Who ombuds the ombudsman?

Josep Maria Casasús, the La Vanguardia ombudsman to whom I complained almost four months ago re Rafael Ramos, wrote back last Friday, telling me that the information provided in the electronic address – that’s the 80s term for URL – was insufficient to reach a conclusion of plagiarism. He also asked me to come and…

frietmachine

In een nieuw historisch roman, El Papa maleït, Manel Garcia Grau laat iemand een patata, een idioot/niksnoot, noemen. Dit ergens tussen de 50 en de 110 jaar vóór de tochten van meneer Columbus.

call that music?!

MIT’s Eigenradio (eigen means “own” in Dutch and several other languages) “makes its optimal music by analyzing in real time dozens of radio stations at once. When our bank of computers has heard enough music, it will go to work on making more just like it.” Here’s a picture for people who like pictures: update…