negotiating identity
by jebni on October 22, 2004
Paula really wants me to join in with the current Storybox exercise we’re all working on right now, which I don’t usually do cos I’m always typing away doing administrative stuff. This time is no different, but because I want (…)
intensity city
by jebni on October 20, 2004
Most often, silence in a blog means that HEAPS of stuff is going on. It’s half true with me; when things aren’t exploding in all directions, I’m trying to recover, almost catatonic for hours. Of course, there’s Storybox stuff, which (…)
night driver: the return
by jebni on October 16, 2004
Mark has a test version of his non-photorealistic driving game Drivey available for download. Note the typographic CARs — so cool.
looking away
by jebni on October 11, 2004
In the past couple of days I’ve noticed that many of you here in Australia are wondering how you can look your “fellow Australians” in the eye after they returned our pack of lying, slimy leaders to government. I’m struck (…)
rescuing farnham from parliamentarism
by jebni on October 9, 2004
Some of you might remember that last year I dedicated Starship’s “We Built This City” to those struggling in Miami against the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit: “It’s just another Sunday, in a tired old street / Police (…)
unravelled calligram, digital unconscious
by jebni on October 9, 2004
Try finding any magazine cover like this today, let alone a computer magazine. It’s by Robert Tinney.
geek-o cringe factor
by jebni on October 8, 2004
I’ve always been quite partial to early ’80s magazines about personal computers, like BYTE. Lately I’ve been turning to them, as I did at the time, as a form of pure entertainment. Really. It’s poetry. All these talismanic words — (…)
“darn your sinister attraction!”
by jebni on October 6, 2004
Ah, my coolest birthday present was Lena getting me the entirety of Buffy on DVD. I’m looking forward to revisiting Season 5…
the question of value
by jebni on October 4, 2004
This week I attended an interesting training session on “community development with refugee communities” that was facilitated by the Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors. We were warned that some bits (i.e. working through accounts (…)
“stop the earthlings suffer from war and torture”
by jebni on October 4, 2004
Yep, that’s a line from one of the blogs in the Storybox project. The workshops thus far have been so cool, with young participants from the Sudanese, Burundian, Congan and Afghan communities confounding my assumptions. I have the feeling that (…)