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Mar 07
Mar 07
Just Like Being There
There are a few threads that weave in and out of my thirty-odd years, one of those being the Cricket World Cup. One of the more interesting ones for me was the 1996 series hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Interesting not because of the performances or results, but the way in which I followed the games. The time difference was a bit rough and we didn’t have Sky at home so I was reduced to listening to the game in bed on the wireless. I have a delicious memory of Jeremy Coney and Brian Waddle spending the best part of five overs discussing the sandwiches they’d had for lunch that day. Two of the best, no doubt.
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Feb 07
Feb 07
Watch Yourself (Part I)
In capturing and documenting our lives online we’re providing a potential surveillance feed of ourselves – and of those around us. When you chuck in geo-tagging using cell towers, and the time and date saved with your files, it’s possible that you are providing whoever wants to see it with a complete record of where you’ve been, when you were there, who you were with and what you were doing. And as network speeds and devices improve, the ability to stream video from webcams in your house or in your hand means that this record will be available real-time…