hardware rant
It really was high time. It was a bit more than five years ago that I ↵built my system. So a serious hardware upgrade was overdue. The necessary research done, I ↵ordered the needed parts. Until now I didn’t get … Continue reading →
It really was high time. It was a bit more than five years ago that I ↵built my system. So a serious hardware upgrade was overdue. The necessary research done, I ↵ordered the needed parts. Until now I didn’t get … Continue reading →
Some years ago during lunch, sitting at a table besides me, two n00b-computer-scientists, young lads who just had started their first term of studies, had a conversation about the World Wide Web (WWW). Consensus between them was that HTML … Continue reading →
Like movies or novels, computer games are media. In accordance to the intentions of its authors, designers, and developers, a computer game mediates experiences to the players. The malleability and potential of the medium allows the mediation of a vast … Continue reading →
After having sent the manuscript of my book ‘↑Cyberanthropology‘ (Knorr 2011) to the editor, I went downtown in order to reward myself a bit. Perfectly aware that I’d never have time for it all, I nevertheless bought ‘↑Call of Duty: … Continue reading →
The ‘free’ in ↵my last entry was meant as in speech, now it is meant as in beer. Just for clarification—the following links do not lead to illegal hacks or cons, but to sites and services maintained by the respective … Continue reading →
Within the scope of the “↑Journée d’études “Communautés virtuelles”“ just two weeks ago, on 09 November 2007, I presented a paper called “Material culture and social interaction online: The reality of the virtual” at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. Besides … Continue reading →
In addition to his substantial contributions to science (see Bogolyubov, Mikhailov & Yushkevich 2007) the eminent swiss mathematician and physicist ↑Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) also wrote texts accessible to the general public. Eulers didactics are absolutely admirable because you can dive … Continue reading →
It simply is astounding what a collection you amass on your hard drives over time—and about how many of the collected things you simply forget. I just refound an unfinished draft version of Patricia S. Warrick’s ‘↑Cybernetic Imagination in … Continue reading →
cyberian nomadism confirmed Once a real member of a real online community, always a member. ADM, whom I know since ye olde days of Max-Payne glory, yesterday evening sent me an e-mail, notifying me of the resurrected ↑BrightFalls.net—plus dipping … Continue reading →
The field I am doing fieldwork in consists of three spaces (or kinds of spaces) at least. First there are the conceptual communication- and interaction spaces made possible by the Internet-infrastructure, respectively by the various Internet-services like www, e-mail, ↵IM, … Continue reading →