Published April 29th, 2004
in Weblogging.
Summary: You shouldn’t post anything–on weblogs, in comments, on Usenet–that you’re not comfortable with the whole world knowing about. Be anonymous in other situations. Realize that the whole model of the Internet thwarts information control, and use that awareness to your advantage.
But the information consumers also have to play by these rules of the Panopticon.
Published April 11th, 2004
in Snippets.
Lance Arthur says: “Try everything once.” It’s good advice. Also from him: Guide to Man Grooming.
Published April 8th, 2004
in Snippets.
Ghost Town. A photoessay by a biker in Chernobyl.
It was the fact that she’s a female biker talking about “those couple of times when “experts” tried to invent an excuse to give me a shower” that first caught my attention, but it’s actually quite moving. And powerful.
I’d like to write something like that someday.
(via kottke.)
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