They’re doing road construction outside my office at school, which means that I’ve had to take several meetings somewhere else or endure the sound of one of those giant hammer things. Well, now they’re ripping up the street right in front of our place, which is not only insanely loud, but when they hit the …
Category Archives: Text
New Text
“The Historiography of Cyberculture” in Critical Cyberculture Studies eds. David Silver and Adienne Massanari, 17-28. New York: NYU Press, 2006. Carrie’s dad arrives in a few hours. I’m off to the Music Library for some good, wholesome fun with reference materials. Not enough time. I’m cleaning my office until Carrie comes to pick me up.
Vanity, Thy Price is $6.95 a year
What am I talking about? Check this out — a new address: http://superbon.net or http://superbon.org. I can’t decide which to make the actual address. I think I like .net, but then it’s already sterneworks.org. I so should not be spending time thinking about this. I mostly did it because Wired told me to. No questions …
Also, I’m back on track with titles
….for a conference called “Technologies of the Diva” next March, “Sex and the Sound Test: A Short History” Get your mind out of the gutter. I meant secondary sexual characteristics, like pitch of voice. What did you think I was going to discuss? Also, I wish to share this morning’s surprise. Upon a careful reading …
New Rules
One of the great perks of being a prof at McGill is something called a P-Card. It is a credit card that bills directly to your research account. It is incredibly useful for buying stuff you need for your research and not having to wait for reimbursement. It’s no good for conference hotels or airline …
Speaking of Placeholders
Axis of Evil Knievel has been reduced to a “this day in history” blog, but its catalog of horrors is really something to behold. I almost linked to a post last week. Today’s is too much not to share.
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I know things have been quiet around here recently. Mostly, I’m hunkering down and working around here while we’re inbetween houseguests. I’ve got a pile of other people’s writing I’m working through today as I passively ponder how best to present the material in the chapter I’m currently revising/developing, which of the 1000 readings I …