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Saturday Humor: Fearing Technology

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Those who have been reading this blog know that I like to poke fun at the anti-technology position. Seems to me that pen and paper are also a technology, so pining for a past when humans were free of machines and technology seems a bit ridiculous to me. Enter Lee Siegel’s new book Against the [...]


Going Low Tech

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

Somebody recently accused me of being too technological. I am not actually sure how this is possible, since my dissertation is about how we are always technological. . . like the school someone was telling me about recently that was having an “anti-technology meeting.” Seriously? Are they going to ban paper and pencils? Those are [...]


Calling the Help Desk

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Some Hilarity for your Weekend. What happens when you are a monk used to transcribing scrolls, and you are faced with the “new” technology of the book? Well you call the help desk.
(Thanks Rebecca for sending this.)