Delicious LiveJournal Links for 3-24-2010

[andrewducker]

• Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day
  (tags: feminism adalovelace programming women)
• Red Button Preview of The Eleventh Hour on UK Freeview on the 27th
  (tags: DrWho BBC TV UK)
• Dogs! In the Snow! Sledging!
  (tags: dogs cute video)
• Last supper has been super-sized
  (tags: lastsupper food art religion)
• Jack Straw pledges libel law overhaul
  If they win, of course.
  (tags: law uk)
• BT ordered to share ducts, telegraph poles and fibre-optic cable for fast broadband
  (tags: uk telecoms internet broadband)
• Genocide and Jedi: why the Sith may be right in Old Republic
  (tags: starwars jedi philosophy sith)
• Ways of seeing - disability and representation
  (tags: disabilities society)
• Infinite USB plug is a big idea for small conveniences
  (tags: usb technology design)

Comments

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

Jedi are Apollonian while Sith are Dionysian? Nietzsche in Star Wars?

[andrewducker]

I think that chaos and order thing predates Nietzche somewhat. Especially as Lucas is a big fan of Kurosawa, his inspiration might be somewhat more Eastern :->

[andrewducker]

I just found this. It's worth reading and also the followups:
http://www.rilstone.talktalk.net/mask-of-god.htm