Daily Archives: Thursday, 12th January 2006

!!!!11oneone

Posted on by July 12, 2012
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↑2R‘s comment on the entry ↑!!!!11oneone at the ↑Encyclopedia of Stupid: “Now that’s what cyberanthropology is about. “!!!!11oneone” is new language, new humor, new sense, new social code.” Here’s a snippet from said entry:  […] Somewhere, somebody accidentally let go of the shift key, and thus was our first “extreme meta-meme” born: <bob> i hate my boss <bob> RLY BOB COULD YOU PLEASE LICK MY DICK SOME MORE!!!1 <tom> OMG!!!!11 Because the “1” was unintentional on Bob’s part, Tom finds it funny, and uses it (twice, to emphasize that it is no longer accidental). And so does everyone else. And … Continue reading →

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fps_doug vs. f4tality

Posted on by September 22, 2012
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I already mused about ↵Wikipedia as emic knowledge—now I have to contribute a tidbit myself: In ↑Pure Pwnage‘s ↑Episode 8 “Lanageddon” I just discovered an ↑easter egg which is not yet listed in the ↑easter-egg section of ↑Wikipedia’s entry Pure Pwnage. During FPS_Doug’s fragging spree at the ↑CS:S tournament we see him defeating a row of opponents. At 12:05min we can see whom he defeated, too: ↑world’s greatest himself! Well, not exactly, as ↑Jonathan Wendel‘s famous nickname is spelled “Fatal1ty”, and on Doug’s screen we read “f4tality”. Not the “i”, but the “a” is replaced according to the ↑common transliterations … Continue reading →

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payne & redemption

Posted on by October 14, 2012
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  After ↑Max Payne Hero there now is another Max-Payne fan film in the making, called ↑Payne & Redemption. Fergle Gibson, writer and director of the upcoming movie said to ↑Deep Six:  Payne & Redemption is Part III of a series of collective shorts surrounding an original foreboding tale of love, betrayal, vengeance… and a whole lotta painkillers. The story focuses on the development of Max Payne’s character, exploring his psyche and what drives his incessant behaviour towards pursuing what’s most important to him—Justice. However, I guarantee, for those of you who couldn’t give a flying f*** about all that … Continue reading →

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technology underground

Posted on by October 3, 2012
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  ↑GURSTELLE, WILLIAM. 2006. ↑Adventures from the technology underground: Catapults, pulsejets, rail guns, flamethrowers, Tesla coils, air cannons, and the garage warriors who love them . New York: ↑Clarkson Potter.  The technology underground is a thriving, humming, and often literally scintillating subculture of amateur inventors and scientific envelope-pushers who dream up, design, and build machines that whoosh, rumble, fly—and occasionally hurl pumpkins across enormous distances. In the process they astonish us with what is possible when human imagination and ingenuity meet nature’s forces and materials. William Gurstelle spent two years exploring the most fascinating outposts of this world of wonders: … Continue reading →

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engaging anthropology

Posted on by October 3, 2012
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↑ERIKSEN, THOMAS HYLLAND. 2006. ↑Engaging anthropology: The case for a public presence. Oxford: ↑Berg.  Anthropology ought to have changed the world. What went wrong? Engaging Anthropology takes an unflinching look at why the discipline has not gained the popularity and respect it deserves in the twenty-first century. From identity to multicultural society, new technologies to work, globalization to marginalization, anthropology has a vital contribution to make. While showcasing the intellectual power of discipline, Eriksen takes the anthropological community to task for its unwillingness to engage more proactively with the media in a wide range of current debates, from immigrant issues … Continue reading →

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