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As I said I hope no one was hurt.... the sign obviously prohibits petrol... or is that parking ?

Volcanoes might be hurling ash into the air in Iceland. In the border town of Dundalk They are hurling Petrol bombs at a legal *ash shop.

As part of the material that I will never use anywhere in my PhD I still found myself writing about the difference between old modes and methods of communication and entertainment distribution (al la kittler et al) and newer or recent networked behaviors. I wanted to use an image to quickly convey the essential cultural differences in terms of attitudes - but couldn't find one, thus my effort below.

Modern warfare is released worldwide today, a much anticipated title for xbox and PS3. Two of my three sons have been speaking about it as the sole true heir to Call of Duty also how the new on-line multiplayer gameplay better live up to the hype. I refuse to let either of them queue at 12 midnight for the release of a game that will certainly be given an 18 rating, they won't play it until I've first had a look at it, Hype or no Hype.

Personas part of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab, uses natural language processing and the Internet to create a data portrait of one's aggregated online identity. In short, Personas shows you how the Internet sees you. Like walking past a large mirror, human nature, vanity or both made me want to peek in. Most of you will surely want to check yours too.