http://leonajames.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ 1 dude's ethnographic exploration of second life and inexplicably his bias against web 2.0 - boy i hope i learn something en Vox Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:58:33 -0700 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/mutation-presence-absence.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(leon a. james) http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/mutation-presence-absence.html?_c=feed-rss http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/mutation-presence-absence.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:58:33 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398af2e270004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398af2e270004-50si" alt="post-human me" /></a> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/book/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398af14b00001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398af14b00001-50si" alt="How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics" /></a> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398af308e0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398af308e0005-50si" alt="Picture 1" /></a> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398af13160001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398af13160001-50si" alt="Picture 2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Reading: Hayles, N. K. (1999) How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature and Informatics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp 248 - 282. Post human can not only heal the alienations that mark human subjectivity... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/mutation-presence-absence.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398af305c0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> katherine hayles post-humanism http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/flickr-second-life.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(leon a. james) http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/flickr-second-life.html?_c=feed-rss http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/flickr-second-life.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:44:29 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398aceb550005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398aceb550005-50si" alt="Flickr: Second Life" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/flickr-second-life.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398acd2a40002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pictures secondlife sl http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/my-avatar-looks-better-than-your-avatar.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(leon a. james) http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/my-avatar-looks-better-than-your-avatar.html?_c=feed-rss http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/my-avatar-looks-better-than-your-avatar.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:48:36 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398acdf3a0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398acdf3a0003-50si" alt="big beefy sl dude" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> the first time that i was in second life i obsessed for 3 hours trying to be extremely hot and attractive. there was this desire to personally identify with the character (with a bit of embellishment). i eventually gave up. decided to take on a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/my-avatar-looks-better-than-your-avatar.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398ace13a0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> secondlife sl avatar madness http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/even-stranger-than-mothra.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(leon a. james) http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/even-stranger-than-mothra.html?_c=feed-rss http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/even-stranger-than-mothra.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398ace6d50004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398ace6d50004-50si" alt="Picture 1" /></a> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398acc8a60001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398acc8a60001-50si" alt="Picture 2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> i wake up early, even on weekends. blessing. curse. however, this should never imply that i am particularly "productive". yesterday, i was up by 6.30, my class was meeting at 1pm est in second life. for what? at that moment i was unclear on.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/even-stranger-than-mothra.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398accb2c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> spam secondlife attack http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/that-thong-is-bold.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(leon a. james) http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/that-thong-is-bold.html?_c=feed-rss http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/that-thong-is-bold.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:03:14 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398acec5c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398acec5c0005-50si" alt="Geisha mayako" /></a> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398acec5f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398acec5f0005-50si" alt="Geisha mayako 2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> may i introduce to you geisha mayako! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/that-thong-is-bold.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398accc860001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> secondlife geisha sl avatar madness http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/old-school-internet-lyming.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(leon a. james) http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/old-school-internet-lyming.html?_c=feed-rss http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/old-school-internet-lyming.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:05:46 -0700 the following are stream of consciousness thoughts as, i attempt to enter second life for the second life (i will document my previous encounter later, as it feed whatever insight follows). back in the day i use to spend a large portion of my fr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://leonajames.vox.com/library/post/old-school-internet-lyming.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398aaeeaa000200e398ab03c80002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> second life entry stream of conscious