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Second Life founder Philip Rosedale demonstrating "the rig," a 1999 prototype virtual reality kit that would eventually lead to the founding of Second Life. Via YouTube. Perhaps it was the end of millennium — and its attendant Y2K...
smart notes & rosi braidotti a sudden late evening report from prin.lu In last two days I read from two different sources connected to philosophy of by Rosi Braidotti, with deep questions and also abstract thoughts. In context of what I...
Dear reader,A couple of weeks ago, an app called Tea suffered a data breach, which leaked 72,000 images and IDs that the company had used for verifying user accounts. A few days after this, the app got breached again, exposing over 1...
But you do need to support the right to access abortion. Not liking something, and using the power of the state to prevent and punish something are two very different things. When you vote yes for a pro forced-birth policy or a pro...
dear putrid summer like a mallet on my head forcefully get bent
Sometimes I think I have more fun scripting for my blog than I do actually blogging. But that’s okay. As long as I’m being creative and getting my brain working, it all works out. Or at least, that’s what I tell myself. A few days ago, I...
Number Go Up by Zeke Faux is a unique blend of investigative journalism, social commentary and a true crime recount of some of the biggest frauds in recent years. And it was an interesting read because I experienced most of the stories...
For this month's IndieWeb Carnival, I'm writing about music that emphasizes timbre or “tone-color,” and how I use this kind of approach in my own composition.
Why I encrypt my mailbox David replied to my article, How to encrypt existing emails with your PGP key and rightfully asked, why one would even want to do this. I’m by no means an expert and can’t tell you what you should or shouldn’t...
El otro día me hicieron la pregunta más inocua e universal que se le puede hacer a una persona: ”¿cuál es tu color favorito?”. Y, ante el desconcierto general, tengo que reconocer que no pude responder a esa pregunta. Porque estoy...
Diario semiserio da un paradiso imperfetto
A bunch of resources and techniques that I used to study Japanese! If you've ever wanted to start learning on your own, here are some recs!
Online since 1997 (at least), Justin Hall’s advices on how to settle your own piece of cyberspace.
Detail of one of the drawings from the recent life-drawing session Yesterday I did my first life-drawing session since March this year. After a six-month break I felt I was a bit rusty at first, but it started to come back to me, and...
The less a person knows about a subject, the more they lean on the GenAI.
PurposeSometimes an argument is built on hidden rules or values. “Thinking outside the box” means stepping outside the way the argument is set up so you can see it from a new angle. This can help you find blind spots, unfair rules, or...