Cultural Shifts
Cultural Shifts is shifting things around.
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Viewing and working with images, January 6th, 2008
We’ve completely reworked the image handling portion of the site.
Changes for site visitors:
See an example of the new way visitors will view multiple images here.
Use the left/right arrows on the keyboard to move between images.
Open multiple images at once and move them around on the page.
Changes for site contributors and authors:
Images are no longer …(no comments, posted in X-Internal News)
To Pay or Not to Pay? Selling and Distributing Music Online, January 4th, 2008
Saul Williams’ most recent album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, has been released online in a high-bitrate mp3 format, giving consumers the choice of downloading the album for free, or paying 5$ for it. Which would you choose? The album’s producer, Trent Reznor, says that out …(1 comment, posted in Notes & Asides)
Graffiti/Anti-Graffiti as Art, December 11th, 2007
There is a great documentary called The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal, which takes a look at the art created out of anti-graffiti campaigns and graffiti removal actions (like buffing). The Web Urbanist looks at the documentary and some of the net culture emerging from it. Also check out this video of …(no comments, posted in Notes & Asides)
Site layout and new sections, December 10th, 2007
We’ve been working hard on making the layout more accessible for visitors, and have added some new features:
There will now be a small section on the front page displaying random posts from the top two or three tags (subjects). This should help the visibility of articles that haven’t been posted recently.
New tabbed section featuring three …(Comments Off, posted in X-Internal News)
Free Software as a Social Movement, December 1st, 2007
Courtesy of OSDir
Richard Stallman is one of the founders of the Free Software Movement and lead developer of the GNU Operating System. His book is ‘Free Software, Free Society’.
JP: Can you first of all explain the “Free Software Movement’.
RMS: The basic idea of the Free Software Movement is that the user of software …(no comments, posted in Editorials & Interviews)
Interesting notes, November 25th, 2007
Some interesting things out there today, including the Washington Post’s analysis of the Ron Paul Revolution in US politics (looks like they can’t ignore the issue anymore); and the sad fate of Superman. (no comments, posted in Notes & Asides)
Buy Nothing Day, November 25th, 2007
This past Friday (November 23rd) was Buy Nothing Day. While I don’t think it’s effective at curbing spending, I do think that it has its place in the campaign to raise awareness about over-consumption. I can definitely enjoy and appreciate Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping.
“Piggy” Adbusters Promo:
[audio:http://culturalshifts.com/wp-content/uploads/eliot/buy_nothing_day_2005_vbr.mp3]
“Stop Shopping” by the …(no comments, posted in Notes & Asides)
Accepting new users and contributions, November 25th, 2007
Update: We’re pushing back the launch for a bit while we try to reach out to more potential contributors.
The structure and design of the site (both the frontend and the backend) are pretty much complete - apart from a few minor coding tweaks here and there.
Please feel free to post your material at any time. …(Comments Off, posted in X-Internal News)
On Realism and Environmental Advocacy, November 24th, 2007
Recent, separate discussions with Elise and Matt prompted me to think a bit more about epistemology (how we can know things) and debates on the environment. Matt, in a post about a lecture given by Manuel DeLanda on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze argues that we cannot understand the world …(3 comments, posted in Editorials & Interviews)
British government loses personal data on 25 million citizens, November 21st, 2007
Gordon Brown’s government is under intense criticism today after acknowledging that it has lost computer discs containing names, addresses, birth dates, national insurance numbers and, in some cases, banking details of nearly half the country’s population. (1 comment, posted in Notes & Asides)
Public inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski, November 19th, 2007
Looks like the government of B.C. is going to have a public inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski. Dziekanski died Oct. 14 after being tasered by the RCMP at the Vancouver International Airport (video below).
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHKk5qQRzL4[/youtube] (no comments, posted in Notes & Asides)
