Sunday, October 31
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SCAN YOUR COMPUTER PEOPLE!!! |
i am about to do it cuz my computer is so buggy that my sygate and my norton cant even help me. i dont want to infect anyone any where any time.
check it out: Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan
pc magazine rates this a top top and it's free! if your computer is infected with a virus already then normal virus protection could be blocked. with the online scanner it is not affected!
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WEBCAM FOR MY EXHIBITION |
Linksys: WRT54G - Wireless-G Broadband Router
Wireless-G is the upcoming 54Mbps wireless networking standard that's almost five times faster than the widely deployed Wireless-B (802.11b) products found in homes, businesses, and public wireless hotspots around the country — but since they share the same 2.4GHz radio band, Wireless-G devices can also interoperate with existing 11Mbps Wireless-B equipment.
Since both standards are built in, you can protect your investment in existing 802.11b infrastructure, and migrate to the new screaming fast Wireless-G standard as your needs grow.
The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there's the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect Wireless-G or Wireless-B devices to the network. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices. Connect four PCs directly, or daisy-chain out to more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.
To protect your data and privacy, the Wireless-G Broadband Router can encrypt all wireless transmissions. The Router can serve as a DHCP Server, has NAT technology to protect against Internet intruders, supports VPN pass-through, and can be configured to filter internal users' access to the Internet. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility.
Saturday, October 23
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WIRELESS IN VIENNA |
so...it is not 5pm vienna time and i am sitting in the airport cuz i have a 4 hour layover to get to linate airport in milan. GUESS WHAT! i remembered a news show that reported on airports installing wireless systems for their customers. so i took a little walk and asked at the info counter, e voilla! here i am on the internet and chatting on msn!
my last night in istanbul was last night and it was a crazy day and a crazy night. i worked all day at studio 18 to finish LOOZER MAGAZINE. i now have the prototypes, 5 of them, and you will be able to see them in the exhibition in paris!! they look awesome! i am so proud! but man, i never want to make a magazine again. SO DIFFICULT! it took several days.
now i am sitting here next to this cool korean gentilman and we are hooked up on our computers surfing. he's looking at my journal page now. his name is jey and he lives in bangkok! (in thai language you say for bangkok, KRUNGTEP--pronounced "gruntear".
woohooo!!! i will not be bored for the next few hours!
Monday, October 18
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Adultery a Crime? The Turks Think Again and Say No |
By SUSAN SACHS
VAN, Turkey, Sept. 14- After suffering a wave of criticism
from European Union officials, women's groups, newspaper columnists and finally from its own members, Turkey's governing party abandoned a proposal on Tuesday to criminalize adultery.
Even so, the party, which has sought for two years to
reassure Turks and foreigners that it had no Islamic fundamentalist agenda, may have lost important political good will at home and abroad.
"Especially now, when Turkey is doing so much for E.U. membership, the fact that they're trying to bring in this law raises questions about them," said Gulseren Demir, a caseworker at the Women's Association in Van, in southeastern Turkey.
"To tell you the truth," a co-worker, Alev Sahar added, "we never trusted them."
The proposed adultery law had been debated in the news
media during the past month, while Parliament was in summer recess, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had repeatedly said he endorsed it as a way to preserve the family.
His Justice and Development Party had been expected to introduce it on Tuesday when the deputies reconvened to vote on a voluminous new penal code. But by the end of the day, with protesters in the streets and some European officials darkly warning that it smacked of fundamentalism, the proposed law had not made an appearance. No one even stepped forward even to claim ownership.
Party officials said the proposal, once fiercely defended
by some deputies, had won few supporters during a closed
party meeting the night before.
"There is general agreement that we will not propose that
kind of thing right now," said Reha Denemec, a deputy
chairman of the party. "We've got something like 340
different articles to get passed - we did 60 or so in four hours - and it's very important to do these things right now."
During its brief and contentious public life, however, the adultery proposal shone an unwanted spotlight on the backgrounds of the party leaders. Most are veterans of Welfare, a more militantly Islamist party that briefly ruled in a coalition government in the mid-1990's. The army removed it from power in 1997.
Mr. Erdogan was a senior Welfare member and a former mayor
of Istanbul who spent time in jail in 1999 for reciting a
poem in public that talked of mosque minarets as bayonets.
His action has not been forgotten by the powerful military establishment, which sees itself as the guardian of Turkey's secular system.
But since sweeping into power nearly two years ago after
his party won nearly two-thirds of the seats in the
Parliament, the prime minister and his party aides have generally sidestepped issues that might make the military and the nationalists bristle.
Instead, he has shuttled continuously between Turkey and European Union countries, vigorously promoting Turkey's bid to begin accession talks leading to membership. He has also presided over wholesale changes in the Constitution, a rewrite of the administration law, revisions of the civil code and, now, some hundreds of proposed amendments to the penal code - all to bring the country's laws in conformity with European Union standards.
The European Commission in Brussels is expected to decide whether to recommend a date for accession talks at its meeting on Oct. 6. European Union leaders are expected to vote on the matter at their summit meeting in mid-December.
A number of those leaders have already expressed doubts
about whether Turkey, a majority Muslim country, belongs in Europe. In the face of those misgivings, the sudden appearance of the adultery proposal last month brought a sharp warning from Günter Verheugen, the European Union's enlargement commissioner.
During a visit to Turkey last week, he said, he bluntly
asked Mr. Erdogan why the adultery issue was being raised
now, and he warned the Turkish leader that it would
undermine its campaign for acceptance in Europe.
Suspicion about the intentions of the party, which is known
by its Turkish abbreviation, A.K.P., has never really evaporated, despite its general popularity as a can-do government and its near-total dominance of Turkish politics since its success in municipal elections around the country six months ago.
Even the party's supporters appeared puzzled at the attempt
to legislate morality - adultery is forbidden in Islam, as
it is in most religions - at a time when Turkey has been
trying to prove its European credentials.
"It's true that people's suspicions about the A.K.P. were awakened," said Selahaddin Direck, a contractor and businessman in Van who has been an enthusiastic supporter of the party and Mr. Erdogan.
Even though the region is conservative and might have
favored outlawing adultery, he added, there was no
particular demand.
"Maybe another time, or on another platform or in another presentation, the issue can be put on the agenda again," Mr. Direck said. "But at the moment, E.U. membership is more important than such debates. So it was very unfortunate. I don't think there could have been a worse time to introduce such a debate."
Criminalizing adultery could bring more harm to women in a country where honor killings, the murder of women who are suspected of dishonoring their families through their sexual conduct, are still not uncommon, according to the Women's Association.
"There is already lots of violence against women," Ms.
Demir said. "This law would endow the man with even more authority and power, and could increase the number of crimes against women."
A previous adultery law in the criminal code punished a man
if it was proved that he had set up housekeeping with a
woman or installed her in a house. But it punished a woman simply for having sexual relations with a man other than her husband. Turkey's highest court ruled that law unconstitutional eight years ago, saying it discriminated against women.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/15/international/europe/15turkey.html?ex=1096246645&ei=1&en=e4999a1e55a02de9
Thursday, October 14
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getting ready to leave |
heading back to paris soon. i like it here. i hope that i can come again.
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the end is upon us! |
to every human on the planet, and especially in the
western world. they will just slip it in your body when
you go to do a quick surgery...
Today, the FDA approved the use of the VeriChip, an RFID microchip that is implanted under skin without need for surgery. The chips are designed to include patient-specific information such as allergies or previous procedures that would be scanned at a hospital emergency room wirelessly. In order to assure its ubiquity (and eventual mind control of the masses), Applied Digital Solutions is giving away scanners to 200 trauma centers. This is the first time the FDA has approved devices like this, and we’ll be watching this slippery slope closely, comrades.
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in a tea cup |
hey everyone...check out this little movie in flash i have of
an evening with my 7600...doing lots of stuff with it for my
exhibition! you will need the latest flash player to view this!
Tuesday, October 12
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INVITATION TO ART EXHIBIT |
Monday, October 11
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PREPARING FOR ART |
In preparation for my art exhibit in paris about modelling i made a big dinner in the model flat and recorded the conversations that went on. Many secrets to tell!
Sunday, October 10
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MAYA DROOMS ARE COMING! |
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so there are these mini vans, yellow, called dolmush's.
basically it's carpooling for a cheaper rate than a taxi.
there was some kind of strike and i could not find a taxi,
when a dolmush stopped right in front of me, a woman got
out of the front seat, i got in, and this sign was staring
me in the face. i really want to go to their website!
Friday, October 8
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feelings are always right |
and the rain will wash away all your tears if you stand in it...
(i am feeling quiet, just thinking and feeling...it's ok...) some friends came over tonight, they didnt know about it, but we did a mini jam and made some music together a bit and it cheered me up, that and my dear friend on im who helps me make my dreams come true helped me today with some code. thanks ilpo. thanks andrew. thanks emre. it was probably not a good idea if i stay too alone...
Thursday, October 7
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TEXT THAT PRESIDENT OUT! |
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RAINY DAY BLUES |
so i will luckily stick my head back in my computer and not think about any of this. i will stay in the present moment, so i can savor every last minute of my time here.
friday i will have a big dinner at the model flat and after the dinner, everyone has agreed to let me record a focus group for my exhibition. this way my exhibition becomes more than just me, me, me, and instead becomes the voice of all of us. which makes me really happy.
ok...back to getting my head into some code. my heart hurts.
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Wednesday, October 6
Monday, October 4
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WHAT I EAT IN ISTANBUL |
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grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr says anastasia, i am a meat eater!sorry babe...i am staying veggi
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they offer you cherry juice at the castings cuz it takes so long to get there!
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little bit old...lots poluted...but amazing crazy city, istanbul.
Sunday, October 3
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BLOODY AWESOME LINKS FOR ANDREW! |
this photo i shot during the berlin-kreutzberg riots
(ask anyone what is may 1 berlin kreutzberg. poice, riots, burning cars, everything...better yet, ask pascal what happened to anina the day before the berlin riots) you can see me shooting in the middle of the riots on my video page. for an art magazine.
BERLIN LINKS
first things first: if you need to find a street before you go somewhere, look here,
berlin streetfinder.
berlin is the hometown of my family. they come from berlin. i love berlin. especially cuz of my modelling agency, seedsmodels.de
pascal is the owner and he knows everyone! I LOOOOVE PASCAL. if you want to get into every party, talk to falco at the agency. falco knows everything. tel#: 0049-30-4401340
here's the map to get there: mapme
eisdieler
these cats are exactly like you guys. totally riding the sceene in berlin with their groovey shop. check out their store in the groovey district they are in, kinda exactly like your taxim sceene. you can even check out they have a webcam on their site. there are lots of awesome restaurants and second hand shops in this area.
EISDIELER
KASTANIENALLEE 12
10435 BERLIN
you can have the map here: mapme
so if you wanna party in the fashion sceene, then you go to cookies club.
Cookies
Charlottenstr. 44
10117 Berlin (mitte)
i never been there, but pascal and falco can take you there.
by the way, most cool part is happening in the old east part, called prencelauerberg.
THE STUDIO TO DO YOGA: MUVEO
and here's the tourist info page:
http://www.berlin-tourist-information.de/index.en.html and http://www.btm.de/
good for getting the weather report of the day.
internet cafe's in east part:
Alpha Internet–Café
Dunckerstraße 72, Prenzlauer Berg SBAHN: Prenzlauer Allee
Internetwork Berlin
Gaudystraße 1, Prenzlauer Berg UBAHN SBAHN: Schönhauser Allee
AND THERE IS ONE PLACE YOU HAVE TO GO!! MY FAVORITE AREA. IT'S IN AN AREA CALLED MITTE AND THERE YOU HAVE TO FIND A PLACE CALLED KINO. it's not called kino anymore, but Tacheles . AND IT'S THE MOST AWESOME BAR EVER. THE DECORE IS AMAZING! this place was taken over and made into a mad cinema, they just blew holes in the walls to connect all the rooms. this guy welded two huge doors of steele, one with a fish on it with scales, and one fish with bones. you have no idea how BIG ARE THE WELDED DOORS. then accross the way from there, is a great indian reastaurant. YUM! the whole area is delicious!
Zapata im Tacheles
Oranienburger Straße 54-56, Mitte
here's the map to get there: mapme
and my favorite radio station in windows media player is radio io ambiant
Saturday, October 2
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KORAI CAMPING! |
and with a photographer called korai from backstage advertizing.
it was an incredible production with an intense concept centered around
me having a dream about 5 guys. yep. crazy dream. it starts out in a
picture fram and ends where i go out of the pictureframe like alice in
wonderland went in!
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we all worked ourselved hard, beach shooting, camping sceene, night
snow shooting, and night beach shooting.
the last photo i had to take everything off and just wear a sweater in
the sand in the dark. my feet were cold! i found out though, if you burry
them in the sand and keep still, they get warm. pitty i move so much!
Friday, October 1
