Via meallanmouse, Disney just bought out marvel :o :o :o

I need a 'wtf' style icon o_O

First off, the dutch word for icebreaker is ijsbreker. Wooh! Icebreakers are frickin' cool, mmm'kay?

Secondly, among various political podcasts I ganked from the CBC, I found one that looks at the influence of technology on society. It is called Search Engine and if you don't wanna listen, it also has a blog, links, etc. I like the concept of the program, the ep I listened to was quite neat, so we'll see how it goes.

Emily Nussbaum of New York magazine posted a really fascinating article about the internet generation gap - how young people today view the internet and its opportunities differently. It is really interesting to me as someone who has had a long 'net presence, and has a lot of close net contacts.

I have been thinking a lot about how the internet connects you more solidly to your past and past relationships. Without it, would I still be as close to everyone from Fredericton as I am now? Would I still be in touch with people like skjaere, or longrat, or have friended people from Sheffield that I barely knew during the year I lived there? How else would I keep in touch with tsiankiio, or any other of the ECU friends for who I caved and got a myspace account? How does the maintenance of those old relationships affect my ability to grow as a person, and to move on and forge new relationships? It is a difficult balance of time to spend time with both my 'online friends' versus my 'real life friends'...

I posted a picture of my boobs in here a week or so ago without a single thought to any possible negative consequences. What does that say about my conceptions of privacy, and so forth?

The article implies that people younger than myself care even less for the distinctions. While I am fairly careful about posting personal information in some contexts.... I don't really care, and I'm not really concerned. I am not afraid of being stalked or what have you despite the fact that I know people to whom it has happened! Then again, I'm not really afraid of being mugged when I am out walking alone at night either, so maybe I'm just not especially cautious to begin with ;P

Anyway, it was very thought provoking to me. I am fascinated by internet culture, and I think ti would be cool to see more anthropological/sociological studies into the phenomenon...