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Ancestors on trial: historical court records online
Did you ever wonder if one of your ancestors has been to court, or maybe even served time in prison? With the help of online databases,...
Continue reading...Has music become too easily accessible?
Let me start this off by saying that I am not trying to be classist or snobbish with this blog post; I believe music is for...
Continue reading...The environmental cost of the internet
Past weekend I had a discussion with my father about the climate march of the preceding Friday, I was talking about how the size of the...
Continue reading...I have traveled the world
Automation and the FUTUUUUUURE
Rather than structure my blog entry as a fun yet academic article, I want to make this entry more of a story meets an infinite amount...
Continue reading...The Past Is Doomed to Recur…
During middle school, my history teacher used to say ‘The past is doomed to recur!’ all the time. Maybe that was only the case for Turkey...
Continue reading...Lads, It’s…
Disclaimer: This post was written before the Brighton-Tottenham game, and therefore doesn’t cover that result or Lloris’ injury; the latter of which is, in my opinion,...
Continue reading...Just a Sec
Time flies by, doesn’t it? One moment it is only nine ‘o clock in the morning, so you decide to watch all the new episodes that...
Continue reading...The Magical School Bus of the Internet
As a late-nineties baby, I derive this laughable sense of comfort from distinctly remembering a time before the internet was a household necessity. Somehow I am...
Continue reading...Sex Work in the Digital Era 🍆
What is sex work and why should I care? When the topic of sex, sexuality and sex work enters a conversation, different reactions arise. Some argue...
Continue reading...Digital Tools for Brewing Beer
Online activism: duty or privilege?
Unless you live a life free of social media -in which case I am both astounded and jealous- you have probably been bombarded with information about...
Continue reading...‘Thou shall not cheat’ – said the hacker
Our self-created digital world allows us to shift a lot of our daily lives onto the internet. We do our financials online, we shop online, we...
Continue reading...The Alternative Algorithm and Alternative Realities
The term ‘algorithm’ to many humanities-oriented people may seem like an abstract concept. One might understand it as a theoretical construct, but not necessarily grasp its...
Continue reading...An E-sports World Championship
A ritual that is forgotten
The Rebellious Chatbot
Dystopian future? Who owns digital media and what does this mean for how we engage with it?
More and more of the media we consume is digital, where in the past someone who loves books might have had shelves full of them, nowadays...
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