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  *spark-online >> [ exploring electronic consciousness ]
   media  >>  t.v. | online | technology
>> media*online >> of time, life, and americans
by robert marcom

"at a time when small, cost-efficient companies seem to be the most economical and responsive, large mega-media corporations cling to the old strategy of bigger=cheaper=better."
technology >> technology rules: internet of betamax? by jared mitchel
technology >> the pitch by chris jenkins
technology >> where's my damn hovercraft!! by charles hageman frey
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   trends  >>  aliens | astronomy

>> trends*aliens >> certain feelings of alienation
by paul t. riddell

"in the past hundred years of books, movies, and television programs about aliens, they’ve continued to mutate on us, with serious implications for the future."

astronomy >> hubble, hubble toil and trouble by stephen wacker
behind blown eyes >> on computers, the internet, & future cataclysm
by john shirley
employment >> the life of an agent in the net-economy by carin nordstrom
e-publishing >> the future of publishing by mj rose
self >> the disembodied self by adrean mihalache
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   discourse  >>  [amorous consciousness?]

*love >> whats love got to do with it?
by robert delamar

"love in the 21st century, looks similar to love in the past. Only the setting has changed. The 19th century "mail-order" bride has become the 21st century "Internet romance." Though the environment may change, love remains steadfast. It will remain so into the foreseeable future..."

naked >> the root of a military technology is a poser's dream
by jacob
Ørsted nielsen
love >> surfing lesson 101 by eric mcgriffen
longing >> fairyland : a short story by rita lauria
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   e_society  >>  religion | politics | economics

*politics >> the fate of a nation
by g.j. lau

"John Lennon asked us to 'imagine there's no countries.' We are still a long way from that, but the sovereignty of a nation, the ability of a nation to operate with absolute autonomy within its own borders, has been severely eroded by the web of communications that casts its bright shining light into even the darkest corners."

economics >> sleepless in seattle : the WTO version by philippe E. duford
economics >> the "rumble in seattle" by stephen van esch
religion >> imagining angels by jonathan schildbach
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   misc.(ing)  >>  short story | cyber-poetry

*if its on, it works *life >> the painter's life
by max podstolski

"i am painting on a huge canvas laid out on the ground, in a vast exhibition space with people walking by. The abstract shapes in subdued and tasteful colours become representational, then three-dimensional, and finally a neo-conceptual slice of 'ordinary' life..."

theater >> lest we forget: a play in three acts by alan sondheim
short story >> sweet fanny adams by andrew gallix
comics >> my new york diary: a review by austin english
on the road >> a new year's odyssey by leonard durante
feature >> the future of books: 9TimeZones.com by kevin densmore
"the clash of ideas brings forth the spark of truth"
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