techno-culture

Writer William Gibson: EBay is serving this very, very powerful function which nobody ever intended for it. EBay in the hands of humanity is sorting every last Dick Tracy wrist radio cereal premium sticker that ever existed. It’s like some sort of vast unconscious curatorial movement. From this Washington Post interview. I got to spend [...]

It’s actually still hot out in California, say my folks, so guess I’ll get a September summer. The blog as well as work go on hold for the next 10 days or so (though I will try to check in and keep up), while I stay with my father so that my mother can go [...]

With an Indian summer finally here, it was time to get the dogs out to the beach, their favourite place for a run. And I do mean run: from the moment they barrel out of the car they go full tilt, back and forth, running in huge loops before and after me — that is, [...]

Anyone with a casual to serious interest in gaming should find something of interest in this week long event which begins tomorrow and runs through the 15th of September in the Digital Hub. The centre event is the Irish heats of the World Cyber Games festival on the 15th — gamers can join in on [...]