amazement is our natural state of consciousness ↑Shaolin Productions are tremendously active in creating Q3A-tricking movies [mind, this is 2006, and the game was released in 1999], just about a week ago, on 06 September 2006, ↑“Catutthaj Jhana” by … Continue reading →
deathmatch is to tricking as kumite is to kata Just recently ↑Cory Doctorow voiced his fondness of “Tricking iT2” [see below] by ↑Team iT: “Even if you’re not a Quake player (I’m not, particularly, though I live with a … Continue reading →
I couldn’t yet find the full ↑Gibson-interview or a copy of the October 1992 issue of “Details” magazine—where the quote I preyed on for ↵feedback stems from—but ↑The Blade Runner FAQ ↑helped out and furnished one more paragraph: Years later, … Continue reading →
sf affecting rl Concept art for ↑“Blade Runner“ by ↑Syd Mead, ↑visual futurist. There is a thread at ↑williamgibsonboard collecting ↑links to images, sounds, or texts related to or evocative of William Gibson’s work. ↑RUR posted the above picture, … Continue reading →
↑Steven Mizrach‘s ↑pages on cyberanthropology [Caution: MIDI-sound! ;-] are very prominently visible on the Web, as e.g. ↑Budka & ↑Kremser (↵2004: 222, endnote #1) rightfully have noted. Hence his views on the topic can not easily be neglected. Unfortunately I … Continue reading →
One of the goals of my project is to generate anthropologically feasible outlines of concepts like cyberculture. Therefore it is necessary to take the buzz away from those buzzwords, and to gain an overview of how this words have been … Continue reading →
↑STROSS, CHARLES. 2005. ↑Accelerando. New York: Ace. Available online [multiple formats and sizes]: http://www.accelerando.org/book/ reminded of by entry at williamgibsonboard | see also charlie’s diary
Continue reading →A discussion-thread at ↑williamgibsonboard, broaching the issue of the ↑actual looks of synthetical eyes within ↑Gibson‘s ↑sprawl trilogy inspired the man himself to write a blog-entry on ↑Molly’s mirrorshades and Zeiss-Ikon eyes. The entry is particularly interesting in respect to … Continue reading →
yet another attempt Sometimes it is quite interesting what paths thoughts take, and how this is influenced by not anticipated events. Some weeks ago ↑Kurt Beck payed a visit to my office and I told him about my recent ponderings, … Continue reading →
It seems that the time of harvesting the fruits of my efforts finally has arrived. Today again an invitation to write an article for an anthology came in—I didn’t even send a proposal … God, am I satisfied and … Continue reading →