| Jan 5 | Internet of Things and the Malware of Doom The Internet of Things (IoT), a network of devices and sensors embedded in physical objects allowing them to communicate with one another, offers its users a blend of opportunity and risk. IoT applications could save businesses and consumers billi... |
| Feb 3 | Cyberpunk Everyday Apparel The first time I really started thinking about counter-surveillance as fashion was in 2008 when I saw this project from Germany ( English Translation ). The device, presumably installed in a hat, hood or visor, impairs CCTV camera... |
| Mar 7 | TV: Brooker Wipes "A Good Day To Die Hard" Charlie Brooker is back with a familiar reboot of his Wipe franchise ( Screenwipe , Newswipe , etc). In the third episode of his new BBC2 series, Weeklywipe , presents a review notable media from the prior week. The show is nearly identical ... |
| Feb 24 | TV: Utopia Utopia is a new series from Channel 4 in the UK. Within its genre it is likely the smartest and most engaging show I've seen in a very long time. The show is masterfully done. It's supersaturated color and stunning framing serve as a shockin... |
| Feb 20 | The Harlem Shake Is Dead. Long live the Harlem Shake! ThinkProgress has an article on the " Harlem Shake " meme as an example of the co-opting of black culture by mainstream white culture. It's an interesting read and there's no doubt that the appropriation of black culture is so pervasive that it is... |
| Jan 31 | BOOK: William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! Recursion in Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! “It seemed to Quentin that he could actually see them: the ragged and starving troops without shoes, the gaunt powder-blackened faces looking backward over tattered shoulders, the glaring defeat watching t... |
| Jan 28 | #EDCMOOC 20 Minutes Into The Future: Three Dystopic Moments and One... 20 Minutes Into The Future: Three Dystopic Moments and One Prime-Time TV Show As I was reading Martin Hand and Barry Sandywell's essay "E-topia as Cosmopolis or Citadel: On the Democratizing and De-democratizing Logics of the Internet... |
| Jan 24 | BOOK: Bram Stoker's Dracula Gay Vampires Or The Construction of the Other in Dracula Count Dracula’s terrifying identity is constructed, not as a monster, but as an outsider. He is, in every sense, a foreigner to the (heteronormative) Victorian cast of characters that quest ... |
| Jan 17 | BOOK: The Passion of New Eve The Passion of New Eve: Bisexuality and Fragmentation through Synecdoche Angela Carter's novel, The Passion of New Eve introduces the reader to a dystopian vision of America. The social upheaval of the 1970's is presented in hyperbole: conflicts s... |
| Jan 10 | ARTICLE: How To Talk About the Weather An overlap between narratology and environmental science? "It’s important to understand the narrative and the literary genres that often underwrite our ideas about nature." - Ursula Heise http://thenewinquiry.com/features/how-to-talk-about-the-wea... |