Specular Realms
This article was originally printed in 2600 The Hacker Quarterly Volume 38, Number 3 The release of Windows 95 (and later Windows 98) was such a great time for pranksters. The addition of features such as Active Desktop, multi-user accounts, Internet explorer – all of these areas were just rife for exploitation… I mean exploration. […]
Introduction From Sony’s metallic marvel Aibo, the robot dog that barks in binary, to the questionably edible Chia Pet – a glorified house plant, nothing screams “21st-century ennui” more than our love affair with artificial pets. These impersonal, battery-operated furballs and clay-covered critters provide an avenue for the millennial, Gen Z, and boomer alike to […]
At this point, a lot of people have probably seen the Cthulhu-style dread horror series Stranger Things. Even if you haven’t, you will still be able to follow the gist of this blog post. As I was catching up on the second season of Stranger Things, there was a brief scene involving Sean Astin’s character, […]