Ok, so our project is almost finished (i say almost, I may be getting slightly ahead of myself). As far as most in our group would say, its pretty fair to assume that we've got a coherant structure, and we're in our final stages of 'tweeking'.
Lately I've been working on an essay on cyborgs for Chris Sams and was previously writing up a seminar paper for a seminar on cyberspace and its metaphors . The reason I mention this is because almost everything I've read somehow relates back to this module (at the risk of making a sweeping generalisation). A fantastic book which i've managed to obtain is called Cyber_reader, (edited by Neil Spiller). This book contains a list of essays written from the mid 1950s, all the way through to modern day, on all things 'cyber' related. My particular favourites have been the essays regarding cyberspace, and leaving our 'physical' bodies behind as we enter the realm of cyberspace (in Karen A Franck, 1995's aptly titled When I enter Virtual Reality, What Body will I Leave Behind). John Perry Barlow, Micheal Heim and Stelarc also have some very thought provoking essays in this collection, all of which somehow relate back to views of identity, and identity online. A list of all these key texts will be included in our Wiki Page.
Anyway, enough of the 'academia', I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that i am now a victim of the post modern condition that is cyberspace...fabulous! I find myself spending COUNTLESS amounts of hours online, and talking to my friends more on FACEBOOK than on the phone!!...I've even resorted to communicating with my brother (who may i add lives in my house) on msn...as opposed to walking for 2 seconds to his room and asking him whatever it is i need to ask him (which is often 'make me a cup of tea'). Should I be disgusted with my excessive laptop appreciation? Or should I just deem this as me being 'busy'? (which in my defense i am). I hate to think I'll end up relying on my laptop as an essential tool of communication, and become a social recluse, (which ladies & gentlemen, is not far from the truth, see last blog for details).
Habit 1: I switch on my laptop the minute i get home....be it 3am to check email, facebook and whos on msn (worrying...methinks yes)
Habit 2: Social communication breakdowns, i.e. arguments with people i know in real life have resulted in hostile facebook statuses i.e. sara is angry at xyz for xyz (usually a bit wittier tho....and not as direct)
Habit 3: I'd rather buy stuff online, then in the shop...why????! oxford street is 10 minutes away, whsmith is downstairs, and i live next to a bookshop!
and now my crisis is that my dvd drive isnt working...which 3 years ago, would not constitute as a 'crisis'
The stuff we study is closer to home then we think eh?
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