Cyberscoop, Cyberscope

Dishing the scoop on and examining the scope of Cyberculture.

simonearmer

simonearmer

a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and cola
writer, blogger, occasional photographer, student journalist
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The underwater wheelchair

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simonearmer
a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Monday, 03 September 2012
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Sue Austin challenges perceptions of disability at the Unlimited festival in London.

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Internet porn killed the pornography star

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simonearmer
a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Monday, 27 August 2012
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Gone are the days where one had to sneak behind a curtain at the video store to access porn.

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Crowdfunding and door-surfing

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simonearmer
a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Monday, 20 August 2012
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Saturday night I found myself in the middle of a good few hundred people, pumping my fist in the air and singing all the wrong words along to Jack Parow. Tri-varsity (or Intervarsity for the littluns) is always a write-off. My short time wedged between sweaty strangers only served to confirm this. A hooligan was tasered, almost everyone was groped, a self-proclaiming sober man was shoulder-swinging and somehow, from somewhere, a blue porta potty door was crowdsurfing.

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Fashion does digital

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simonearmer
a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Monday, 13 August 2012
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Prabal Gurung's ICB collection

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The matriarchy of the web

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simonearmer
a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Monday, 06 August 2012
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Women dominate the web

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Human safaris: the real digital divide

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simonearmer
a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Monday, 30 July 2012
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Convoys of tourists in the Andaman Islands

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A thought on cyber culture

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simonearmer
a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Sunday, 03 June 2012
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Will we never again be content to spend a day under a tree reading a book?

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The crawl and crash of digital cash

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simonearmer
a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Monday, 28 May 2012
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As someone who can recall the intricate details of The Faraway Tree but forgets to pack underwear for a weekend trip, I have often been referred to as an absent-minded professor. Being forgetful of the more useful things in life has its downsides, so when my bank issued me with a shiny new debit card a few years ago, I was happier than Rebecca Black on a Friday. No longer did I have to fret about forgetting the paper in my purse. There was only one downside; forgetting the card is as useless as forgetting the cash. In a world where the Internet is only a cellphone away, the concept of digital currency might be a solution for the Walter Bishops among us.

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The web of public privacy

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simonearmer
a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Sunday, 20 May 2012
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Internet and privacy do not mix

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