Category Archives: internet

Ubiquity

Posted on August 23, 2011 by kai

I can’t say I was surprised to see that the previous tenants had left their ADSL modem in the flat when we moved in, nor can I say that I was surprised when we discovered that it was still working. … Continue reading →

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Kulturwissenschaft

Posted on June 3, 2011 by kai

Go and listen to this episode of This American Life, it’s ace. It’s recently been re-run, and  highlights precisely what I love about the show and what they can do with the individual stories-as-highlighting-wider-societal-issues format.

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Spring Evenings Like These

Posted on May 23, 2011 by kai

I remember being at work on a long Helsinki spring evening, whittling away the evening until we closed, zooming around Google Maps, looking at central London from above. I visualised it then, and I remember looking at a zig-zag shape … Continue reading →

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I Like it When Economics Actually Touches the Real World

Posted on May 16, 2011 by kai

This Planet Money podcast comes highly recommended. Not only does it address something extremely socially important, it takes the effort to step away from the lofty oak-panelled corridors of universities and talk to a man who actually dealt first-hand with … Continue reading →

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Clean Break

Posted on May 11, 2011 by kai

It’s time for a clean break of some kind. Let’s start with a fresh page. The old blog is still there, with all the posts intact. Though scrolling down the page and seeing five years’ worth of monthly archives snaking … Continue reading →

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