairie
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Sorry, Monsieur Strauss-Kahn
[a snippet from an email I sent to a friend, informing him of my updated viewpoint concerning DSK]
I haven't read MoDo on DSK, but we gringos would appear to have a bit of fessin' up to do. I mean, we were congratulating ourselves at how 'the stereotype had been reversed' and the worldly French were in fact sexist neanderthals while we had taken sincere interest in female plight, etc.--and then we learned that she's a person who has a history of fabricating rape claims and may even have been a hotel prostitute [and let's cut the sheet: that does damage her credibility]. We are dishonest with ourselves if we say 'maybe she's a fraud and he did it anyway'. I mean, if there is evidence that M. Strauss-Kahn raped the woman, independent of her own unreliable testimony, I am happy that it be reviewed. But if there is no evidence for such an interpretation, then he should be released and we should wish him good day, and make clear no aspersion should be drawn from his detainment.
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7/19/11 update:
Okay...so the hooker reports appear also to be unreliable. My main point remains: If there is evidence of a crime, charge him. If there is no evidence of a crime, then close the books. The accuser's credibility has to be of considerable importance. We further note that our recent Jeff-Feckeish practice of taking stands on criminal prosecutions prior to their adjudication hasn't proved fruitful.
I haven't read MoDo on DSK, but we gringos would appear to have a bit of fessin' up to do. I mean, we were congratulating ourselves at how 'the stereotype had been reversed' and the worldly French were in fact sexist neanderthals while we had taken sincere interest in female plight, etc.--and then we learned that she's a person who has a history of fabricating rape claims and may even have been a hotel prostitute [and let's cut the sheet: that does damage her credibility]. We are dishonest with ourselves if we say 'maybe she's a fraud and he did it anyway'. I mean, if there is evidence that M. Strauss-Kahn raped the woman, independent of her own unreliable testimony, I am happy that it be reviewed. But if there is no evidence for such an interpretation, then he should be released and we should wish him good day, and make clear no aspersion should be drawn from his detainment.
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7/19/11 update:
Okay...so the hooker reports appear also to be unreliable. My main point remains: If there is evidence of a crime, charge him. If there is no evidence of a crime, then close the books. The accuser's credibility has to be of considerable importance. We further note that our recent Jeff-Feckeish practice of taking stands on criminal prosecutions prior to their adjudication hasn't proved fruitful.
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