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Try a little … wait for it

Posted July 5, 2012 By Digital Sextant

Mason posted this video for the fourth of July: I haven’t got any idea what this song is about.  I couldn’t keep my mind on the lyrics. Instead, I mentally tripped, over and over and OVER, on the Otis Redding sample they used as the backbeat for the song.  The sample is from “Try a [… Read More]

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On Oil Spills and Brain Hemmorrhages

Posted May 5, 2010 By Digital Sextant

Something burst deep below and suddenly there’s a leak, a major leak, a catastrophe. Doctors are working to locate the source of the blood; the Navy’s working to stop the source of the oil. Spokespeople express sympathy for the families of the missing men (presumed dead); my class and I crack jokes about Bret Michaels, [… Read More]

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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

Posted September 22, 2009 By Digital Sextant

by Cory Doctorow; narrated by the author GoodReads says I’ve been reading Someone Comes to Town since 3 April. That’s when I discovered and downloaded the back-episodes of Cory Doctorow’s ongoing reading of his novel. It finished last week and I’m pleased. The book tells the story of a man in a magical family of [… Read More]

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From A to <A>

Posted October 7, 2008 By Digital Sextant

cbd writes: I’m happy to say that at long last, From A to <A>: Keywords of Markup is under contract with the University of Minnesota Press. Jeff and I hope to see it in print in Spring 2010. As the contributor of the <style> chapter, I’m also looking forward to it.

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InterMission

Posted April 11, 2008 By Digital Sextant

We got this movie accidentally — Jenny had seen it already so I was under pressure to get it watched quick.  I liked the multiple narratives interweaving around a number of nodes, but the end didn’t do much for me.  I would have liked to see it continue.  I wonder how you might work this [… Read More]

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Random: The Internet is Funny

Posted March 22, 2005 By Digital Sextant

Freud and Internet spirits

Posted February 25, 2005 By Digital Sextant

Not the Wild Wild West

Posted February 18, 2005 By Digital Sextant

Dang kids!

Posted February 14, 2005 By Digital Sextant

More How to Lie with Maps

Posted January 28, 2005 By Digital Sextant