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WordPress 乡村歌曲

哦 WordPress 粉丝们,现在有人为它做了首歌:It’s Called WordPress。via: Matt

可以下载它的MP3或者rar

歌词

Welcome to my story bout my, CMS
It’s an awesome piece of software, it’s called WordPress
It manages my blog, it makes it look real nice
I installed in in 5 minutes, this things slicker than ice
All I had to do, was click on Next
Within seconds I was running, no room to get vexed

It’s called WordPress
It’s my CMS
It’s the best thing to hit the web since porn
The code is open, the source is free
It’s available for people, just like you and me

Once I picked my title and wrote a description,
I clicked on manage, I needed to do so me fixin’
I deleted Hello World, got rid of first comment, too
I clicked on View Site and all I saw was plain blue
I moved to Presentation, there were some nice looking themes
But none fit my style, none screamed Devin Reams

Chorus

After I tweaked the code and played with CSS
I installed myself some plugins, I was real impressed
They organized my archives, they helped me tag, too
Then I installed a spam blocker not a single one came through
I added movie ratings and book ratings as well
Now when people visit me they’ll know that Crank was hell

Chorus

So I made an about page, it got me a stalker
I was thrilled and excited, I wanted to to talk to her
She said she knew my hometown, what I looked like, too
It was mentioned that she loved guys with eyes that were blue
I didn’t mind the attention, decided it was time she had met me
Little did I know, some people named their boys Leslie

Chorus

Now you might be thinking, he plays piano real good
I wish it were true, I sure wish I could
Instead I wrote the lyrics to this nerdy tune,
It was GarageBand provided ballad piano number 2

Chorus x2

Kevin Kelly on 社会进步

Kevin Kelly,也是我一个崇拜对象。不仅因为他有超酷的域名(kk.org :-),还因为他超酷的经历。年轻的时候,作为独立摄影师,在亚洲各处游荡。回到美国后,骑车穿越美国大陆,还有过长途徒步旅行的经历。接着,开始做杂志做媒体,人生轨迹开始与 Stewart Brand 交汇。92 参与创办了《Wired》杂志,到 99 年一直是其主编。与人一起创办了 Long Now Foundation,做很多有趣的事情。已经写了几本书Out of ControlNew Rules for the New Economy等等。现在在写一本书叫 The Technium,探寻技术的意义。对于“WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT?”这个问题,他的回答我模糊翻译如下:

我对未来乐观。

没有心智健全的人会无视这个星球上不断出现的问题,但是要注意到好东西也是不断涌现的。平均来讲,长期来讲,社会的的确确是在进步。Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi 曾经说过 “There is more good than evil in the world—but not by much.” 这”不多一点点”确是全部所需了,文明就是靠这一点点进步积累起来的。只要我们创造的比毁坏的每年多个1%,我们就在进步。

但是,真的有 1% 改善么?我们可以从人们的活动上看出来。我们看到人们逐渐有更多的选择,更多的可能性。

还没有人能生活在未来。也许将来我们能发明时间机器,允许我们去未来度假。但是现在,如果我们想生活在“明天”—就是比今天稍微好一点的地方—我们可以去地球上最前瞻的城市居住。城市是未来发生的地方,那儿有增多的选择和可能性。每天有百万人从乡村进入城市,相比空间上的移动,这更是时间上的旅行。这些移民在时间上前进了数百年,从中世纪的村庄移居到21世纪的都市。贫民窟的病态清晰可见,但这不能阻止他们。 和我们所有人一样,他们来这儿,就是为了那一点点增加的自由和选择。

回到过去从没有现在这么容易过。发展中国家的国民只要回到他们的村庄,在那儿他们可以活在古老的传统里,选择也很有限。只要愿意,他们可以不利用任何现代技术。发达国家的国民可以买张机票,不到一天的时间,就可以到达尼泊尔或者马里的小村庄。如果你愿意放弃现代的便利,你可以在那儿生活一辈子。你确实可以选择你的时代。如果你觉得喜欢新石器时代,你可以去亚马逊流域扎营;如果你猜测 1890s 是黄金时代,你可以去一个亚米希(Amish)村庄。我们有不可思议多的机会前往过去的时代,但奇怪的是,很少有人真地想居住在那儿。相反,在世界上任何地方,所有时代,所有文化里,人们总是尽其所能地窜到有“稍微多选择”的未来去。

为什么?因为未来比过去稍微好一点。明天比今天好一点。

他的回答显得比较平淡,但平淡中才能显出乐观的程度,对不。:)

我也是那种有时候会“虚情假意”梦想回农村,或者去草原去山脚,过出世生活的人。但是,艾米总是以生活具体问题把我批得体无完肤。

Kevin Kelly 关于去未来,去过去的论述让我想起旁观者的奇妙冒险的题头:”The future is already here – it is just unevenly distributed.” — William Gibson。不仅未来已经在这儿,过去也还在这儿,世界是多么平坦。