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Darren -- Interdisciplinarity: Officially I'm part of (Research Center) even though my office is in (basement of another bldg) http://bit.ly/arAPBF.

Fri, 2010-06-18 13:44

-- Interdisciplinarity: Officially I'm part of (Research Center) even though my office is in (basement of another bldg) http://bit.ly/arAPBF.

Darren -- 80-year-old radio broadcasts of Thomas Edison recovered from "pallophotophone" recordings http://bit.ly/bVfrAb.

Fri, 2010-06-18 13:42

-- 80-year-old radio broadcasts of Thomas Edison recovered from "pallophotophone" recordings http://bit.ly/bVfrAb.

Darren -- Microsoft removes peril of Red Ring of Death on new slim XBox 360 by removing the red ring light http://bit.ly/9b36gM #thereifixedit.

Fri, 2010-06-18 11:37

-- Microsoft removes peril of Red Ring of Death on new slim XBox 360 by removing the red ring light http://bit.ly/9b36gM #thereifixedit.

Darren -- back from 2 days on the Plateau. Nothing on top but a bucket & a mop & an illustrated book about birds. And our new condo.

Wed, 2010-06-16 20:34

-- back from 2 days on the Plateau. Nothing on top but a bucket & a mop & an illustrated book about birds. And our new condo.

Darren -- avoid the rush and get all your vuvuzela jokes out now; it's going to be a long stretch.

Mon, 2010-06-14 12:00

-- avoid the rush and get all your vuvuzela jokes out now; it's going to be a long stretch.

Darren -- leaven your iPad guilt with a little nostalgia for the typewriter http://bit.ly/b0R6lz.

Mon, 2010-06-14 11:54

-- leaven your iPad guilt with a little nostalgia for the typewriter http://bit.ly/b0R6lz.

Darren -- PVC chairs will be here long after everything else is rubble. And ski boots, which are nigh well indestructible. Look upon my works.

Mon, 2010-06-14 08:06

-- PVC chairs will be here long after everything else is rubble. And ski boots, which are nigh well indestructible. Look upon my works.

Darren -- the PVC smokin' chair on the loading dock.

Mon, 2010-06-14 07:56

-- the PVC smokin' chair on the loading dock.

Darren -- the ubiquitous rusty camper trailers parked behind light industrial buildings as the home for all manner of petty vices.

Mon, 2010-06-14 07:54

-- the ubiquitous rusty camper trailers parked behind light industrial buildings as the home for all manner of petty vices.

Darren -- What? Afghanistan has huge deposits of Unobtainium?

Mon, 2010-06-14 07:43

-- What? Afghanistan has huge deposits of Unobtainium?

Darren -- Phil Gyford's Today's Guardian: the future of the newspaper that I want to see vs the eyecandy world of Apps http://bit.ly/cXWBjR.

Thu, 2010-06-10 20:07

-- Phil Gyford's Today's Guardian: the future of the newspaper that *I* want to see vs the eyecandy world of Apps http://bit.ly/cXWBjR.

Darren -- Alec Finlay and Co's psychogeographic audio-visual poetry map of Peak District National Park in the UK http://bit.ly/9rRFYz.

Thu, 2010-06-10 19:06

-- Alec Finlay and Co's psychogeographic audio-visual poetry map of Peak District National Park in the UK http://bit.ly/9rRFYz.

Darren -- during Max's first breakfast, I watched a tweaked-out Walter White chase a fly around for a solid hour on Breaking Bad. Pynchonesque.

Thu, 2010-06-10 17:26

-- during Max's first breakfast, I watched a tweaked-out Walter White chase a fly around for a solid hour on Breaking Bad. Pynchonesque.

Darren -- Hog Tails BBQ cures all ills.

Mon, 2010-06-07 19:47

-- Hog Tails BBQ cures all ills.

Darren -- my kid hates Mississauga.

Mon, 2010-06-07 18:23

-- my kid hates Mississauga.

Darren -- Erin Mills Parkway & the 401 actually crosses over into Hell and occurs inside the bolgia for apostate charioteers.

Mon, 2010-06-07 18:21

-- Erin Mills Parkway & the 401 actually crosses over into Hell and occurs inside the bolgia for apostate charioteers.

Darren -- off the island.

Mon, 2010-06-07 10:16

-- off the island.

Darren -- in interstitial limbo.

Sun, 2010-06-06 14:01

-- in interstitial limbo.

Darren -- "being ill is like a hobby." Ozzy Osbourne's new health column in the Times Online http://bit.ly/dsx8As.

Sun, 2010-06-06 12:32

-- "being ill is like a hobby." Ozzy Osbourne's new health column in the Times Online http://bit.ly/dsx8As.

Darren "Dad came back to take the color TV the other day. 'I paid for this lousy thing!' he shouted at mom while he carried it out the door."

Sat, 2010-06-05 10:35

"Dad came back to take the color TV the other day. 'I paid for this lousy thing!' he shouted at mom while he carried it out the door."

Darren Wershler (aka Darren Wershler-Henry) is the author or co-author of ten books, most recently, The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting (McClelland & Stewart, Cornell UP), and apostrophe (ECW), with Bill Kennedy. Darren is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, and is also part of the faculty at the CFC Media Lab TELUS Interactive Art & Entertainment Program.

alienated.net is the most visible part of Darren's brain.

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