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    fiction about gentrification

    Does anyone know of any novels that deal explicitly with gentrification? I like the way that Iain Sinclair's rant about property speculation runs through pretty much his entire oeuvre, but I'm looking for something a little less cryptically written.
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    Best Writing on William Blake

    I'm not sure whether this thread belongs here or in the "Thought" forum. That in itself is almost worthy of discussion. So what have you read on Blake that you've liked? Bonus points for stuff written in the past thirty years, also bonus points for anything inflected with structuralism or...
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    Kureishi

    Nearly finished Kureishi's The Black Album. Summer of 2005 is a particularly good time to read this book, I think. What do people think of it and of Kureishi generally?
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    bookmarks in Safari

    Let's say you have a fairly large folder containing bookmarked blogs. It would be nice to be able to see when you last visited a certain blog, how many times in total you've visited it, and so forth. Even more useful would be the ability to sort the list using any one of these attributes, like...
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    What software do you do your writing on?

    I am using Microsoft Word X on Mac OS X. As some people maintain a preference for certain inks and papers (claiming it enhances their productivity or creativity), I'm wondering if any of you have developed a similar relationship with your software? What about unorthodox solutions -- text...
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    Melancholy

    Melancholy. What is it, and what does it mean? Did it exist before ... say ... 1850?
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    Motivation

    This is a practical question. I'm sure everyone struggles with procrastination, low energy, and general laziness to some degree, but it is really affecting my life. I'm struggling with it a lot at the moment -- unsure of what could be physiological (vitamins/nutrients/glands/whatever) and what...
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    In-ear style headphones

    So I'm thinking of replacing the standard white earbuds that came with my iPod. I thought, "why not?" I was in A&B Sound yesterday looking at some different models by Panasonic and Sony. I'm willing to pay about $50 CAD (which I guess is like £50, when you think about it), and the models I am...
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    So when is OS X 10.4 coming out?

    And what do you think about the frequency of "Security Updates"?
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    What's the best music from Japan you've heard in the past six months?

    I found an old comp on Sub Rosa the other day -- Japanese Avant Garde or something like that. It's from 1992, and some things are kind of dated (interesting to think that avant music dates itself as readily as anything else) but there's lots of great stuff: some Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, etc...
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