Peter Forret

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Photography, technology, argentine tango, digital cinema, mashup, funky music

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Beirut - Guyamas Sonora

My little brother (he’s ten) and I were watching Beirut videos last night, the ones where they play live specifically. We both gasped when Zach starts singing on this one. After it was done, he went on to say how Beirut’s music gives him goosebumps, and that this is his favorite band because they don’t need any electric instruments or computers to create beautiful music.

dat voice

Tuba is hip

Flowery skirt →

photography

1991 - Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum travels to Argentina for a mysterious operation. He returns with a large cranial scar, invents Python, is declared Dictator for Life by legions of followers, and announces to the world that “There Is Only One Way to Do It.” Poland becomes nervous.

One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages

Walk Wherever you Want (by cliccath)

Politicians do not understand file sharing, but they understand child pornography, and they want to filter that to score points with the public. Once we get them to filter child pornography, we can get them to extend the block to file sharing.

The Copyright Lobby Absolutely Loves Child Pornography | TorrentFreak

Point of view

(via robinmbrowne)

Rowing

(via Colourised photographs by Sanna Dullaway | Retronaut)

Cable Beach by Bryan Cossart

Having driven out all former property owners, Solidere now owns the whole of Downtown Beirut: its buildings, roads, services, security, cafes, hotels, office blocks, pavements, parks, and even Beirut’s municipality, with ONE exception: the Saint-George Hotel. (via Issues | Saint-George Hotel)