My personal life is a bit in chaos right now, and it doesn't help that here in America we have been going through over a year of added stress with election stuff. I feel I need a reminder of what is REALLY important, and so I am rerunning (and updating) a trio of posts I …
I've been writing about how Internet has been affecting society for a couple of years now. One angle I have not touched on is that it is affecting younger generations way more than older generations. Kids raised on the internet are now in their 20's and early 30's and their understanding of the world is …
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Since Hugh Hefner started publishing in the 1950's Playboy Magazine has featured nude pictures of the worlds most beautiful women. The tradition is ending in March 2016 with a new updated style. There will still be pictures of beautiful women, but no longer fully nude. In other words, Playboy is moving away from competing with …
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The above picture is the oldest picture from the oldest version of Date Ariane. The modified date is listed as August 6, 2004. As I was finishing the Renpy version of Date Ariane, I decided to dive into my archives and attempt to play the oldest version I could find. It wouldn't run on any …
Whatever Happened To The Internet Dream? Part 5 (read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) Between national news and recent personal experiences, I believe we are on the verge of one or more technical apocalypse. This could come two possible forms: Either, technology advances to the point that it bypasses the need for …
UPDATE: In support of the July 12th Battle For The Net, I am rerunning this post from 3 years ago to remind people what Net Neutrality is really all about. For more info on the protest, go here: https://www.battleforthenet.com/july12/ To write the FCC: https://dearfcc.org/ I am completely baffled at the conservatives here in America's ability …
It was not that long ago that people did not think the internet mattered to the economy as a whole. Now it seems the internet IS the economy. This has created a lot of interest in trying to control the internet from multiple different directions. These attempts to control that which is at this stage …
Continue reading Five Things That Could Destroy the Internet
The last couple of weeks have been embarrassing for anyone who calls themselves a "gamer", so much so that I am disassociating myself from that title. Maybe I'll call myself an "Online RPer" or something, I don't know, but the "gamer" culture is over. For a couple of decades now there has been this ongoing …
Whatever Happened To The Internet Dream (part 4) This is the 4th in a series about the affect of Internet on society. Part 1 was the new mass media, part 2 the new politics and religion, part 3 movies and TV. Today's topic: social instability brought on by technology. Andrew Niccol is a screenwriter/director who …
The opposite of a golden age is a dark age. When it comes to design and visual imagery, I believe we are living in a dark age. The last dark age was the 1970's. I sometimes like to go to the Plaid Stallions and laugh at what people thought was cool back in the 70's. …
