Tag: history
Autonomous Worlds: Misusing The Money Machine | 2339
Exploring blockchain’s shift from finance to creating games in digital universes. A look at this tech’s new role in gaming and virtual worlds.
Solarpunk: A Container for More Fertile Futures
My original essay from Solarpunk Magazine’s first issue. It examines the rise of Solarpunk as a creative force for sustainable futures.
‘Medium Effort’ Items
I’ve been ticking off some of the remaining items on my ‘life list’ that I wrote at the beginning of the year
MUDs to Metaverse: The Unreal Estate Deal | 2308
Costly virtual land in the metaverse today is a result of memory constraints on mainframes. A solution to a problem that no longer exists.
Pinball Wizard | 2228
Pinball Wizard is the name for a 1970’s cyborg. People who first entered a world inside a machine and ‘touched’ the metaverse.
Computing Books | 2223
I realised I knew very little about the history of computing. Here’s two books I read recently correcting my ignorance.
Lost in MySpace | 2202
Upon hearing the MySpace sever news, my first thought was ‘I’m glad all posts and DMs are gone forever’. My second thought was ‘Oh No’
The Weather On Social Media | 2047
On the internet, Everything happens so much. But you don’t need to stand out in the rain to know it’s raining.
Conduits To A King | 2046
A brief overview of the use of puppets in the 18th century Royal Court of Myanmar
Captain Swing | 2034
The 1830’s Swing’s Riots were a disaster for British the working class.
The Run Out
I’ve been busy with work this week. But I did get chance to finally sit down and read Vol 2# of 28 Mag in its entirety.
The Run Out | 2012
Covid-19, Landslides and Avalanches, The Run Out, Accelerationism, Post Post Modernity.
In The Food Forest Of Souls, Angels Are Avenged
We were joking that from now on every time we meet, it has to be to be to a biblical backdrop. Last year we flew into the embers of the fires in Tasmania. He’s back in London now during a time of pestilence.
Living In A Time Of History | 2010
The Pandemic is coming… The longue durée, paying taxes after pestilence, boomers, ancient greeks, make art when the time ghost is at the door.
Please for the love of Blarg, Start a Blog
Your Twitter thread is great! But it is also ephemeral, temporal and easily forgotten. Start a damn Blog
