ENTRY # 54 Lurking, in common usage does not connote good things. It brings to mind visions of monsters in the shadows waiting to leap out at you. Maybe that’s just me, but those are my issues. Still, there is a place where it is a good thing to lurk. Nay, even encouraged. Within the context of an online chat’these are sort of virtual meeting spaces where people can shoot …
ENTRY # 53 In 1984, William Gibson published a book called “Neuromancer”. In which he created cyberspace. It was A new universe, a parallel universe created and sustained by the worlds computers and communication lines . . . The tablet become a page become a screen become a world, a virtual world . . . A common mental geography, built, in turn, by consensus and revolution, canon and experiment . …
ENTRY # 52 Ping Pong + Matrix + Crazy Japanese dudes = Funny as hell from Dan Skwara comments fivecats, fivecat@nc.rr.com, http://www.livejournal.com/users/fivecats, , 157.98.71.16, 1057949869, 2004-05-16 20:41:17, Very, very funny. Im sure its already sucking up bandwidth where I work from all of the people Ive forwarded the link to. Where/how did you find it? … Elouise, ero@it.rit.edu, 24.24.41.238, 1057959513, 2004-05-16 20:41:17, Was the away message from one of my …
ENTRY # 51 Liz Lawley just come back from SuperNova. When I asked her about meeting her blogger friends IRL she said it was overwhelming. To which I replied, “Kinda like meeting someone you drew nude at a church social.” Yeah. Just like that. So as a prequel to her post, let me explain the metaphor. It aint. It happened. I’m at a Mormon church social under duress with my …
ENTRY # 50 We’ve got plenty of robotical archetypes from which to choose– from Robbie, to Data, to Arnold (who, by the way, is back). Sci fi aside, we’ve got robots now and they’ve been around for a while. A robot can be defined as a programmable, self-controlled device consisting of electronic, electrical, or mechanical units. More generally, it is a machine that functions in place of a living agent” …
ENTRY # 49 At Alas a Blog, Bean writes counterpoint to Joan Ryans Attack of the Girly-Girls in which she says that young women today have lousy role models, and is concerned that this generation is ending up vacuous (although nicely but scantily dressed). I HAVE BEEN WORRIED lately about the possibility that todays young women are not taking themselves seriously enough. I base this on extensive, first-hand examinations of …
ENTRY # 48 How does one measure time? I count the days ’til the end of summer. That’s one. I measure it in jobs, projects and deadlines. Thats another. In quarters, terms, semesters. Those units are interchangeable. They merely rotate. I measure it in my children. Ah! Thats what really makes the tick tock. I measure it in baby teeth, and motor skills (pincer grip graduating to hold a cup). …
ENTRY # 47 Fond memories…sometimes. This morning hes angry, pissed that she is invading his dreams, his waking moments. What right does she have to hijack his mind? Even now, hes frustrated – angry – livid. “Come back.” Fuck you.
ENTRY # 46 http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/000677.html
ENTRY # 45 How do people find these things? From Alas, a blog Go to google, type in the search term “weapons of mass destruction” and click the Im Feeling Lucky button. *Was blog fishing last night (read that as procrastinating) and found Alas… Great writing, varied content, engaging illustration, and I love that the links are ordered by number of characters and arranged like an e.e. cummings poem. **And …
