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Dusting Off My Tinfoil Hat

Well… for what it’s worth:

2012: The Year The Internet Ends

2012: The Year The Internet Ends
http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality

I Power:
http://ipower.movielol.org

TANIA’S PICS OMG
http://ipower.ning.com/profile/Tania

Athene:
http://athene.movielol.org

Athene movie:
http://www.wrathofthe1337king.com
If I had the choice between two ISPs, and one had a clear and public Net Neutrality policy, I’d go with that one without hesitation. A lack of net neutrality could be a major expense for companies […]

The Birth Of Onder Skall

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As we come down to the end of the year I find myself once again in a strange moment of transition. A few months ago I said goodbye to my little Games Park and settled on Metaversed Island. Now we’re renaming the island and moving it… I’ll fill you in on that […]

Strange Places We Walk

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I’m experiencing the Digital Divide, redux. What I’m discovering this time around, however, is that there’s no “right side” of the divide.
I’ve taken technologies like Voice over IP and virtual worlds for granted. They’re things that have become obvious to me, simple conventions that I use to get things […]

Metanomics - The Very Definition of New Media


Show Me Your Papers

Remember this?

A student was sitting in a library, minding his own business, when police officers doing random ID checks (in a library?!?) demanded he show his ID. He told them to go away and stop bothering him. They tried to arrest him. He didn’t get excited about the idea.
Apparently what he should have said was: […]

Everybody Loves Big Brother

[Update: I’ve just found PlayNoEvil’s discoveries about Integrity. Click here to check it out.]
There are two little bits of news that people are, largely, shrugging off as inconsequential.
First there’s the news that the IRS is thumbing through records in Second Life, looking at your financials. This, of course, is happening to you whether or […]