Internet

Liar Liar

Jeffrey Stivason
Nov 8, 2020
Several years ago I sat across from someone who lied to me. At the time I would have called him a friend. He certainly was no friend. However, in the moment he lied to me I had one up on him. I knew the very story he was attempting to falsify. I knew that every word dribbling off of his tongue was...

Closing the Facebook

Adam Parker
Oct 16, 2018
It's been two weeks since I deleted my Facebook account. I do not see myself going back. The reasons for leaving have nothing to do with cybersecurity or privacy - they have to do with what Facebook is doing to me as a person. I began using Facebook about a decade ago. Ten years ago my life was...

Before You Post...

Lane Keister
Jul 26, 2016
Criticism is usually given much more freely on the internet than in person. It is one of the chief reasons why the internet seems to generate more heat than light. It is so easy to hit that "post" button when you don't have to face that person's reaction. In some ways, the internet can reveal our...

Freddy and the Typewriter

Carl Trueman
Jun 18, 2008
A friend brought a fascinating article on the internet to my attention. You can find it here . It's worth reading for a number of reasons, not least the image of a virtually blind Nietzsche banging away at an early typewriter and realising how the very technology he is using is changing his prose...

Freddy and the Typewriter

Carl Trueman
Jun 18, 2008
A friend brought a fascinating article on the internet to my attention. You can find it here . It's worth reading for a number of reasons, not least the image of a virtually blind Nietzsche banging away at an early typewriter and realising how the very technology he is using is changing his prose...