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Digital Commemoration and an Online Afterlife

When Leonard Nimoy died on February 27th, response to his passing was swift as the news sent shockwaves through many online communities. A thousand...

Reviews

Viability of Defunct Early 2000s PCs as Semi-Autonomous Musical Composers | Adrian Pijoan

This is the sound of data. This is the sound of a computer (specifically, my 2004 Gateway MA3 laptop) performing the job it was...

Columns Michael Leonberger

On Getting Older (and Balder)

When I was younger, I kept my hair pretty long. This served two functions: 1. It allowed me to hide from the world, because...

Q + A

Asger Carlsen | Q+A

Asger Carlsen’s photography utilizes in-camera and post-processing techniques to create unsettling images that sit uncomfortably within his candid, seemingly truthful world. His series Wrong,...

Columns Damian Hondares

The Walking Dead in a Digital America

The Walking Dead returned Sunday, February 8, 2015 for the second half of its fifth season. 15.6 million people tuned in. I was one...

Columns

The Significance of the Notorious RBG | Emily Miller

Four women have held the post of Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Four. Total. Ever. And they are all still alive...

Columns Daniel Fandino

Inventing North Korea: Internet Culture and the Hermit Kingdom

Source: quickmeme.com The hacking of Sony Pictures’ The Interview generated a wave of amusement and derision towards the suspected North Korean culprits that came...

Columns Michael Leonberger

Dancing with Sharks

Super Bowl 2015, you rarified beast. Which part ruffled your feathers more? When Nationwide brought the house down with their apocalyptic child accident commercial?...

Andrew Jones Columns

White Noise

As I hunkered down and prepared for the snowstorm that passed through Richmond last night, I decided to head over to a few of...

Reviews

Working On My Review: A Review of Arcangel’s Working On My Novel | Norberto Gomez, Jr.

working on my review of @cory_arcangel’s @WrknOnMyNovel while listening to #Vangelis (has anyone else made this joke yet?) @Digital_UR @theikz (Norberto Gomez Jr.) –...