The Russian poet Anderi Voznesensky gave the idea a late twentieth-century spin when he referred to a poem as
"a crystal,a method of thought penetrating to the essence
of what happening, a way of revealing the truth.Poetry
knows no borders;it has no capitals and no provinces.
Languages are many but poetry is one."
The following (japanese)poem is the one I can understand what Anderi said from "the vintage book of contemporary world poetry".I'm not sure how the original japanese poem sounds like but I'm so sure I feel down the translated version of this poem.
Every morning after killing thousands of angles
1
i read a boy's poem called "Every morning after killing thousands of angles"
i forget the poem,but the title won't leave me
i drink some coffee
read a paper read by millions
all the misery
all the destruction in the world
herd into headlines and catch phrases
the only part i trust
is the financial page
a completely blank sapce governed
by the mechanics of capital and pure speculation
2
that boy's mornings
and my mornings-
how are they different?
3
But the boy can see the angles' faces
4
what do you do
after you kill them?
i go out walking
Where?
To a river with a very big bridge over it
Every morning?
Every morning
while my hands are still bloody
5
I can't kill thousands of angles
but I walk a dry path to the beach
the hot sky's still filled
with sweating typhoon clouds
the sea's a later color
fall is not summer at the horizon
narrow streams run through
spaces silted with darkness
weak-looking capillaries float on my thin hands:
no place to anchor a big bridge
6
Noon at this end of the bridge
everythings shines
shirt buttons
decayed tooth
an air rifle
broken
sunglass lens
pink shells
smells of seaweed
river water mixing with the sea
sand
and
as far
as my footprints
7
It's my turn now
I'll tell you about the world
at the far end of the bridge
the shadow world
things and concepts totally shadow
shadows feeding on shadows
spreading,radiating like cancer cells
decomposing organs of drowned bodies
green thought swelling and distending
medieval markets surging with marchants and prostitutes and
monks
cats,sheep,hogs,horses,cows
every kind of meat on butcher shop hooks
but no blood anywhere
8
So I can't see the bridge
unless I kill thousands of angles?
9
What sight excites me most sexually?
the bridge has disappeared
a riderless black horse
crosses the word of light
slowly,toward the shadow world
but exhausted,it falls
crying animal tears but not rotting
gleaming directly to bone
pure white bone
and then to earth
and then
dawn comes I've got to go out and live
after killing
killing thousands of angles
RYUICHI TAMURA
translaed from the Japanese by Christopher Drake
Glance back to open-source idea
This morning, I was thinking about who is started the open source software idea and googling it. And then I clicked a link that title named 'Brief history of open source' and i want to add my thoughts on these history. The concept creator of free software is Richard M.Stallman,a programmer at MIT's artificial intelligence lab. He grew up with computer in 1960s and 1970s.In this time, the computer users have the ability and right to modify or write the software on his or her computer (mainframe computers) and freely share to others. As computer cheaper and more numerous in late 1970s, producers and companies should act a copyrightable and form of intellectual as music CDs, book's text and films. When these things happen, Richard M.Stallman concern with computer users' ability to be good neighbors and members of what he thought was an ethical and efficient computer-user community. He named this vision-community that developed liberated code:"free software". He defined it into freedom 0 to 3.I just rephrasing this history into more brief. Every real things start from sparkling thoughts of ours' mind. Just need to feel that! Why we didn't know the value of open source movement? The following lines might be explain why.
Why we are not open-source fans?
In my country, we (students, learners and every one who knows about IT,
including me) haven't known too much about open-source movement.
(I means we know what this term mean but we don't understand it.)So, Why? we don't feel and know the meaning and value of Open source. We got every resource we need almost cost free. What ya want? OS? Applications? Gaming software? you can buy every kind of these resources around 1$.Every computer runs unregistered Microsoft Windows XXX version. No one use Mac OS because we can't afford apple branded-PC and every software need to paid. Want a computer, go to the sale center and buy a cloned PC. Pay some installation cost, the sale center add on free Windows and other popular software (95% of them are for Microsoft OS). Whatever, Cool!! If ya require more software than they installed, don't worry. Every kinds of software can get with lower costs. Aha! Don't need to think about license aggrement,serial numbers and every protected stuffs. Sometimes, I burn another copy for my friend. We all are god-damn pirates. In this situation, thinking about open-source software is a little geeky and most of us haven't considered about it. I know it's not the absolute point we don't know open-source initiative. Many other points also exist like the weakness of our education system and lack of strong technical inspiration and inadequate access problems.
Free (beer) or Free(speech)
First time, I heard these words:"free software", "open-source"...I thought that"..Can’t too good. It's free things. May be like free (beer)". After dig up and contribute about open-source, I haven't known that "It ain't free beer. It's free like the word in "free speech". May be it's funny!!but it's real. The advantages of open source is simple, I thought: You own the code, It's free and you are free (free to change the code, free to add new features, free to have anyone come in and do these things for you. )
On the other view, drawbacks are existed. No guarantee it's stable or not. To run up everything properly for an (professional) end-user, it needs time and skills to develop, modify and use. There are many "Hows" to know. The number and variety of application programs are not yet as large as those available for the Microsoft Windows operating systems. Recently, I install Ubuntu 8.10 along with MS XP and facing many problems to solve. Every times, I run to internet café' and googling the solutions .Whatever it bored me, it feels like living in a new home. Every things is new and odds. I'm a open source newbie (also in blogging) and Just drop some lines what I think. May be I'm right or may be not. So, some things you want to make a point, comment me. I'll really appreciate it.
I wrote this post with Open Office.org.
Today,I went to US Embassy(American Center Library) to check out my borrowed-books.After I checked out,I spent some time with today current news.You know,Media of our country is not free like other country.Our Government,militarily junta have been controlled all medias:linear or hyper medias.Fortunately,we can know update and probably right news from this embassy.I don't know why(may be supporting for democracy).So,I always check out current news about my country when I reach this library.Haha!!sound funny,huh!! Most of the news are written by media from other countries and reporters without border.
I want to share about two news i got today.The first one is about the documentary movie named "Burma VJ". I can't wait to watch this documentary movie.I guess this documentary will show the status of our country.
The other one is about the biggest business man plan to form football clubs and compete with their own league.Burmese business man to start their soccer league quoted from San Oo Aung blogs
I can't believe why they invest huge amount of money for this crazy things.We need to develop in many fields(almost every).Forming a football team is not the first priority thing,i believe.With these amount of money,they should run kind of business that can initiate the most important things like such as unmet critical problem ,build up modern infrastructure...Most of the biggest business are related directly or indirectly with militarily regime. Every one knows! For the god of sakeness,The Government totally don't care the voice of mass.So,If you have some thoughts and comments,i'll so glad to hear about that.About Myanmar(Burma):WikiMyanmar , CIA Facfbook and UNODC factfile.
Today,I went to US Embassy(American Center Library) to check out my borrowed-books.After I checked out,I spent some time with today current news.You know,Media of our country is not free like other country.Our Government,militarily junta have been controlled all medias:linear or hyper medias.Fortunately,we can know update and probably right news from this embassy.I don't know why(may be supporting for democracy).So,I always check out current news about my country when I reach this library.Haha!!sound funny,huh!! Most of the news are written by media from other countries and reporters without border.
I want to share about two news i got today.The first one is about the documentary movie named "Burma VJ". I can't wait to watch this documentary movie.I guess this documentary will show the status of our country.
The other one is about the biggest business man plan to form football clubs and compete with their own league.Burmese business man to start their soccer league quoted from San Oo Aung blogs
I can't believe why they invest huge amount of money for this crazy things.We need to develop in many fields(almost every).So,If you have some thoughts and comments,i'll so glad to hear about that.
About Myanmar(Burma):WikiMyanmar
CIA Facfbook
UNODC factfile.
I heard from OLPC News and Forum site that one of a freelance education and training consultant using ICT to support
initiatives in line with Millennium Development Goals for education and
education for sustainable development have been developed and released a new socila web site for OLPC developers and educators. He said that the purpose of this site are (1) To create awareness of OLPC and the XO in an audience unfamiliar with the program
(2) To act as a showcase for OLPC and XO activities, supplementing other internet based sources
(3) To be a place where people can meet and interact with others in almost realistic ways without geographical constraints.
If you wanna contribute in this site, follow this link: This is About OLX and the main page is at OpenLife Xchange.
Frankly,I'm not sure it works properly or not.I'm just informing others to know.If you are not familiar with Virtual world,this short video will show the OLPC life center:
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Find more videos like this on OpenLife Xchange
OLPC is to open the capability of children
First of all,I'm not a technical writer.But...i'm an emotional writer plus little tech knowledge.If you are looking specifically for technology about XO,follow the link and don't read it. Just want to save your time.
When i was attending the itu youth forum event at Bangkok,we all got one xo laptop per each participants. I guess,firstly,we all might think what this little computer is. small,inefficient and difficult to manage,this laptop is a little weird i feel. After the main session of our forum,they,ITU members arrange a session about introduction of One Laptop Per Child Project.But I'm not that interested about it.But I'm happy because whatever this laptop is good or bad or useful for me,I got it 'FREE'.And at the next day,one lady and a gent(they are XO experts) gave us a guide about this small laptop.after this teaching session,I can use it as an end-user level plus can tell others how to...It includes many functions and useful applications to touch the technology for children whom live in remote areas and least-developed countries.You can check about this: OLPC Offical site and OLPC information and news.I saw some guys(open source guys and Linux geeks) try to figure out every things about XO.They look very enthusiastic and interested about this.In this point,i want to tell you about the guy from Israel.He is a Linux geek and explain some basic stuffs about Phyton and some-I-don't-know-things about XO. Frankly, I don't know much about open-source technology and strange from Linux environment.Thanks to this guy for lighting up my brain about open source technology. When i came back to my home,I use this Laptop as a e-book reader when the electricity is cut out.(Not a big deal!) And the other time,I put it away to under my study table.But one day, In the middle of reading a comic book,it's freeze and can't shut down.This broking matter make me to feel about XO. To repair this,I surf the net and discuss about it in the forum atOlpc news bogs,news and fourm site .It make me suprise that many technology specialists,XO geeks are a lot of guys than I thought.They think big,idealize and criticize a lot to improve,modify this small laptop to get the best position. Other similar notebook like Asus Android-based-Notebook which cost around 100$.Now,XO geeks are trying to upgrade and modify XO version1 and trial XO version2.Some least-developed countries are started to lauched a triall project
for OLPC inititive to use the computer at schools situated in rural
and remote areas. Now,i can imagine that one day,this project gonna be the biggest dream for children.We all need to support this project as much as we can. Childern are "Lack of opportunity,not capability".Share ur thoughts and ideas to reach the mission of OLPC project.
Comments about 11th hour
u know i rarely watch documentary movies.Why? Simple answer:so boring! But this one is the best documentary movie I've ever watched and every human being should watch,I recommend.This is "the 11th hour" that is produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. So...what was that movie about? Short way to answer this question is,i think, "relationship between human and nature".In this point, you think "what...human...nature? That's not a big deal." No,it's not that. It's more than that a lot.According to Jeanine Benyus,the author of Biomimicry,She said that"Homosapiens sapiens is an incredibly young species....We came very late in the calendar year of the Earth. The Earth Calendar where it started in January 1 and now we're December 31st.We got here 15 minutes before midnight on December 31st...and all recorded history has blinked by in the last 60 seconds." Now,you can guess why this movie was named "The 11th hour". Dealing with many other environmental topics,this movie might be give you a lot of questions such as "What are we?,What is natural? Does Human kind ever exist in the Earth or Does the Earth exist without us? If the current atmosphere and environment situation change,Can we still live in this planet?, Are we really big customers of the nature?,Does we actually absorb too much on the nature?....There are somemain questions and a lot of follow-up questions provoking
Save the world
Save yourself
Save us all
Link:save the planet site
11th hour Action site
about "the 11th hour movie"
I'm a happy and funny type but you know,not ever.Actually right now,I feel depressed and can't do things that need to concentrate. I know it's not me. I live alone at the apartment and it's not the problem,i know.I used to it.I love living alone. But now...I feel my life,means my spending life-i have nothing-no real success,no real relationship and no real nothing i had.Damn life! I've been done some weak things like- drinking alcohol,chain-smoking and other stupid stuffs.Sometimes,i write and write.How it called?-a poem,a story?? I named it my confession work.It work sometimes, not always.Feel like my life falling apart from the somewhere higher to the ground and hit and then turn into pieces.
I can't clear why I feel depressed now?
So,I post it.
Feel a little better..or not
Who cares?
This style of sleeping is good!
Have you ever
Yeah...Horses have a unique system of interlocking ligaments and bones in their legs,which covers as a sling to suspend their body weight without strain while their muscles are completely relaxed.
This way,horses don't have to exert any energy consciously to remain standing but their legs are locked in the proper position while sleeping.Most horses do most of their sleeping while standing,but patterns differ. If they are sleeping at standing position continuously for as long as a month or more, it was not unusual; lying in on position for a long time also can cause muscle cramps.
I know open source means more deeper than free of charge.This is my perspective about why Myanmar people doesn't interested... read more
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