Society Is Not Free…
…And Will Never Again Be Free We’ve lost a core human freedom: the right to freely move about in society. While it may seem like we are still quite able to go where we wish without disruption, due to mass … Continued
Forgetting Vivian Maier
Vivian Maier is dead. And that’s our problem. The sometimes gorgeous biopic, Finding Vivian Maier, brings the mysterious and secretive creative genius who chose to live out her life in obscurity back to life, and throws her unwittingly under the … Continued
The Twitter-Neuralink Connection Prospect
As I’ve said from Day One, and the reason I left Twitter before Elon Musk took over, he bought Twitter for its database(s). That kind of massive account data archive on the most important people in the world, from Hollywood … Continued
The 2FA Trap
Knowing that their systems and networks can never be guaranteed to be secure from hackers, invaders, and malicious actors, IT administrators are pushing the onus onto the user. So let’s talk about the two-step authentication (2FA) identity security illusion. In … Continued
Eduma Theme: AVOID
Good for development, but you will lose everything you did, hours and hours and hours of work. No recovery. Seems their gimmick is maintenance: steady income having to ‘fix’ your site from their upgrades. It’s just awful. Had a gorgeous … Continued
OBN: Leica Digilux 3
Old But New Tools My second added tool is a camera relegated to the archives, but I could not resist its price and condition. At under $250 in camera shop ‘Excellent’ condition was the Leica Digilux 3 body. This camera … Continued
OBN: Canon 6D
Old But New Tools It’s been a while since upping my photography game, and it came down to buying desirable new equipment at a premium or retooling with a pixel upgrade and used gear. O chose the latter because it … Continued
Icons | Iconics | Iconetics
ABSTRACT Mediated image manipulation, archiving, and sharing are all critical technological aspects of Western culture and postmodern civilization. Consequently, creation, identification, dissemination, and proliferation of powerful images across media channels indicate a burgeoning area of inquiry for information technologies. While … Continued