NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: I got it! I got it! I got it!

On Mark Bernstein’s recommendation I placed the online order on Sunday.

This morning I checked UPS and found this:

Package Progress:

Location	Date	Local Time	Activity
WATERTOWN,  CT,  US	05/31/2006	6:48 A.M.	OUT FOR DELIVERY
	05/31/2006	6:30 A.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN
STRATFORD,  CT,  US	05/31/2006	4:58 A.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
	05/31/2006	12:57 A.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN
WATERTOWN,  MA,  US	05/30/2006	10:20 P.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
	05/30/2006	6:34 P.M.	ORIGIN SCAN

Tracking results provided by UPS: 05/31/2006 9:35 A.M. Eastern Time (USA)

But Dave the UPS Man just delivered this:

Hypertext 3.0, Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization by George P. Landow

Patchwork Girl by Shelley Jackson

I’m so excited!  I badly needed an upper in these downest downer days.  Landow’s book being easier to unravel from its shrinkwrap, I scanned that first and came back to this dedication page:

For Ruth–always 1.0

Having already made the mental switch from ho-hum to hyperthinking, I’m wondering if he shouldn’t have made her a 4.0 or 5.0; the latest and improved version…