Spectacle: Crossing the Processing Line
Posted by Avril in Internet, media, Pop Culture, spectacle on 18. Jan, 2011 | 1 Comment
I’m a luddite, I’ll admit it. But it’s little alienating sometimes to realize I’m pretty much the only person alive without an iPhone. The thing shoots HD video, has FaceTime video calling… does just about everything except walk your dog and paint your nails. (And, patience friends—apps for that are in the works). The irony, [...]
I have become all that I once loathed
Posted by Simon in Pop Culture on 16. Dec, 2009 | 1 Comment
Have you ever been out at the bar, or at a friends place, and in lieu of actual conversation you are surrounded by five people silently typing into their cell phones? This usually ends once somebody stumbles upon an amusing video, after which everybody crowds around a single tiny screen to watch something asinine (usually, [...]
