Eddie Izzard: Stripped!

The spousal unit and I went to see Eddie Izzard’s show Stripped at Radio City Music Hall on Friday to celebrate our 15th anniversary. Before the show, Jamie said she hoped it was decent, and I warned not to set expectations too high. It was, I think, absolutely brilliant, far better than any of his other shows. Here’s a bootleg recording, but it doesn’t give a good feel for the show:

He didn’t read Wikipedia for our show, but Wikipedia and the Macintosh played a central role. He also did a bit on religion, intelligent design, and evolution (including a bit on Darwin’s famous book Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, You! We are at the tail end of the tour (headed to the west coast from here), but if you get a chance to see it, definitely go.

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Personal Democracy Forum

I wish I could go to this. Tons of really good speakers. But $700 worth? I don’t know. Of course, this includes “unlimited networking,” and I don’t think they are talking about WiFi.

Is it at all ironic that a conference on decentralized and networked government is in-person, expensive, and in New York City?

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The future of media

One of my former students, Umut Gozen, has collected some interviews of faculty on a variety of issues, including the future of interactive technologies, here.

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Cyd Charisse

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