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carl@supervacuo.com …………… CARL VAN TONDER

Actus Primus

— Articles of interest —

Enter supervacuo.
supervacuo:: “In which brogrammers are sexist”, and the wider issue might have been missed. 2 months ago
supervacuo:: “Evolutionary Psychology Still Sucks (At Dawn)”, one man's blustering crusade against monogamy. 8 months ago
supervacuo:: “GFI Software are incompetent charlatans”, fighting fire with fire since 1999. 9 months ago
supervacuo:: “Riots, August 2011”, a brief thought. 9 months ago
supervacuo:: “Bail Me Out”, murderers! Terrorists! Non-violent political activists! Oh, wait... 10 months ago
supervacuo:: “The Missing Politics of Open Source”, where could they be? 12 months ago
supervacuo:: “Oxford Radical Forum 2011”, join Oxford's radicals to fix the world's problems your damn self. 1 year ago
supervacuo:: “Wrangling GNOME 3”, tips for the search-curious. 1 year ago
supervacuo:: “Keys to my Heart”, my over-compensating geeky gaming keyboard is dead! Long live my over-compensating geeky gaming keyboard! 1 year ago
supervacuo:: “Sunny Hundal Considered Harmful”, late-night attempts to explain the concept of "solidarity". 1 year ago
supervacuo:: “Installing from Git with Pip”, installing a specific git branch of a Python package. 1 year ago
supervacuo:: “War On Kleptocracy”, more hand-wringing, controversy and now an excellent video from the events of March 26. 1 year ago
supervacuo:: “April Fools' Day”, or why some transitions to the digital age are more difficult than others. 1 year ago
supervacuo:: “Fedora 14 Evergreen 3D Acceleration”, justifying an over-priced graphics card with wobbly windows, at long last! 1 year ago
supervacuo:: “The violent minority”, if you find yourself worrying about violent protest, beware; you might have no idea what you're talking about! 1 year ago
chorus:: More! Which tags?

Actus Secundus

— The Internet (a series of tubes) —

Enter simplyw00x, supervacuo and seeitcoming.

earlier this week

simplyw00x:: London Elektricity – Wishing Well (Danny Byrd remix)
simplyw00x:: Energipsy – Joselito
simplyw00x:: Ratatat – Seventeen Years
simplyw00x:: Fleet Foxes – Meadowlarks
simplyw00x:: Lemon Jelly – '76 aka The Slow Train
simplyw00x:: Mr. Scruff – Midnight Feast
simplyw00x:: Marlena Shaw – Liberation Conversation
simplyw00x:: Tiësto – In The Dark (Dirty South Remix)
simplyw00x:: Incubus – Southern Girl
simplyw00x:: RJD2 – A Spaceship For Now
simplyw00x:: Funki Porcini – Terminal C3 UK
simplyw00x:: Metallica – Battery
simplyw00x:: DJ Rap – Give It All Away (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix)
simplyw00x:: David Gilmour – This Heaven
simplyw00x:: Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
simplyw00x:: Guns N' Roses – Ain't It Fun
simplyw00x:: David Kilgour – Beached
simplyw00x:: Max Sedgley – Happy
simplyw00x:: Röyksopp – The Fear
simplyw00x:: Röyksopp – Someone Like Me
simplyw00x:: Easy Star All-Stars – Brain Damage
simplyw00x:: DJ kalm & Citizen – Mirage
simplyw00x:: Utah Jazz – Jumpstart
simplyw00x:: Cyantific – Neon Skyline
simplyw00x:: Tomahawk – Until Dawn
simplyw00x:: Syncopix – Swollen
simplyw00x:: Landslide & Alison Crockett – It's Not Over (Influx UK remix)
simplyw00x:: Zed Bias – Something About This
simplyw00x:: Black Sun – Spread Love (Zero Tolerance Remix)
simplyw00x:: DJ Lee & D. Kay – Touch
simplyw00x:: Xploding Plastix – Treat Me Mean, I Need the Reputation
simplyw00x:: Fat Freddy's Drop – This Room
simplyw00x:: Fat Freddy's Drop – This Room
simplyw00x:: Fat Freddy's Drop – Cay's Crays
simplyw00x:: Fat Freddy's Drop – Ernie
simplyw00x:: Rusko – I Love You
simplyw00x:: Larry Young – Turn Off The Lights
simplyw00x:: Benny Ill & Kode9 – Fat Larry's Skank
simplyw00x:: Rennie Pilgrem – Eraser
simplyw00x:: Congorock – Babylon (Steve Angello Edit)
simplyw00x:: Armand Van Helden & Steve Aoki – BRRRAT!
simplyw00x:: The Subs – Kiss My Trance
simplyw00x:: Diplo vs. Tiësto – C'Mon
simplyw00x:: Felix Da Housecat – Thee Anthem
simplyw00x:: Wtf? & Dead Prez – It's Bigger Than Hip Hop UK (Sidney Samson Remix)
simplyw00x:: The Aston Shuffle – Your Love
simplyw00x:: Tommy Trash & Tom Piper – All My Friends
simplyw00x:: The Naked and Famous – Young Blood (Magik Johnson Remix)
simplyw00x:: Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup – We No Speak Americano

seeitcoming:

Today, I repaired my housemate's amp. The fix involved a cigarette lighter, a nail, and several hours of cursing.