Archive for the ‘culture & society’ Category

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Simondon shuts out Dewey, w/assists by Feenberg, Stiegler. Series still too close to call. #fuckhockeysticksexceptasregardsclimatechange ;-) # I'm co-mediating this workshop on Digital Media Literacy and Creative Commons in YVR on Nov. 5th: http://is.gd/4D3V4 # #SciAm has gone into the toilet this past year. tar sands apologists & oil tycoons writing articles, ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

apartment listed, refinancing process underway, renovating, cleaning, crossing fingers on all 8 of the tentacles I have reluctantly grown # The Onion is very truthful, unfunny news with stories written this way: http://is.gd/4qeaA # if anyone has any temp work available I need some very much! i also have some cool pro ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

what sort of monstrous lowlifes would light a sleeping man on fire? two blocks from my apartment, no less... # RT @kk: Govt cutbacks - not fault of Olympiad http://bit.ly/3yxHkB - JH:yes but a false dichotomy - many who oppose 2010 also oppose Gateway # financial advisors are from another planet. as ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

RT @asterix: Mobile Myths and Reality. follow this de-hyping series on mobiles and socio-economics: http://is.gd/3Z0uv # ArsTechnica on the arrest of G20 protwester; sheepishly (and wrongly) suggests Neoluddism for activists: http://is.gd/3Z10E . discuss? # 1st day back at 'em after 3-day flu. conquered gym and Don Ihde in one sunny coup de ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

why is the PhD degree such an isolating experience? gah. # Stevie Wonder's Innervisions=great mental therapy right now. # http://is.gd/3NOPY - "and we screamed into that bitter night/'hey 3+1 makes 4' " = Enlightenment triumphs over inner city misery? # CDN govt attempted to censor scholarly debate on Israel/Palestine by threatening SSHRC ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

c'mon CRTC, make like the FCC: http://is.gd/3x5Xa - did I just say Canada should follow the US lead on something? #bizarroworld # speaking of CULTS, Frosh week just gave way to CULT WEEK at SFU. oh the fun doesn't stop. # pushed out Comp Def Essay #2 (theorizing participatory culture). Well, ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

I'm at sfu burnaby w/ @kumar. http://bit.ly/3j3L04 # I'm at SFU Surrey (250, 13450 102 Ave, at 102nd Avenue, btw 134 and 135, Surrey). http://bit.ly/uPgau # I just ousted @kumar as the mayor of SFU Surrey on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/uPgau # "I see progress in paint peeling/I see progress in leaky ceilings" # I'm at ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

RT @obinine: iPhone is a net loser for wireless telcos - http://ow.ly/oiWD # whoah - stopped some nasty anti-Obama SPAM by merely emailing the company hosting the domain. is it really this easy to stop SPAM? # CMNS 253 updated for Fall: Augmented Reality through teh ages, from Napoleonic Semaphore to Nokia ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

drums sound awesome! will be a 5 song EP (at minimum) # banks, property managers, wireless companies=thieves. how boring. why can't they be pirates instead? ahaar. # lining up ducks, slicin up eyeballs, moo-ha-ha-ha # updating the course wiki. this time it's personal. hah. # got any good links that teach how to write ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

are there small venues/bars left in Vancouver that DON'T charge a fee for bands to play (bands should never have to pay bar staff IMHO)? # OK - actually ADDING stuff to urbandictionary.com now. officially 12 till i die. # I really should start remembering to stop using bit.ly - http://is.gd/2wEBA ...