Tag Archives: Travel & Places

At the British Library

By alex | Published: 9/20/2004
[The following was almost liveblogged, but the computer ran out of juice just before it was ready to publish. I am at the University of Sussex, at the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference, and it seems like access to the Internet remains bad every year. Hopefully, next year in Chicago will be better. Over […]
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Mob Raft?

By alex | Published: 8/12/2004
Over the last few months, one of the most consistent search strings for my blog, showing up in the top 20 almost every month, is “how to build a raft.” (They end up with this post, from April.) I think the desire to build something that can float and take you places runs very deep […]
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Plane sitting

By alex | Published: 12/14/2003
When I was a kid, airports were the coolest place in the world. I’ve always loved the idea of carrying your life with you, and the excitement of going somewhere new. I loved the architecture, the systems of moving people and machines. When did all that change? It started snowing last night and didn’t stop. […]
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Off to Toronto

By alex | Published: 10/15/2003
And it’s a long way to Buffalo. It’s a long way to Belfast City too. And i’m hoping the choice won’t blow the hoist ‘cos this town, they bit off more than they can chew. – Van Morrison Off to Toronto for IR4.0, to present an outline on blog research (pdf). I’ve stolen an idea […]
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