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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • *Yawn*

    Managed to hang out in collage till three getting the bare bones of this new site uploaded. Obsessive tendencies, what me ;). Read more

  • Technolotics #28 – Back from the Dead

    Technolotics #28 – Back from the Dead

    https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/28_technolotics.mp3 Listen: Episode 28 Watch: Youtube Feed: RSS Notes Everyone by the campfire A discussion of the democratizing impact of citizen media, distributed distrobution, folksonomy, podcasting, vidcasting and the future of news, entertainment and human communication Buzzwords: Web2.0, emergent, folksonomy Content Creation: Geocities -> Google Pagemaker Media: NBC, Sky, Fox -> Indymedia, Channel 101, Revision3 Knowledge: Britannica ->… Read more

  • Technolotics #27 – How easy to kill you all

    [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/27_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 27 Watch: Youtube Feed: RSS Notes How Easy to kill you All   One journalist wondered just how easy it would be to create a biological WMD. Scientists have always been skeptical that individuals or terrorist groups about the idea that individuals or small groups are capable of creating bioweapons. In their opinion “A significant… Read more

  • Interview: Suw Charman – Open Rights Group

    A video Interview with Suw Charman of the UK’s Open Rights Group, covering Digital Rights, Copyright Reform, Privacy, Data Retention, Automatic Vehicle Tracking and other issues. Listen: Suw Interview Watch: Youtube Feed: RSS Read more

  • Special Report: Rioters clash with Police in Dublin City Centre

    Special Correspondent: Fiona Doyle Location: The Heart of the Violence!! Note: For a less fictional account of todays events, go here. Today at approximately midday, Dublin City Centre became the scene of a swarm of violent protesting angry Northern Irish men, and some ladies too. Cars torched, O’Connell St closed off at 1pm, eye witness… Read more

  • Technolotics #26 – Supernatural Selection

    [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/26_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 26 Watch: Youtube Feed: RSS Notes Bullying Causes Brain Damage An experiment where mice were repeatly placed in cages with larger dominant aggressors found that levels of BDNF (Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor) were decreased ‘bullied’ mice went on to behave in a socially avoidant manner which could be ameliorated with anti-depressents Using viral transfection –… Read more