My Books

listening post

Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin’s Listening Post won the Ars Electronica prize and was described to me in email as one of the most beautiful works of electronic literature ever. It’s found literature really: bits and pieces from chat rooms and discussions […]

window

For me the moment came during my twentieth or twenty-fifth or maybe fifteenth lesson in Alexander technique. My RSI had almost gone, I was feeling happier but still so horribly anxious about finishing my PhD. After another conversation about the principles of […]

hired!

I’m hired! Permanently! Forever! YAY! S 78/04: TILSETTING I STILLING SOM F?òRSTEAMANUENSIS I HUMANISTISK INFORMATIKK Vedtak: Arbeidsutvalget tilsetter Jill Walker i utlyst stilling som f??rsteamanuensis i humanistisk informatikk med virkning fra 01.10.2004. I’ve been teaching here at Humanistic Informatics on temporary contracts […]

sincerest form of flattery

Oh look! This has to be a sign of Success! Ian made a green version of my blog design! I stole the stylesheet for my first blog design from Stewart of Sylloge.org (I later apologised and was forgiven), and it’s so cool […]

books in boxes

Ooh, I hadn’t heard of this one: a novel in a box, The Unfortunates, this one first published in 1969 by the British author B.S. Johnson. Thanks Tinka, for alerting me to it! It would appear to have something in common with […]

Ooh! Look!

Isn’t that cool! I made it at Feedburner, where I’ve also constructed a new feed combining stuff from here, from Flickr and from my Del.icio.us links. Now I just have to figure out where to put my little automated ticker thing. Feedburner […]

cursor rabbit

There’s a rabbit, somewhere, who’s convinced your cursor is a tasty rabbit carrot. Cute 🙂

i hope she doesn’t hear

After kids’ TV last night a woman spoke: If you have any questions about what happened in Russia you can ring this number to speak to an adult at the Red Cross. My eight-year-old didn’t comment or seem to react to this, […]

download radio

IT Conversations looks like a nice alternative to radio: download interviews with people talking about blogging and the web and listen to them on your iPod. Jorunn recommends Halley Suitt’s interview with David Weinberger, while noting how unfamiliar his voice was to […]

gossip column

Ooh! Prince Joachim might be granted an audience with Queen Lisbeth of blogging today! I can’t wait for the updates!! And the photos! And the reporting!