Author Archives: Susan

NEW MEDIA: Back to Weird World and Space

Posted on September 9, 2004 by Susan

Cover your eyes if you’ve already given up on my little journey into space as reported in a few previous entries. Otherwise, follow me in (and simultaneously, out) this trail: My description of the immediate space of my backyard, bordered … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Takin’ a Break

Posted on September 9, 2004 by Susan

A spider is bungee jumping in front of my monitor. (I’m in the shop, working of course.) Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & EDUCATION: Amazon Wish List

Posted on September 9, 2004 by Susan

In my “Placeholder” post below, I mention a book by Douglas Hofstadter called Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern Actually, it’s not just merely on my wish list, but already in the cart and ready to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Old and New Media and Reality II

Posted on September 9, 2004 by Susan

Shoot. Someone must have put a jackpot of quarters into my slot. I’ve posted more this month than I have in the past two months I think. The above statement is in fact an example of the topic of this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Applying the Principles of New Media to Reality

Posted on September 9, 2004 by Susan

“Narrative structure is a sequence of events with a cause and effect relationship happening in space and time.” (credit: New Media course handout, Professors Ersinghaus, Kluba and Timmons, Tunxis CC) Right now, it is pouring rain from a northeasterly direction … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Space as Time; Space as Distance

Posted on September 9, 2004 by Susan

This is going to be a free-thought entry, as determined by broken sleep patterns that in waking moments, came as wondering and fretting. Sans benefit of Roget’s or Webster’s, herein is an evolving personal interpretation of space. Space is a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Mobius Ecstacy

Posted on September 9, 2004 by Susan

Every now and then I pick up a piece of white paper 1″ x 13″ that was handed out in our New Media class. I have since drawn a curvy inkline on one side just to make it more obvious … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY & CURRENT AFFAIRS: Local Referendum

Posted on September 9, 2004 by Susan

Little by little the story comes out. In a prior post about elections I mentioned a town vote on an existing airport. Well, with only days to go prior to the voting, we’re finding out more and more about what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: In Frustration

Posted on September 8, 2004 by Susan

This entry is one off my list that I noted as “computer lackies.” It covers a wider range of miscreants, however. For a week now I’ve been trying to find out some information about the Mini-Tab software program needed for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: RSS Feeds

Posted on September 8, 2004 by Susan

Bloglines has served me well, saving me an immense amount of time daily visiting blogs that have not posted new entries. However, there is one very important element that is at cross-purposes with the convenience, and I, myself, am one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Another Placeholder

Posted on September 8, 2004 by Susan

Just another to-do list for blogging, that will be done over the next couple of hours: 1. New Media post on chronological versus temporal time. 2. Computer lackies. 3. New Media movie watching 4. Update on Local Airport Referendums 5. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Spam

Posted on September 8, 2004 by Susan

I’ve more to say, and since I’ll be up late tonight, I’ll put my thoughts in better order before I spout off. But this is one thing I must get off my mind immediately, and it’s relative to spamming. For … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING, EDUCATION & REALITY: On the Other Hand…

Posted on September 7, 2004 by Susan

How important is it to have a story submission accepted and published? A book deal? Don’t even really know within myself if I have what it takes to even continue pursuing this trail; talent, skill, expertise, personality, dedication, luck; all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING, EDUCATION & REALITY: Toss-up

Posted on September 7, 2004 by Susan

Let me state right off that this is not another “cry wolf” threat to stop blogging post. One thing I’ve learned is that I cannot stop. I’m sure they’ll come up with a pill for this too someday. Right now, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Black/White & Hetero/Homo

Posted on September 7, 2004 by Susan

Excellent postings at Rethabile’s blogs, On English and On Lesotho, questioning the focus of racial and gender bias of the media, as well as that of the generalized public, using the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake scenario in comparison to the Madonna/Brittany/Christina … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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