My column on the place of technology (in Swedish) was just published here.

I had just come out of the passageway between two buildings on campus when I was stopped by a security guard (who came running towards me). He towered above me (I was still in the staircase) and asked how I got through the locked door in the passageway – whether I used a swipe card. [...]

There is a new version of X1 available and while I love this search tool and while the new version adds important features I am not totally happy about the new interface. It is more Windows-like but not as distinct as before. This is really part of the materiality of a piece of software. I [...]

Having been heavily involved in conference work and all kinds of other activities I managed not to pay my internet connection bill and hence I do not have a broadband connection at home right now. The reason for not paying may as well be general laziness or not being orderly enough of course. Anyway, the [...]

I just got back from a meeting in the virtual environment Traveler. I missed the first bit of the discussion but again I was struck about how involved you get.

It felt like we had a productive and fruitful discussion in this space. At least one person from the US participated and two or three [...]

I am in the process of planning a trip to the US. I should have done this long ago but have not had time. Anyway, I will go to the East Coast in late February and spend about a week there before going to the West Coast. Lots of interesting people to meet and hopefully [...]

We have now made the Aarseth-Jenkins debate film available. See this HUMlab Blog entry.
The HUMlab blog is coming along well but there are still some glitches and I would expect to have them fixed in about a week. When I find a bit of extra energy I will also write a mission statement (or whatever).

I have blogged earlier about Jaron Lanier’s suggestion of using cockroaches and their DNA as a kind of time capsule for storing New York Times issues for a full year. Here is an excellent source of information on this rather weird suggestion/project (NYT article with audio interview).

I just finished reading this article:
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