Mike Arauz Mike Arauz is a strategist at Undercurrent, and lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Mike's interested in media, marketing, technology, photography, film, food, and politics. This site is a place for you to discover the things that Mike thinks are interesting enough to pass on. Email: him[at]mikearauz[dot]com
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How Web 2.0 are you?

Someone's created a nifty automatic little test. [link] It would only be better if it checked your RSS feeds from Bloglines or whatever you use. (h/t MicroPersuasion)

Thursday, August 31, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Grammy on her 90th Birthday

Tuesday, August 29, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Pluto has been demoted

This has got to suck for Pluto. How would you like to not be a planet anymore? [link]

Thursday, August 24, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Improv Everywhere: Slo-Mo Home Depot

Improv Everywhere is at it again. On Sat Aug 19th, 2006 225 people shopped in slow motion at Home Depot on 23rd Street in Manhattan [link]

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Bush's most recent press conference

Fred Kaplan writes for Slate:

George W. Bush criticizing someone for not understanding the world is like … well, it's like George W. Bush criticizing someone for not understanding the world. It's sui generis: No parallel quite captures the absurdity so succinctly. [link]

Wednesday, August 23, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Perelman refuses Fields Medal



This is the man who solved the Poincaré conjecture. He has refused Mathematics highest honor. [link]

Tuesday, August 22, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Humus Online Art Magazine

Get lost in the issues of this beautiful virtual art magazine. Very rich series of photography, illustrations, and mixed-media [link].

Sunday, August 20, 2006    |       |    Permalink

christina courtin - myspace.com/christinacourtin

Friday, August 18, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now

In case the death of Bruno Kirby got you down.

A video aided trip down memory lane, Starship's Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now [link], from the movie Mannequin

Thursday, August 17, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Bruno Kirby is dead

Bruno Kirby is dead at the young age of 57 [link]. You may remember Kirby from some great character roles in movies like The Godfather Part II, City Slickers, and When Harry Met Sally.

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Federal Judge rules against Warrentless Wiretapping

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. [Federal link]

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Naomi modeling Butter by Nadia

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Josh Marshall makes a good point

Is there anyone in the country who can say honestly, in their heart of hearts, that when that moment of fear hit them after the recent reports out of London, they said to themselves, "God, I'm glad we're in Iraq"? [link]

Wednesday, August 16, 2006    |       |    Permalink

another Michel Gondry video

The White Stripes: The Hardest Button to Button[link]

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Berks County, PA at dusk

Tuesday, August 15, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Henri Poincaré on the brain

"Thought is only a flash in the middle of a long night, but the flash that means everything." - Henri Poincaré


this morning when I woke up, i had the name Henri Poincaré stuck in my head. i didn't know why. then i found this article in the NYTimes today [link]

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Michel Gondry video

one of my favorite Michel Gondry [link] videos: La Tour de Pise by Jean-Francois Cohen [link].

Monday, August 14, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Photographs by Berenice Abbott, 1935-1938

Fantastic collection of photographs of New York by Berenice Abbott.

Changing New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott

Friday, August 11, 2006    |       |    Permalink

a reminder on the NSA scandal

Glenn Greenwald writes at Salon:

The NSA eavesdropping scandal has never been about whether the government should eavesdrop. It is about whether the president has the right to break the law.

War Room - Salon.com

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new kaki king album

i loved kaki king's [myspace page] debut album. and i'm loving her new album. listen to the entire album online [link].

Thursday, August 10, 2006    |       |    Permalink

York Beach, Maine

Saturday, August 05, 2006    |       |    Permalink

Ani's New Album

Ani DiFranco has another new album [link] coming out on Tuesday. Salon posted a link to listen to the album online in its entirety [link]. I think it's the strongest album she's put out since Revelling/Reckoning. Give it a listen, and then go out and buy it.

Friday, August 04, 2006    |       |    Permalink

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