The Computer Room

On this episode, I talk to the hostesses my favorite podcast, Nymphet Alumni. We talk about the lolcowification of TikTok, Marshall McLuhan, what would happen if Tavi Gevinson met Curtis Yarvin, incel ascension, digital game, and a hell of a lot more.  One of my favorite episodes yet. 

Also, I quote a hypothetical Russian person at some point. I'm not Russian. The person I made up for my example is!

Listen to Nymphet Alumni here. Find this podcast on other platforms here.

Other relevant links:Biz's writingaliceandfernsnarkThe Inverse of the F**k BoyIncels, incel ascension, incel chasers.

Theme: Lolita Ya-Ya by Nelson Riddle

WARNING: This episode's audio quality is exceptionally, exceptionally bad. Special thanks to Will Kraus for cleaning it up. In future episodes, I’ll be using a better mic.

Is a journalist who reports on virtual events that happen in a virtual world still a journalist? If you choose to present yourself as a rabbit online, does that say anything meaningful about who you really are? I spoke with Peter Ludlow, founder of The Alphaville Herald about living your life—fully online.

Referenced articles:

Raking muck in "The Sims Online" by Farhad Manjoo (Salon, 2003)

Evangeline: Interview with a Child cyber-Prostitute in TSO by Peter Ludlow (2003)

A Real-Life Debate On Free Expression In a Cyberspace City by Amy Harmon (2004)

I have a backlog of episodes! This is a conversation I did with Atoosa Rubenstein, former Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen and founder of Cosmogirl, in January (😅) about her career, the importance of content curation, and her wonderful Substack, Atoosa Unedited.

In this special crossover episode, Emmet returns to discuss Carmen Hermosillo's/humdog's iconic essay about self-commodification on the WELL (Whole Earth 'Letronic Link), "pandora's vox." 

Read it here:
https://gist.github.com/kolber/2131643

While ATO is on hiatus, from DF's The Computer Room:

I talked about Usenet (and, incredibly, mispronounced it), elitism, and the lost civilizations of the Internet with the most famous blogger in the world.

I’m not one of his readers, but I feel like I understand him a lot better after hearing him talk about the Internet. After this conversation, I’m left wondering… do we need to govern the Internet, as though it were a physical place?

(I also wish I asked him about his galaxy of other projects.)

Theme: Computer Love by Kraftwerk
Audio edited by: Will Kraus

Here’s a theory I’ve been kicking around with today’s guest: Tumblr was an extension of MK Ultra. I’ve never been more serious.

Subscribe to Limpida’s Substack here.

Theme: Autobahn by Kraftwerk 
Produced by: Will Kraus

In episode one, I speak with the author of the essay, “The Ghost of Adam Lanza,” BlitheringGenius.

I’d also like to add a content warning. We don’t discuss the tragedy at Sandy Hook, but the nature of our discussion may upset some listeners.

Theme: Beehive Days by Locust Toybox

Meta-Nomad, the host of another one of my favorite podcasts, Hermitix, and I talk about cyclical backlashes, the frontiersmen of the Metaverse, walking the walk, and the importance of starting a garden. 

I cut this one a little short because towards the end, it got a little inside baseball and we went on a long tangent about a specific book. Initially, I was planning on this being released in written format, but was pleasantly surprised that the audio quality wasn't too too bad. 

Theme: Telekon by Gary Numan

Listen to Hermitix here.