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*spark was an online publication that for two years featured some happenin' writers doing interesting work. (And, me.) If you have a moment, you should check it out. Also: *spark version 2 will start publishing soon -- if you like what you see, check back every couple of weeks for announcements about when the new version is starting up.

These are the articles I originally wrote for *spark v1. I started writing about technology. I ended up writing about film. It's not surprising, really: these are two of the larger poles around which my life has revolved. The articles were published between 2000 and 2002.

Computers

when push came to be shoved

the education of corporations

native media, natural media

life inside the universal machine

the $100 billion shrug

are you experienced?

content is king - content creators are (apparently) clowns

built in concrete

who do you trust?

the gift of generalized exchange

peace, love, understanding and communications technology

Film and Video

not the masterpiece it should have been

in video veritas

film fax: the picture degrades with successive copies...

left side of hollywood

hollywood - geniuses need not apply

blame canada

thanks for all the fish