Monthly Archives: February 2016

Unbearable insignificance?

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Just finished the latest Milan Kundera novel, The Festival of Insignificance. So I found, appropriately enough, a Flickr photo titled This insignificance is unbearable. flickr photo shared by kainet under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC ) license Here, I am … Continue reading →

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Cyberspace

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

danah boyd‘s piece It’s not Cyberspace anymore resonates strongly. I feel what she wrote, and the short article will be material for my class of New Media inf115, which has a subtitle of Reclaiming the Web. This week EFF members celebrate … Continue reading →

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GIFs, revenge for a media assignment

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Yes, I had to do two animated GIFs from Once Upon a Time in the West, for inf115. Mr. Alan Levine himself showed how to do that. Bu wait, I have the right to dissent (not that I don’t love … Continue reading →

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Silly remembrances

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

The NYTimes article Gainsbourg and Birkin, Fearless on Film at Lincoln Center about a retrospective at NYC’s Lincoln Center I couldn’t view, prompted me to revisit –again– their famed song of then 70’s Je t’aime… moi non plus. flickr photo … Continue reading →

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Romancing the Bookmark

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

flickr photo shared by M Kuhn under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC-SA ) license Oh I am guilty of having as guest the great Alan Levine and I haven’t even greeted him webwise! I am so happy to have him … Continue reading →

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