Archive for June, 2008

The ordeal of the ants

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

This morning, I found a dead cockroach in one of the studios and saw that ants have started converging around it. In a few minutes, the dead cockroach have started moving - very slowly - being carried off by the ants to their den in our computer room.
It was a slow but visible painstaking process, […]

Learning to work with pleasure

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Just before the typhoon, managed to attend a public forum on privacy, security and public interest, a workshop on privacy issues, and a meeting for a new research on censorship and surveillance. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been actively at work again, and this time, I am learning to take it really easy […]

Intellectual imperialism thru IPR enforcement in the Philippines - an open letter to the artist

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Dear friend in the arts,
You might be mildly aware that there is an ongoing campaign towards the strengthening of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement in the Philippines as the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced plans in April 2008 to pursue more aggressive IP protection schemes with its trading partners around the world.
This global campaign […]

Unraveling (and raveling)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Just several days ago, I had to admit defeat on the challenge to crochet an entire dress: I ended up cutting the unfinished dress in half, separating the top (sleeveless blouse) from the bottom (an over-the-knee skirt).
The reason for the failure was poor design planning: as a single-piece, the dress looked horribly unflattering on the […]