did i receive the mail because i didn't ring the adbell? well anyhow, sure i would like to take a look at soft cinema: navigating the database", by lev manovich and andreas kratky. the booklet comes with a dvd and the promise

the DVD was designed and programmed so that there is no single version of any of the films. All the elements - including screen layout, the visuals and their combination, the music, the narrative, and the length - are subject to change every time the film is viewed.

reading at chris: semasiology of open source. no idea what that should be, but found a typical answer at itconversation, 2004:

... So, last year about two days after OSCON, Nat said, my talk in this year, 'What's your talk about� so I didn't know and I came up with something on the spur the moment that was The Semasiology of Open Source. And since I did go to Catholic school, I felt guilty like I really actually have to talk about this now! ...