Else-If-Then

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  • Birches in the Pines 2007

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    Birches in the Pines 2007 Originally uploaded by cuuixsilver And here is the cabin itself, still standing 101 years later. My great great grandfather was an engineer, and this house fits together so tightly that even after all these years, it has hardly shifted. Amazing compared to the way things are built lately. The window…

  • Katynka Martinez

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    Katynka MartinezOriginally uploaded by cuuixsilver Katynka gave a really interesting talk about a project in which high school students made their own versions of the Pac Man game that reflected their own neighborhoods and experience. One was called El Imigrante in which Carlos Jesus Imigrante is pursued around town by minutemen. If they catch him…

  • Mikhail Alexseev

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    Mikhail Alexseev Originally uploaded by cuuixsilver And here is Mikhail… I will have to find a better screenshot from the video or something; this really doesn’t capture how dynamic his talk was. Also, we agreed after that he was wearing a great suit. Shallow but true. ;-P

  • Tiny update on a European meet-up

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    So now I’ve been talking to Paweł about this plan, because everyone (well, ok, all three people) I spoke with from SFRA about European members said “you should ask Paweł about that.” Of course I could have guessed that already, but he was away. I didn’t guess that he would be the only person… but…

  • And by the way, there’s a tenure-track job to fill in my department.

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    You can read all about it here. The ad is a bit weird and apparently has not made clear how much we need someone who really knows their tech. writing and who knows something about teaching with tech, tech as a cultural object… Of course we also mention creative writing and TESOL. Sigh. Well, look…

  • Finally, an open bar!

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    Finally, an open bar! Originally uploaded by cuuixsilver Here are lots of thirsty conference goers…and look, Brian Massumi in the back! This was actually a very nice reception, and I just wish we had had longer to talk before the final plenary, or that the plenary had come first–probably a better plan, given the open…

  • Connecting

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    So, lately my impression is that Facebook is being used by a lot of people beyond the teenage stereotype. For example, in addition to friends from grad school, and other scholars, artists, and new media hacktivists, there are serious theorists, but most of them are still acting goofy. I just joined the “Critical Theory and…

  • Call For Papers

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    I am Co-chairing a conference next spring, Empire: Migrations, Diasporas, Networks, running March 13-15. This is an interdisciplinary conference and this year there is a sub-theme around technology–which covers quite a lot of ground. I’m hoping people will propose papers about technological empires, or resisting them. Or using the internet to enforce or resist national…

  • Oh well…

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    I did not get nominated. 😛 I’m hoping that I end up thinking this is a good thing because the NEH doesn’t allow people to apply both for the summer stipends and for some of the other research grants… Other suggestions of a silver lining are welcome. Also, I’m still applying for two more external…

  • Second Life Explorations

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    What I’ve found so far: for cheap and free stuff, visit Sarah Nerd and Vienna Freebies–the former has more variety, the latter has better quality (ie, less trampy looking). –But what makes it Viennese, I have no idea. the virtual Rotterdam Stadt Museum is actually cool, but hard to move around in because it’s a…