Comments on: Pumping Irony: Technology and Disconnectivity

By: A Small Victory: Climbing Keeps Me Sane | Roy Christopher

A Small Victory: Climbing Keeps Me Sane | Roy Christopher — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:33:44 +0000

[...] In my “How To Do Stuff and Be Happy” talk, I tell people that everyone should have one head-clearing exercise. Let me explain that by example. My friend Ben Hiltzheimer used to ride motorcycles. When he started learning how, he said that you can’t think about anything else while you’re negotiating the streets and traffic because all you’re thinking about is not dying. I have equated this experience to learning to ride a fixed-gear bicycle. [...]

By: Datamining the Disconnections: Bits vs Atoms, The Rematch | Roy Christopher

Datamining the Disconnections: Bits vs Atoms, The Rematch | Roy Christopher — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:13:46 +0000

[...] wrote before about the disconnection between certain activities in our mediated lives. Well, the digital revolution is sparking an altogether different strain of separation. In no way [...]

By: Wei-En

Wei-En — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:34:58 +0000

Let me know next time you’re in SD, I live 3 blks from Velo Cult & Whistle Stop

By: Dave Allen

Dave Allen — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:53:36 +0000

Hilarious, I start the YouTube video and up pops ‘Exercise machines – Nordic Track – Ads by Google….! Technology curates culture indeed…

I’ll be back with a more thoughtful comment next..