*Oh my gosh! Compuserve! We hardly knew you…. CompuServe Requiem The original CompuServe service, first offered in 1979, was shut down...

*Look at the scary demographic microtargeting in my new blog ad here! How do you suppose a grim message like this was lurking, lurking, sniffing RSS feeds, ready to pounce?

THE INTERNET PAVILION 03 June - 22 November 2009 Started by Miltos Manetas in 2009 Curator - Jan Aman Producer - Art Production Fund 53rd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di...

Below we present 10 recent developments in the field of user experience design. Most techniques may seem very futuristic, but some of them are already reality. And in fact, they are extremely impressive.

"...most people born within the last 10 to 15 years won’t even know what this thing is but the detail is nice on it and it even makes the clicking sound..." (((I wish they'd used a better model of the rotary dial -- the kind with big lettering,...

*Oh, why stop there, you big snarky cynics: in the contemporary art world, EVERYBODY is powerless. http://hyperallergic.com/711/powerless-20/ A few weeks ago Art Review announced the Top 100 power brokers in the art world but we thought they missed...

http://shareable.net/blog/galileo’s-dream (…) TB: Your recent “Global Warming” trilogy (40 Signs of Rain; 50 Degrees Below; 60 Days and Counting) was about global warming—which leads to a deep freeze! What do you think of Obama’s...

*Normally I purloin some relevant bits from this fine publication, but I thought I’d show you what the whole thing looks like. Kind of a class act, EDRI. Comes out on time, properly proofread, footnoted, the whole nine yards. *It’s kind of...

*It’s in Brussels, and they’re bringing hardware… http://liftconference.com/lift-at-home/events/2009/12/04/lift-brussel-council-and-tinkerit-present-are-you-ready-i Lift Workshop @ Brussels, Council and Tinker.it! Lift @ home This event is part of...

*Television: favela media. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/10/19/revolution_in_a_box?page=0,1 (…) “Since the 1970s, Brazil’s Rede Globo network has been providing a steady diet of locally produced soaps, some of which are watched by as...