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Meer

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About Me

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My Interests

technology, the singularity, photography (analog & digital), Apple computers (iPod and G5), Sci Fi, reading and exercise.

I'd like to meet:

The Dali Lama, art and technology geeks like me, Kizmet....

Music:

eclectic: lounge, electronic, house, acoustic R&B, new age, classical....

Movies:

ET, Matrix, Ghost in the Shell, Close Encounters, Buffalo 66, Koyanisquatsi....

Television:

I spend more time on the internet than watching T.V., but I watch: Stargate SG-1, Nip/Tuck, X-Files reruns, TechTV (before comcast), Discover, the Science channel, History channel.

Books:

Too many books to list or even recall. But here is a smattering: the Foundation trilogy (and most of Asimov's stuff), Singularity Sky, Being Digital, Dragon Lance series (a long time ago), The Age of Spriritual Machines, The Next Enlightenment, The New Brain, most of Arthur C. Clark's stuff, most of Michael Crichton's stuff, The Baghavad Gita (my favorite), the Upanishads, Sidhartha, Walden (one of my all time favorites), The Mote in God's Eye (Jerry Pournelle), Software training books, etc....

My Blog

Neighborhood Narratives - Day as a Tourist

I thought it would be nice to visit the city of Philadelphia as a side-trip to my visit to New York in the United States. I took the Chinatown bus, which is inexpensive and makes no stops in between. ...
Posted by Meer on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:39:00 PST

10-07-04

I haven't posted from class in a while. Sorry.We have a guest speaker - a web designer.We also have a reading assignment due Tuesday - handouts plus chapters 2.2, 2.3, 1nd 2.4
Posted by Meer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

9-21 class

I'm too tired to blog from class today. sorry.
Posted by Meer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

9-16 assignment

What do you think are some of the technological and social changes in the past three years that have led to the development of Friendster and Myspace.? The most important development was a graphica...
Posted by Meer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

9-16-04 New Media class

This blog entry is dedicated to Sica, because she can't be here today. First, there is an assignment posted on Myspace. It can be found on your homepage under bulletins. Hana posted the SMS clas...
Posted by Meer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Sleepy but Present

I'm so exhausted. I feel like I'm fighting off a cold or something. But, I'm here in class anyway. I just ate Mike and Ikes. I felt I needed a sugar boost. The two cups of coffee I had today are doing...
Posted by Meer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Blog reviews

Three new people showed up to class today. Welcome new people!! After a few formalities and introductions, we are looking at Fotonotes.net. We are going to something similar here on campus - uplo...
Posted by Meer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Week Two

I'm blogging from New Media class. It's the beginning of our second week, and Hana has just outlined our direction for the remainder of the course. For the first half of the semester we will explore s...
Posted by Meer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New Media Class

I was really supposed to post this during Thursday's class. But having slept only two out of the previous 24 hours, I couldn't really focus enough to type. Anyway, I think this will be a fun class. I ...
Posted by Meer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST