Category: Fomenting

Inching towards change?

  • Open source at the blunt edge.

    Here is an object lesson in why free and open source software is a symbol of good ethics. The other day, I had a PDF sent to me by the...

    By Fomenting, Himalayas

  • Stan Freberg to the (sardonic) rescue

    In my youngest daughter’s school they celebrated the visit of Green Santa, who was into Repair Reuse Recycle sort of prezzies. I like that. Stan Freberg, 50 years ago, took...

    By Fomenting

  • Bad publicity, confused gender.

    Well, it had to happen. Here’s the blurb for a film in which a Yeti is the horror interest. Probably a male monster. Contrast this to Herge’s poignantly misunderstood beast...

    By animals, Fomenting, glaikit, Himalayas

  • The Wrong Logo

    I was in a supermarket yesterday, on my way back from other errands, buying a few staples. In my hand was a really well made cloth shopping bag from another...

    By Fomenting

  • Literatini

    I’ve been working on the anthropology of literacy, especially in Himalayan Buddhism, since 1989 – my first significant paper at Chicago was on the relationship between manuscript rituals and scholastic...

    By Fomenting