Archives: December 2008
Wed Dec 31, 2008
Computer Games
An article in the London Review by John Lanchester, discusses the place of games in our culture, as they assume more and more economic weight. More...
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Tue Dec 30, 2008
Brand management a la Affinova
Bizarre piece in Business Week about a company called Affinova. More...
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Sat Dec 27, 2008
Discontinuum
Squidsoup have used their light box to produce a beautifully eloquent image of space and time. More...
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Sat Dec 20, 2008
Milgram re-visited
A paper by Slater et al reports a version of the Milgram experiment in which the 'victim' being given electric shocks was virtual (and known to the experimental subjects to be so.) More...
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False memory syndrome.
Several thoughts about false memories, which are apparently quite easy to create. What are the wider social implications of sneaking ideas and affects into our heads via the back door? More...
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Internet backbones
A BBC story about a severed cable carrying the internet has links to maps of the network. More...
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Sat Dec 06, 2008
Whither second life?
Eric Krangel has a post on the future of Second Life. He used to run the virtual Reuters bureau in SL, which has just closed. More...
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Fri Dec 05, 2008
Schneier on ephemeral conversation
Excellent essay by Bruce Schneier points out that what was once 'ephemeral' conversation is now diligently recorded and can be instantly searched and used in evidence against us. He argues that there is a change in our communications paradigm. I agree, but not for the same reasons. More...
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