A Conversation About National Poetry Month My fellow CMS student, Amulya Gopalakrishnan, and I often appear to have little in common: I’m almost always wired to some device or other, she is a self-described “book person”; I talk about blogs and fan fiction, she talks about… by Kestrell 2005-05-01T02:18:00-04:00
Hackers In the Classroom This article from the BBC on the program developed by ISECOM (Institute for Security and Open Methodologies) called HACKER HIGHSCHOOL.Quoted from the ISECOM web site:”The principles of hacking should be taught in schools, said Pete Herzog. It is the principles… by Kestrell 2005-04-10T01:26:00-04:00
Science and Media I admit that this book review of Perfect Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman edited by Michelle Feynman, got me thinking about the connections between the teaching of science and what role media plays… by Kestrell 2005-04-10T01:23:00-04:00
Audio clouds and alternate interfaces This BBC article discusses an alternate interface called “audio clouds” being developed by the University of Glasgow, which allows users to control gadgets using sound and small gestures. by Kestrell 2005-04-04T12:45:00-04:00
Remix Culture: Culture, Technology, and Creativity This interview with Lawrence Lessig conducted during the recent O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, makes an argument for developing new policies to reflect new modes of creating and distributing culture.”Their conception of how to make money off the culture is to… by Kestrell 2005-03-22T02:02:00-05:00
10x10 TenByten is a news site created by Jonathan Harris, 25, which uses the most common words from major news outlets like BBC World Edition and New York Times International and delivers images to accompany them, allowing users to search for… by Kestrell 2005-02-27T03:07:00-05:00
Changing Vision I’m always intrigued by the mainstream media’s confusion over defining what blogging is and why bloggers are doing it (The Daily Show’s recent commentary on the differences/similarities did a great job of summing up some of the issues) because I… by Kestrell 2005-02-27T03:06:00-05:00
Technology, Media, and Disability Last month, MIT announced that MIT professor Hugh Herr, and colleagues from Brown University and the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center have begun a five-year multidisciplinary research project to restore arm and leg function to amputees by creating “biohybrid“ limbs…. by Kestrell 2005-01-17T06:29:00-05:00