Monthly Archives: March 2008

E-books with a twist

By Peter Backx | Published: March 28, 2008
Before e-books, even before the Internet, there were already electronic publications. Published via BBSs, Fidonet and other, now long forgotten, data transmission networks. Any one remember packetradio? I like the Dutch entry better, because it contains some more details and pictures. Even sneakernet was considered a pretty reliable and good way of distributing data. Many of [...]
Posted in VisualMedia | Leave a comment

Deadmau5

By Peter Backx | Published: March 27, 2008
I needed something to match the new color scheme, so I present you Deadmau5. Canadian export at its finest. Before 2007, no one knew Joel Zimmerman, but now he is progressive personified. If you want a taste of the good stuff, go check out his myspace page. Most of the time his music is not complicated, [...]
Posted in MusicMedia | 1 Comment

Top 5 online radio stations now complete

By Peter Backx | Published: March 25, 2008
With a long delay, I am now closing the 5 top positions of my online radio station top 10. Others stations are coming, but you only need those five. The fifth entry, Zen FM, is actually also a “real” radio station. Since it only transmits its analogue signal in Ghent, I’m not sure if that even [...]
Posted in MusicMedia | Leave a comment

French humor

By Peter Backx | Published: March 20, 2008
Back in 1996, this was how I got to know the French. Mind you, as most Flemish teens, I did know about France and had already visited Paris and been to some random touristic areas. But talking to and meeting actual French guys of about my age, no, that was new. So imagine our surprise when [...]
Posted in OldskoolMedia | Leave a comment

New media is the new old focus

By Peter Backx | Published: March 18, 2008
Inspired by David Seah’s article on refocusing his website. I also started thinking. In many regards, I’m also continuously adapting my site(s). But stripped from all fills, what is the goal of this blog? Of this website? As is, I’m sure, it is impossible for a random visitor to figure it out. That’s probably because [...]
Posted in MetaMedia | Leave a comment

Free E-books by A-list writers

By Peter Backx | Published: March 11, 2008
“Despite all our propaganda attempts to convince you otherwise, AI is alarmingly easy to produce; the human brain isn’t unique, it isn’t well-tuned, and you don’t need eighty billion neurons joined in an asynchronous network to generate consciousness. And although it looks like a good idea to a naive observer, in practice it’s absolutely [...]
Posted in VisualMedia | 1 Comment

  • Categories

  • Archives

  • Subscribe

    If you liked this post, why not subscribe to the RSS feed? Two times a week, you'll receive the latest post right in your news reader or mailbox.

    Subscribe via the RSS feed

    Or subscribe with your email address