"It
is a night of losers in the computer lab. The labs are empty
enough for you to be conspicuous, and yet anonymous enough for
you to be comfortable in your own insecurities. In a room of
25 computers, exactly four people, including me, are currently
typing away on their keyboards or staring at the screen."
"Early
last week I was presented with the formidable challenge of entertaining
myself for an evening. To many people, labeling such a situation
as a challenge may seem a touch harsh. I mean, what would the
average mother of four give for such an opportunity? But for
the hyperactive, socially addicted chappy I am, a challenge
it was."
"The
Web has inundated our culture with reams of new technologies
and communication paradigms over the last five years. Consequently
we're so overwhelmed with buzzwords, we can't tell a neo-media
environment from an interactive literary community. (Or was
it net banking, or did online casinos take their place?) So
what exactly is hypertext?"
"The
basic point I am making here is that species have developed
ingenious means in order to ensure their survival, or rather,
their genetic survival. It is an inherent trait, hardwired into
every living thing. Women and children first!"
"There
is a continuous battle raging between rational and irrational,
order and chaos, creation and destruction, Classical and Romantic.
Not only is the visible evidence of this battle enshrined in
the whole of art history, but these polarities are just as evident
in the present, and will continue to slug it out in the future.
The battle is as intrinsic to the artistic psyche as it is to
the human."
