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Wired93: lucky seven

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I’m writing this from the living room in Maryland, where the power is resoundingly out this afternoon.  One conclusion that can be drawn from this incident is that, unlike 1993, there is very little reason to have a computer without internet connectivity in 2011.  I can’t even remember the last time I wrote while offline – how will I link?!

Pages 84 – 89 (review pages):

  • WatchIT!TV, a full-size, 16-bit PC expansion card that allowed for analog television tuning – and the author’s awesome VCR recording pass-through
  • “Information plugs us into the world of computerized productivity, but the open space of books balances our computer logic with the graces of intuition.” – The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality
  • Wired began using Music Access to provide samples of reviewed albums by 900 number at a cost of 95¢/min
  • Ambulance: An Electronic Novel, which came packaged on 2 high-density floppies and required 2 MB of RAM
  • touch tone dialer (?)
  • page 89’s ad for OMD’s new album – and that is all that needs to be said

Double play

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Played back to back while walking this evening during some of the best weather of this summer:

Wired93: musical accompaniment

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[listened to this and this and this during my read today, in case you care to replicate the vibe]

Onward to pages 60 – 71:

  • electrotecture as used to describe building (materials) that respond to the cacophony of digital signals surrounding us in our spaces every day
  • “Today’s crude systems in no way reflect the media hype and ‘Cyberspace NOW!’ mentality of the impatient computerized masses.”
  • mentions of 80s/early 90s bands I’ve never heard of like Clock DVA and Frontline Assembly – with which I’m now smitten
  • a look at the state of the Russian phone system – or lack thereof – including mentions of vacuum tubes and MCI (both obsolete)
  • really weird 3×4 grid layout that features photos and interviews with the founders of Survival Research Laboratories