technology


Graphic Reviews: Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell While I’ve been reading comics for a while now, I’ve long struggled to get into the other side of the graphic novel world: manga (and paired with it, anime). It’s a style that I’ve not developed a taste for and frankly, an entire culture in and […]


Digital Beard Stroking: Alien Worlds 3 – Re-Epistemology, rewinding our own minds

Re-Epistemology, rewinding our own minds Alien Worlds – Alternate Dimensions: A series of brief what-ifs meant to hold up a mirror against our own experiences and expectations by exploring alternatives built on different assumptions and presuppositions. Epistemology, aside from my favorite word to bewilder coworkers, is the study of knowledge. […]


Digital Beard Stroking: Extending Efficacy

Extending Efficacy We, as physical beings, can interact with the world around us.  The extent to which we can do so, our efficacy, is a product of our bodies, our tools, our circumstances and our cleverness in applying those things.  One of the great, unending struggles in humanity is extending […]


Digital Beard Stroking: Media Avatar, Expressor of Efficacy pt. 2 2

Digital Beard Stroking Media Avatar, Expressor of Efficacy pt 2. Today, I’ll be building on the concepts established in my last article, so check that out.  It’s not like Star Wars, though, it’s much better if you read them in order.  Or read the sequel first.  What am I, a […]


Digital Beard Stroking: Media Avatar, Expressor of Efficacy 5

Digital Beard Stroking Philosophy of Technology I’d like to provide another perspective on the importance of technology, gaming and nerd culture through a lens of philosophical constructs and psychological concepts, thus providing a juxtaposition of historical/academic context of the above mentioned topics against a humorous, accessible vernacular. Media Avatar, Expressor […]