Dec 15, 2016The Night Before Christmas — In Library ITT’was the night before Christmas, and all through IT Not a techie was stirring, no one’s there you can see. The monitors are darkened, the computers asleep. Yet off in the distance, there’s a continuous beep. The techs were at home thus no one was there. So the beeping caused no…Christmas3 min readChristmas3 min read
Published inCyberpunk Tech & Culture·Nov 9, 2016Software for the OppositionI suppose I’ll lose some friends or colleagues with what I’m about to say, and I’m sorry for that. I woke up this morning to news that, for the second time in my life, a Democrat won the popular vote and yet lost the election. Trump claimed the election was…Privacy7 min readPrivacy7 min read
Published inCyberpunk Tech & Culture·Jun 26, 2014Online ImmortalityLiving Digitally Beyond the Before — I never had a chance to see Homer and Jethro perform live and in concert. It could have something to do with the fact that Henry Haynes, aka Homer, the rhythm guitarist half of the duo, died five yeas before I was born. Kenneth Burns, better known as Jethro, lived…7 min read7 min read
Published inCyberpunk Tech & Culture·Jun 13, 2014World Order — Buddhism and Technosocial CommentaryWe are all one — If there is any one reason I love the Internet it’s because of the discovery. The fact is, I’ve discovered so much simply because someone shared it. World Order is no different. It started with an animated gif of Japanese guys in business suits dancing robotically, but in a way…7 min read7 min read
Published inCyberpunk Tech & Culture·Jun 10, 2014By Using Your Site I Agree to NOTHINGMy computer, my rules — Formerly of symbioticproject.com There’s a disturbing trend I’m seeing among websites today, but before I get into that, let me describe the situation as if it happened in real life. You’re walking down the street past some shops, perhaps an outdoor mall like we have around Phoenix. You’re not really…4 min read4 min read
Published inCyberpunk Tech & Culture·Jun 8, 2014Your Data, Your Drive, Your DecisionsStaying grounded while everything is in the clouds — Daniel Messer If the sky above the port was the colour of television tuned to a dead channel, then the sky above the Internet is cloudy. With all the talk of clouds, cloud services, cloud storage, cloud solutions, cloud servers, and so on; you’d almost forget that the term isn’t…4 min read4 min read
Published inCyberpunk Tech & Culture·Jun 4, 2014Now Available In MirroredReflecting on the past via the future — The Verge Of course they come in a mirrored style Say what you like about Google Glass, it’s just another step into the future. It may be a misstep, it could be a stumble culminating in a fall, but that fall will happen with forward momentum. The idea of a…3 min read3 min read
Published inCyberpunk Tech & Culture·May 23, 2014Welcome to the Future, Welcome to NowCyberpunk is no longer futuristic — Lyndsey Vu — https://www.behance.net/gallery/Illustrations-for-Class/5774813 I have a hypothesis, but I think there’s plenty of evidence to support it. I believe that the reason William Gibson stopped writing cyberpunk novels is because they’re no longer futuristic. If you’ve read any of his later novels, starting with Pattern Recognition, they’re set in…2 min read2 min read
Published inCyberpunk Tech & Culture·Apr 24, 2013Notebook Strategies and Cyberpunk PhilosophyWe live in an age where I can take a note on my iPhone and, in seconds, that note will appear on my Android tablet, my Linux laptop, my Windows server, my Windows laptop at work, and my Mac Mini. Not only can I capture a thought, I can replicate…5 min read5 min read
Published inCyberpunk Tech & Culture·Apr 2, 2013The Architecture of Hong KongHong Kong is one of the first cities people think of when they think cyberpunk, and with good reason. A staple of cyberpunk is big cities, lots of people, high population density, and technology. Hong Kong has that in spades, especially in the arena of population density.1 min read1 min read