Mileygram
My first girlfriend was a girl named Sara. We’d sit in the preschool hallways, hold hands, and sing “Nightmare Before Christmas” songs to each...
The Internet’s Identity Theft
Whenever I feel like annoying my girlfriend, I bombard her with cryptic quotes. My personal favorite comes from the one and only Bob Dylan,...
Andrew Lyman (and finding a queer futurity in GIFs) | Kenta Murakami
I first saw Andrew Lyman’s photographs through the Facebook profiles of friends; art-school types who would congregate in Brooklyn for the summers, their profile...
Digital Commemoration and an Online Afterlife, Part II
As the depth and complexities of living life online grow in magnitude, so does the urgency of developing ways to deal with death in...
Mutilation Mile (and the Picture People Who Run It)
I’m a sucker for mirrors. Sometimes I get caught gazing into one while I’m sitting at a booth in a restaurant. Looking over the...
Twitter Terrorism: A Sophisticated Weapon in the War on Terror | Jane Ninivaggi
Mohammad Hamzah Khan grew up in a suburban Chicago home watching Dragon Tales and Batman, earning a Presidential Physical Fitness Award, and playing basketball...
Facebook Friends Unite!
I had an unusual thought last night, and I’m going to attribute it entirely to a book I’ve been reading by Alain de Botton...
Wazed and Confused
A few weeks ago, I decided to download a Google-owned navigation app called Waze. I’d heard a lot about it from friends, and I...
Digital Commemoration and an Online Afterlife
When Leonard Nimoy died on February 27th, response to his passing was swift as the news sent shockwaves through many online communities. A thousand...
On Getting Older (and Balder)
When I was younger, I kept my hair pretty long. This served two functions: 1. It allowed me to hide from the world, because...