March 06, 2005 - 3:45 p.m.

.RSS
Im collecting RSS feeds and using http://www.bloglines.com/ 
to read them.

http://coolkid99lol.diaryland.com/index.rss is mine.

All the cool kids are doing it.  BBC, Guardian, New York 
Times, Washington Post, Reuters, Livejournals, Blogspot.. 
Diaryland(!) all have RSS feeds.  Feeds.  Feeds. [-which reminds me
     http://www.livejournal.com/~kaizor/21708.html
     "Anyone want some freelance strings? I’ve got lots 
     to dole out to the right people. "heh. strings. strings!
I imagine a rotund man going around with a bowl of strings
doleing them out like porridge in an orphanage.]

Just lie back and think of the possibilities.  Forget website 
design. pure information! like the matrix when neo learns 
plugged in.



.牛郎织女
I'm learning about a Chinese fairytale.  It starts off as 
quite a sweet story about a kid who's parents are dead, and 
who lives with his elder brother and sister-in-law.  They 
treat him like shit, so the kid starts to go mental and 
spends all his time talking to the livestock.
 One day the wicked pair decide to broker a deal: "So you're 
all grown up now, aintcha Cow Boy," (for this was how he was 
known), "how about we keep everything left to you by your 
dead parents, and you take that cart and your stupid cow and 
get the hell outta here".
"Fair enough" Cow Boy thought, and off he trotted, all the 
while chatting away with the cow.

Cow Boy built himself a nice little thatched hut and planted
some seeds.  Days passed, and it seemed as if Cow Boy was set 
up for life, hoeing his garden and chatting to the cow.

  Out of the blue the cow started talking too. "Tomorrow when 
the sun falls behind the hill, you must cross that mountain 
on the right" said the cow.  "Over the mountain you will find 
a wood, in the wood is a lake, in the lake there'll be some 
immortal women having a wash. All their clothes will be laid 
out on the grass - take the pink pants and run away.  The 
owner of the pink pants will chase you.  She will be your 
wife."
"Fair enough" Cow Boy thought, and next day off he skipped.


..... Anyway, it all ends with a bridge of magpies over the 
milky way - which I think is quite a memorable image.

 
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