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Haxploitation: Three Recent Books

March 26, 2008 Roy Christopher

Networks and network protocols are often seen as sites of control, but extreme connectivity eludes control. Diseases, worms, viruses, these all spread beyond our control because of connectivity — networks — that are beyond our control. When networks cause problems is it because they work too well, not because they are broken. Roy ChristopherI marshal… Continue reading Haxploitation: Three Recent Books

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The Architect’s Brother Revisited

January 6, 2008 Roy Christopher

Robert and Shana ParkHarrison‘s exhibit, The Architect’s Brother, has been one of my favorite statements on our relationship with our technology and our planet since I first saw it in San Diego almost four years ago. This time around, I caught the display — including several pieces I hadn’t seen before — at The Mary… Continue reading The Architect’s Brother Revisited

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Digital Media Demo Day at Georgia Tech

December 13, 2007 Roy Christopher

I ventured to Atlanta again this year for Georgia Tech’s Digital Media department‘s Winter Demo Day, and it definitely re-greased the mental wheels. When you’re stuck while thinking about technology and media, an event like this is sure to shake things loose. The Digital Media program at Georgia Tech spans the spectrum that runs from… Continue reading Digital Media Demo Day at Georgia Tech

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Too Much Information: Four Recent Books

December 8, 2007 Roy Christopher

In his 1995 book, Being Digital (Vintage), Nicholas Negroponte drew a sharp and important distinction between bits and atoms, bits being the smallest workable unit of the digital world, and atoms being their closest analog (no pun intended) in the physical world. In the meantime, this distinction has become more and more important as our… Continue reading Too Much Information: Four Recent Books

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Headroom for Heidegger: Three New Books

January 7, 2007 Roy Christopher

“…which may have also very well been the reason for Martin Heidegger’s mistake, now that one stops to think about it. Which is to say that very possibly Martin Heidegger was busily writing one of his books through all of that time. Very possibly the book he was so busily writing was one of the… Continue reading Headroom for Heidegger: Three New Books

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