| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | On March 23, the technology sections of several news websites reported the same story. “Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet sells for $2.9m” said the Read more…
“I am now the person who is alert to every twinge or mark anywhere on me. I am getting to know this person. This is not me This is me” Michael Rosen, Going Home I never thought that I would Read more…
| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Here we go again. I was seriously planning not to blog again about non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and instead concentrate on writing a full academic Read more…
| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | If you have been reading any technology and art news in the last week, you may have come across the newest hype in the Read more…
One of my favourite phrases from Gabriel García Márquez can be found in The Autumn of the Patriarch, and reads: “El día que la mierda tenga algún valor, los pobres nacerán sin culo.” (The day shit has any value, the Read more…
The events of last week require no introduction. The world looked in shock as the QAnon-MAGA mob stormed the US Capitol, disrupting the certification process for the US election. Disbelief, anger, sadness, in some circles. In others glee at the Read more…
If you are paying attention to technology news, you may have come across deepfakes. In case you haven’t, a deepfake has become an umbrella term for various types of image and video manipulation in which a realistic computer rendering of Read more…
After the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the entire world changed the way in which airport security was conducted. Some of the features made sense: sturdier metal detectors and more baggage scanners. But we also started seeing an increase Read more…
During my university years in Costa Rica, I used to be quite involved in student politics. You know, the usual stuff, marches, protesting, political parties, advocacy, but mostly sitting around talking about politics at the Law School’s cafeteria. I used Read more…
So, I am a patient of what they are calling Long-Covid, I’m a long-hauler. If you follow some of my social media, this will not come as a surprise, but I haven’t been posting too much about my condition lately Read more…