Description by RT Documentaries: ““La Sape” is a unique movement based in Congo that unites fashion-conscious men who are ready to splurge money they don’t really have on designer clothes. Dressing in stark contrast with their surroundings, these elegant ambiance-makers … Continue reading →
zeph’s pop culture quiz #47 Between which worlds is the man the depicted hand belongs to travelling? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click … Continue reading →
Whenever I hear or read about the ↑quantified self—a lifestyle obviously deeply influenced by the heritage of ↵cybernetics—I am reminded of conversations I led and overheard while I still was visiting the gym regularly, three times a week. Already when … Continue reading →
Stephen ‘kongorilla’ Kongsle designed this wearable cardboard mask and has put ↑all you need for it online under a creative commons licence. When I first saw it I immediately had three associations: 1) A ↑Bizarro t-shirt would go perfectly with … Continue reading →
LIU, DENNIS. 2012. ↓Plurality [short film]. New York: Traffik Filmworks. via ↑kueperpunk—tnx
Continue reading →zeph’s pop culture quiz #44 Here is a fine noir Cold War scenario. Right at the Iron Curtain government officials are waiting for an exchange of prisoners. But who is exchanged? Just leave a comment with your educated … Continue reading →
In ↵omega legend I argued that the infestation of the zombie-genre by the ↵cyberpunk discourse is a further mosaic-tile in showing that said discourse gathers more and more momentum. In this Richard Matheson’s novel ‘I am Legend’ (1954) is a … Continue reading →
Well, the fact that we all now can watch the first film adaptation (Dawley 1910) of ↑Mary Shelley‘s ‘↓Frankenstein‘ (1818) on YouTube was worth a ↑post over at boingboing. Matter of fact the movie (in different formats) … Continue reading →
Way back in 2008 I reported on attempts to cyberpunkify ergonomic solutions for computer workplaces: see ↵laid back and ↵laid back flagship. Now MWE Lab has driven it to new heights in every respect … the ↑Emperor 200 comes with … Continue reading →