Beyond Victoriana offers an exclusive sneak peek into the steampunk-anthology ‘Vaporpunk,’ featuring stories from Brazil and Portugal, which of course are all in Portuguese. But the sneak-peek teasers are in English, together with their Portuguese originals. If you need more … Continue reading →
This site supports a course and a textbook that guide students through the construction of a modern, full-scale computer system (hardware and software) from first principles. In the process, the students practice many major computer science (CS) abstractions studied in … Continue reading →
… and he ↵said it again. Here’s an excerpt from a recent round of ↑Q&A with William Gibson: Question: On more philosophical and complicated themes. You are an artist, a creator, but more: you are through your writing an influencer, … Continue reading →
William Gibson’s latest novel “↑Zero History“ is slated for publication on 07 September 2010.
Continue reading →↑MARSHALL, JONATHAN PAUL. 2007. Living on cybermind: Categories, communication, and control. New York: Peter Lang. Cybermind is an Internet mailing list, originally founded in 1994 to discuss the issues and problems of living online. It proved exceptionally fertile and is … Continue reading →
Not just in terms of ↵machine chess, but in general: ↑Garry Kasparov‘s article “↑The Chess Master and the Computer“ in The New York Review of Books is the best text I’ve read so far this year. initially via BK @ … Continue reading →
Did you ever notice that Timothy Price—in Bret Easton Ellis’s ‘American Psycho’—during the cab ride on page five wears a ‘Ralph Lauren silk tie,’ and, after having stepped out of the cab, ‘straightens his Versace tie’ on page eight?
Continue reading →KELTY, CHRISTOPHER M. 2008. ↑Two bits: The cultural significance of free software. Durham: Duke University Press. Mandatory.
Continue reading →Finally … KUTNER, LAWRENCE AND CHERYL K. OLSEN. 2008. ↑Grand theft childhood: The surprising truth about violent video games and what parents can do. New York: Simon & Schuster. The book is a straightforward and clear scientific elaboration of, and … Continue reading →
welcome to the 21st century Since quite a time ↵I was eagerly awaiting ‘↑Coming of age in Second Life: An anthropologist explores the virtually human‘ by ↑Tom Boellstorff—it just arrived with yesterday’s snail-mail, so I had not yet the … Continue reading →