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	<title>The Republic of Thoronia &#187; President</title>
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		<title>Cyborgs and Toshiba</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thorin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, it&#8217;s been busy here in Thoronia, things like &#8220;A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s&#8221; and Mr. Dynamite are taking up most of our time, as well as pitches to news outlets, essay&#8217;s essay&#8217;s essay&#8217;s, stories stories stories (more to share soon!) watching the economy fail (I always said [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">So, it&#8217;s been busy here in <strong>Thoronia</strong>, things like <a href="http://www.egs.edu/faculty/haraway/haraway-a-cyborg-manifesto.html">&#8220;A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s&#8221;</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dynamite-American-Literature-Dalkey-Archive/dp/1564783537"><em><strong>Mr. Dynamite </strong></em></a>are taking up most of our time, as well as pitches to news outlets, essay&#8217;s essay&#8217;s essay&#8217;s, stories stories stories (more to share soon!) <a href="http://www.brandeis.edu/offices/procurement/images/DHL.jpg">watching the economy fail</a> (I always said <a href="http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/DHL/">DHL</a> was only used by weird and shady people that usually ship plasma TVs to Africa), thinking about our handsome (<a href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/11/20081031.gif">and technology apt!</a>) new <a href="http://kotaku.com/5074163/obama-mccain-and-a-headcrab">President</a> and other overall good thoughts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The point is that this <strong><a href="http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Toshiba/">Toshiba</a></strong> commercial flew on by, featuring a <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Castles_%28band%29">Crystal Castles</a></strong> song (the one I actually like, oddly), and it&#8217;s worth sharing for the sheer technical expertise of it. So, there you go, someone else&#8217;s creations for today!</p>
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		<title>Much like King Thor&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>King Thor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is missing in action right now. President Bush is missing his math skills. How many people live in the United States? More than 300.
I&#8217;m not one to generally go about internet-Bush-bashing, but this was one of more funny clips from our president&#8217;s legacy, and sounds too much like something King Thor might have said. Perhaps [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is missing in action right now. President Bush is missing his math skills. <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid988092926/bctid1684377927">How many people live in the United States? More than 300</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not one to generally go about internet-Bush-bashing, but this was one of more funny clips from our president&#8217;s legacy, and sounds too much like something King Thor might have said. Perhaps that&#8217;s were he&#8217;s run off to than? Into Bush&#8217;s body? Only time will tell.</p>
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		<title>News meet Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>King Thor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nanotechnology stops bleeding. People around the world cheer as they no longer have to worry about their band-aid falling off in the shower and looking super gross.
Dolphin gets prothetic tail. &#8220;Is this a fucking joke?&#8221; you might ask. No, no joke. 
Scarlett Johansson set to release tribute album to Tom Waits. Um, yeah I don&#8217;t get [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/20755/"><strong>Nanotechnology stops bleeding</strong></a>. People around the world cheer as they no longer have to worry about their <strong>band-aid</strong> falling off in the shower and looking super gross.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=563966&amp;in_page_id=1811"><strong>Dolphin gets prothetic tail</strong></a>. &#8220;Is this a fucking joke?&#8221; you might ask. No, no joke. </p>
<p><a href="http://feeds.pitchforkmedia.com/~r/pitchfork/today/~3/288587957/50200-interview-scarlett-johansson"><strong>Scarlett Johansson set to release tribute album to Tom Waits</strong></a>. Um, yeah I don&#8217;t get it either. I never really understood tribute albums in general, but especially tribute albums to people whom are still alive. Oh, and by an actress nonetheless, an actress with a big lip and sexy last name.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/12/russian_oil/index.html"><strong>Russia on its way back to the top</strong>.</a> &#8221;Awwwwww&#8230;&#8230; shitttttttttt!&#8221; Says <strong>Obama</strong>, &#8220;Fuck!&#8221; shouts <strong>McCain</strong>. They both drop out and King Thor is elected. He then goes to Russia and ice skates with <strong>Putin</strong>, talks about the upcoming and amazing looking, <a href="http://www.dreamloregames.com/stalin/eng/">Stalin vs. Martians</a>. Then we eat ice cream and high five while listening to Bruce Springsteen.</p>
<p><a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/286990614/verbinski-to-di.html"><strong>Gore Verbinski (you know, the director who did the craptastical trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean) will be directing the new Bioshock movie</strong></a>. <strong>Bioshock</strong> was hailed by many as being a narrative masterpiece (Essentially being: a man is in a plane wreck, finds underwater dystopia, fights his way out, innovative, I know&#8230; becuase it&#8217;s underwater) and to be honest, I only partially agree. I mean the game is alright. It&#8217;s nothing mind-blowing. I mean, simply because the writers create and Ayn Rand inspired underwater fright show doesn&#8217;t mean the game has a great narrative. It certainly asks question, gives answers and sometimes makes the gamer make a choice &#8212; or at least gives the gamer the illusion of choice. If <strong>Bioshock</strong> gave us nothing else, it gives us a game that seems to recognize that it&#8217;s a game, and then subsequently sets out to screw with the player.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/286343009/ignored-by-yaho.html">Now Microsoft wants to buy Facebook.</a> </strong>I&#8217;m growing a little tired of Microsoft&#8217;s ambition&#8217;s to simply purchase everything. Or, more accurately, I&#8217;m growing a little weary that Microsoft hasn&#8217;t tried to purchase <strong>The Republic of Thoronia</strong>. </p>
<p><strong><a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/285667903/torrentspy-ding.html">Torrentspy gets a $111 million copyright lawsuit.</a> </strong>I still can&#8217;t believe that nobody is getting the hint that people don&#8217;t want to<em> pay</em> for their crappy music tastes. Maybe the music and video industries should consider just DROPPING the prices. Price drops=more sales. Why the hell does nobody ever talk to me about these things?</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/education/09admissions.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss">College&#8217;s are becoming less selective.</a> </strong>High prices and dropouts are causing college&#8217;s to dig deeper into their wait lists. President Bush comments, &#8220;See, I told you that my education plan had a point.&#8221; Could this possible be related to the ever increasing cost of going to college that was spiked by Bush&#8217;s cut of education funding to pay for the war? Hmm, no, I&#8217;m sure this was his plan all along, no?</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/05/12/wiiware-goes-live/">Nintendo&#8217;s WiiWare launched.</a> </strong>Fanboys get stoked. XBOX and PS3 owners are confused, since they&#8217;ve had indie-centric titles since their upstarts. Whatever, I&#8217;m going to go download <a href="http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/photos/defend-your-castle/669882/">Defend Your Castle</a> and think about how awesome the Republic of Thoronia game is going to be on a Wii.</p>
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