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This site is the personal site of Mike Turro. This site is in a state of flux. This site is an experiment, a process, a way to take the words, images, and sounds that I create or find in the wild and use them as the base materials for an exploration of emerging web standards and practices. This site is an exercise in design technology. This site is unprofessional and broken. This site is open and evolving [in plain sight].
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[coolplayer]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRTDz3j-eA[/coolplayer]
Every once in a while it’s a good idea to touch base with the things in your life that have helped to craft the person you are. For me one of those things is Hunter S. Thompson. Reading his articles in Rolling Stone had a profound impact on the way I view the politics, culture and counter-culture of the USA. I still have no idea what made him kill himself the way he did, but at some level I certainly understand it. I suppose that a lifetime of running in the opposite direction of the vast majority of folk you come by gets tiring. In any event, I came across this video and remembered all over again what it was about Hunter that still lives on. And check this out too. And this.