Tag: history
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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.
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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.
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Computing Books | 2223
I realised I knew very little about the history of computing. Here’s two books I read recently correcting my ignorance.
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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’
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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.
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Conduits To A King | 2046
A brief overview of the use of puppets in the 18th century Royal Court of Myanmar
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Captain Swing | 2034
The 1830’s Swing’s Riots were a disaster for British the working class.
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28 Mag
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.
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The Run Out | 2012
Covid-19, Landslides and Avalanches, The Run Out, Accelerationism, Post Post Modernity.
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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…
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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.
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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
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The Most Forgetful Man In England | 1913
Reverend George Harvest, Rector of Thames Ditton was so forgetful he forgot to turn up to his own wedding twice!
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Robert Stephen Hawker | 1904
The life an times of the Priest Mermaid: Robert Stephen Hawker
