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"Computers are useless, they can only give you answers" - Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

By Nikki Aaron on Mar 24, 08 11:39 AM in Travel

Oh woe is me as I find myself living in a country devoid of Youtube. I never thought of myself as an internet dependent individual, but am in absolutely no denial about my addiction to British broadcasting. Namely, Eastenders.

You may think it's rather sad that despite the fact that I live in the most culturally rich country in the entire world, I still feel compelled to hear some cockney banter and watch sensationally far-fetched storylines. But what can I say, this was my reality touchstone, however unrealistic.

But now, it has been taken away from us in China.

As well as those endless wasted hours of tapping friends' and work colleagues' names into youtube, to see if they have any uber embarrassing videos lurking around. Or those reminiscent searches for those favourite children's tv programmes, that you sometimes just like to watch and remark at how odd Philip Schofield looks with fully brown head of hair. Well, as of last week, I now have only the animated voice of my mother to talk me through the happenings of The Square, for which she often gets confused with the storyline of The Dale or The Street.

Oh well.

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4 Comments

Derek Belm said:

Good day Nikki!
My youngest child has taken to using something called iPlayer off of the BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ - which one of the other Post bloggers (a gentleman called Sid, I believe) has already written about.
Derek Jnr tells me iPlayer is "lush" and a great way of keeping himself up to date with a programme called Gavin and Stacey.
I myself try to keep my TV viewing to the bare minimum and consider most programmes post-1983 to be rubbish beyond reason.

Nikki Aaron said:

Youtube has since been uncensored in China, arguably because of my outcry / article. Hip hip hurrah!

A typically quixotic line from the enigmatic great master! Picasso was a man of deep contradictions. He was a self avowed communist, yet he was also one of the world's wealthiest artists, leaving his heirs an estate valued at $260 million ($1.5 billion in 2008 dollars) when he died in 1973. Pablo Picasso once remarked, 'I like to live like a poor man, except with lots of money'!

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Victor said:

Hi guys,

I have heard a few interesting quotes of Picasso's to date and am in search of a book either about him or one containing many of his ideas.
I am well aware that he was a painter, not an author, none the less, I would much appreciate such a book and would like to ask if anyone knows of such a book.

an isbn would be ideal, but any tips would be much appreciated.

Victor.

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