BlogFlockOur Algorithmic Grey-Beige World – On my Om:
We’re living in the endgame. Algorithmic reality doesn’t just commodify interaction. It standardizes imagination. The algorithms squeeze creativity out of millions by showing them exactly what “works.” We don’t get unique. We get infinite variations of the same.
I hate 90%…
I struggled getting Emacs up and running on the Framework for at least an hour this morning. After finally getting it at least basically working, a package update caused denote-consult to fail. I give up. I’m sorry Emacs, but if you’re going to break every other fucking day, we’re going…
When I was setting up my desktop computer with Linux, I wanted to install Gnome, but I couldn’t get itto work with the Apple Studio Display. I went with KDE instead, and put Gnome on the laptop.
After using both for a couple weeks, it turns out I prefer KDE.…
This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Yancey Strickler, whose blog can be found at ystrickler.com.
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When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is get out of bed and turn on my fairy lights. I read for a little while under the warm glow of the lights while the sun is not yet visible in the winter morning. I am reading…
I wanted to start this blog post with a quote. I started flicking through Walden, which I have just finished reading, for one that would be appropriate. But then I realised any choice would be arbitrary, for the wisdom is so deep within the book that any choice would leave…
I start my degree in art history at the Open University in under two weeks. Just after the holidays, I got access to the materials for my first year, which is made up of two modules: “Discovering the arts and humanities” and “Cultures”. In the former module I’ll study a…
While I was writing “Publishing my citation preferences”, I consciously decided that the blog post should include a screenshot of the website feature described in the post – the new “Reference this post” section on my blog pages. I knew that I might change the design of the…
I am reading Katy Hessel’s “How to Live an Artful Life”. The book has a single creative prompt each day to consider. I have the book – whose cover is beautifully designed, with a link typeface and a blue square so as to make the book stand out – in…
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