Category: Tech
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New MIA Single: Space Odyssey
http://www.twitvid.com/player/B54ED Space is hip this year. I’m a bit apprehensive that the hip artists who appropriate space themes this year haven’t read books in the space opera canon and appreciate rich media about the cosmos. I’m afraid Hipsters may play it out and drop it like they have done to zombies and steampunk.
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My Winter Break of Games: ‘Yar’s Revenge
This winter break I got back into a serious PC gaming habit after years of exile. My second Grad School semester will start soon and I will have to manage my time once again. Computer games by nature are a time sink. They are an epic distraction from other hobbies, of which I have many. […]
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The decade was cyberpunk
Rihanna — Her appearance resembles the razorgirls of cyberpunk novels. I overlooked her being the victim of domestic violence because I imagine that she is strong enough to overcome it. Powers-that-be forbid that I am wrong, recovering psyches are what razorgirls are made of anyway. Lady GaGa: As much as I loath the contrived eccentricities […]
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On TV Science Fiction
Charles Stross just kicked up an e-fuss about scifi televison. I agree that most tech in sci-fi is just geek window dressing for the drama and action. Some cases you could replace the space with sea, planets with islands, transcendent technology with magic, and you would have an Odyssey or Sinbad knockoff. http://www.spike.com/efp CineMassacre: Top […]
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With Twilight as My Guide
Remix of Sagan’s Cosmos. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1] …something Close to a galaxy rise on Earth… http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4505537&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.
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More university webpages should be like this
Zokei University Open Campus 2009. Although this site is for a humanities-centered university, art and design department sites should be like this too.
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Captured East Asian Woman Journalist Syndrome
Is the media broken? I’m rarely inspired by what I see in the media. Television is supposed to be the most powerful medium—but TV news seems to be anything but powerful. Vanguard is trying to change that. We’re trying to provide knowledge and context about what’s happening in our world as opposed to just covering […]
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E3 Report 2009
This is a week late due to studying for the GRE. I missed a whole lot of stuff due to preparing the GRE: A-Kon, Isis, and E3. Now I’m free and ready to kick Dallass. Microsoft Conference Highlights: Project Natal – How are you supposed to play a FPS with this? I imagine one will […]
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Taqliya! Meh tivi dekhun ga
I’m discovering television once again after a few years of online-only interaction with television. One of the disadvantages of current online delivery is that you can’t just click a button to switch to something new and undiscovered. Chittod ki Rani Padmini ka Johur Looks like a desi Xena. I’m hoping the production values keep up […]
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ZOMG Amazon is phobez.
Apparently Amazon dropped the ratings of a large body of LGBT literature, causing a moral outrage and boycott among tech hippies. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say Amazon is not completely at fault. For years, the ratings community has been dominated by a cabal of uptight conservatives who rate books they disagree […]