in the spirit of christmas, and the fact that i just completed my gift wrapping (yes! best wrapping-EVER), here’s a short history of xmas in celluloid. 1898 the most interesting thing about this short clip, is that santa claus carries … Continue reading
last friday, after drinks at the gcb (to celebrate), i put the finishing touches on my door knocker project. this project represented the final (and only assignment) for a wonderful course i took this semester called 13 things. frankly, i … Continue reading
mckenzie wark was at brown this morning, talking about his recent gamer theory project. for those who haven’t read it, gamer theory is a rather indirect assessment of what we might call the gamic experience. i mean this in the … Continue reading
we’ve all been to the opera, right? we know what it means. we’ve been witness to it’s permutations and parodies. we know what it sounds like, feels like, looks like. we know what it means to issues of class, western … Continue reading
here is a story about stories; with a question about whether stories are still stories and whether we are beginning to live in a post-story age. the already cool mit media lab has founded a “center for future storytelling.” the … Continue reading
the american action movie is founded on the idea of catharsis through violence. which is why critics and intellectuals generally object to it. because it espouses a sort of primitivism in the name of healing, and engages in profound acts … Continue reading
echoes of my time at the berkman center for internet society continue to reverberate in my life, despite my distance from the sunny side streets of cambridge, and my re-enmeshment into life as a student at brown university. tomorrow (well … Continue reading
i couldn’t sleep last night. i’d a rather too substantial afternoon nap, and wasn’t feeling ready for bed (though it was 2 am). so i turned on the television, and tuned in to my new favorite station, setanta sports. setanta … Continue reading