Cuvînt-cheie: cyberculture

The hacker who smashed computers 3

 etichetat cyberculture / Hold the press! / In English / jurnalism/jurnaliști / WreckRomania

Everybody knows about it by now: a young Romanian boy hacked NASA’s computers and he will be prosecuted in the US. But how much do we know about it? I mean, what did he actually do? „Hack”, „break codes”, „illegal access”, these are not words meant to inform us. For years, the same old stories about hackers emphasize their media-constructed image of „bad guys” who try to take over the world by sitting in front of their computer. So, what did Faur do? I’m sick and tired of all these second-hand vulgarized stories about hi-tech guys in the Romanian media. […]

The tagging thing 2

 etichetat Alice în Țara Minunilor / blogging / cyberculture / In English

As Raluca said, tagging wakes you up and makes you refresh your blog a little. This little thing we call blog needs attention and tenderness. Tagging for a blog is like caressing your cat when you get home after a busy day. Raluca tagged me, asking me to recommend a book to my readers and justify my choice in a paragraph and I have to play the game. Please, don’t shoot me, but I recommend you a very difficult to read book: „Alice in Wonderland”. It’s difficult because you have to overcome the prejudices of the illiterate or of people […]

Colorează cu tastele 2

 etichetat cyberculture

http://www.colourbynumbers.org/EN Acest proiect urban constă într-un turn cu lumini, montat undeva în Stockholm, ce pot fi controlate de orice utilizator care sună la un număr de telefon şi apasă câteva taste. Luminile colorate vor fi menţinute până în 7 ianuarie. Puteţi vedea în direct cum oameni din toată lumea schimbă luminile de la mii de kilometri distanţă.