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Bangin’ Those Video Machines

Does anybody here remember VHS? Better yet, remember Power Video? Or maybe Mega Video, or any number of those old, colorful movie libraries —...

Columns

The Portrait of a Cyber Bully | Emily Miller

I have remarked more than once that I feel really grateful to have come of age before smart phones, texting, social media, and (to...

Columns Daniel Fandino

The Curious Life of Memes

Memes have become a ubiquitous part of internet culture. Keyboard Cat, Doge and Overly Attached Girlfriend are just a few of the thousands of...

Features

Anxiety/Happiness | Julia Eldred

Losing Time Isolation Futile Pursuit, Part 1 Futile Pursuit, Part 2 Artist’s Statement For a video artist, my process of allowing form to follow...

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Awe Evolving: Transforming Notions of Awe in the Digital Age | Greg Bayles

Introduction Recent years have witnessed a burgeoning in the study of awe. The introduction of digital technologies into this question as to the nature...

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Apple (a poem) | Renée Farrar

Renée Farrar is earning a Master’s degree in English at the University ofColorado in Boulder. She is interested in literature, drama, and mediatechnologies that...

Columns Norberto Gomez

Jerry Saltz: The First & Greatest Post-Internet Troll-Critic of Them All

It’s March 31, 2014, #JerrySaltz is #trending and I am not sure you get the magnitude of this moment. Saltz is an art critic. Who...

Columns Michael Leonberger

God in the Machine

My number one biggest fear is someone else being able to read my mind, but I’d read someone else’s mind in a heartbeat. Scratch...

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Waffle fries and Guinness: The Politics of Consumption | Emily Miller

I live in Boston where I have three modes of transportation: I primarily walk, but I also bike and drive. When I first moved...

Columns Michael Leonberger

I Hate Ten Ways

Some lists are great. I’m looking at you, To-Do Lists and Grocery Lists. Couldn’t get by without ya! Without a grocery list, I’d come...