http://looselogic.com Here lies the motto Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:12:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why'd Baarle-Hertog have to go and make things so complicated?An interesting town on the Belgium-Netherlands border, where random bits of the town belong to, and follow the law of, one country and random bits to the other. Some restaurants and houses are divided between the two countries. Last year I killed ... http://looselogic.com/2008/07/23/shared-links-for-july-23rd/ Here's an interesting look at the beginning of hip hop culture. Martha Cooper was a photo-journalist living in New York City when she first began documenting the origins of B-boy (short for break-boys) and hip hop culture. While other New Yorkers at the time saw this movement as a trite, uninspired ... http://looselogic.com/2008/07/18/the-hip-hop-files/ Last weekend a couple of friends and I drove up to Mount Washington for some mountain biking. I'd only been once before, and this was my first time on a hill with chair lifts. I have to say, those lifts really make a difference. It was great to start out fresh ... http://looselogic.com/2008/07/18/mount-washington/ A trailer has been released for Watchmen, a 2009 movie based on what many consider to be the greatest comic of all time. I actually still haven't read it, but it's on my shelf and waiting. http://looselogic.com/2008/07/17/watchmen/ A while back I posted the MP3 of M. Ward's great "Poor Boy, Minor Key". Here's someone's cover of the opening piano piece, which I liked a lot. Turn down your speakers or stop the video at 1:33, though, as the guy screams into the camera. I nearly fell out of ... http://looselogic.com/2008/07/10/poor-boy-minor-key-cover/ I've been in a bit of a reading slump the last few months, but I'm slowly getting back into it. April ... May ... June Casino Royale by Ian Fleming I've been meaning to read the James Bond series for ages, so I finally picked up the first book, and I have to ... http://looselogic.com/2008/07/06/2008-reading-list-june-update/ This was my first day back after a week off work, and after being here for 12 hours, I'm about ready for the weekend. My friend Tanya had a baby girl, so I drove down to Kamloops for a visit. I stupidly forgot my camera, but I took a shaky phone ... http://looselogic.com/2008/07/03/home-sweet-home-2/ I remember this creeping me out as a kid... [via] http://looselogic.com/2008/06/24/skeleton-dance/ This video makes me happy. Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo. Here are some of his outtakes: Where the Hell is Matt? [via] http://looselogic.com/2008/06/22/where-the-hell-is-matt/ Apparently the sixth foot was a messed-up hoax. "The coroners service, a forensic pathologist and an anthropologist have all examined the shoe and remains, and determined a skeletonized animal paw was inserted into the shoe with a sock and packed with dried seaweed," the coroners service said in a statement ... http://looselogic.com/2008/06/19/six-feet-update/