Most of the time I read, I’m reminded that I don’t read enough.
This in itself can be read (at least) two ways, I suppose. What I mean first is that I haven’t read Neuromancer, but I keep reading about it and William Gibson. This is similar to reading Ciritcal Theory and Science Fiction or Archaeologies [...]
Found this over at The Field a favorite stomping ground of mine for the election season:
Comparing Dean and Obama
By Tracy Russo
This is interesting:
Obama hasn’t turned his campaign over to the grassroots so much as channeled grassroots energy into a more traditional campaign structure. Obama’s Internet supporters have become precinct captains and canvassers; they help plan [...]
This was my first time in Second Life, so I really did not know what to expect when I went to the website.
[This is a convenient space to admit that I'm a *huge* Law & Order fan. I lived with two obsessed fans a few years ago, who were planning to start a Law & [...]
Points of interest:
= the divide between the interface and the machinations of technology. I am preoccupied with ideas of artifice and representations. The idea of windows/desktops/folders (hyperreal models of metaphors?) or point-and-click OS is an interesting instance of my preoccupations. I understand, to some degree, the nature of how the personal computer [...]
