Kellner’s Metaphors of Cyberspace

Douglas Kellner, the Philosophy Chair of Education at UCLA, lectured at McGill this Thursday on the ‘Metaphors of Cyberspace’.
Kellner named four major influences in creating the internet: 1) Military 2) Big Business (IBM, Xerox, Apple) 3) University research 4) Hacker culture.
These groups have necessarily shaped the way we talk about the internet. For example, computing [...]

It’s snowing

and i just bought a pineapple for $2.99.
Something about that doesn’t add up.

The Power 50

Saw an early screening of The Departed on Wed, which resulted in a search for Leo pics (the men in this movie are so great!)…which led me to Details magazine. Leo is on the cover in all his gloriousness and is member of the feature article “The Power 50“, a list of men [...]