Ted Nelson's Evolutionary List File and Information Management
In 1965, Ted Nelson theorized the Evolutionary List File and offered clear insights into the relationship between technology and creativity that are still relevant today.
Posts
Little Ghost Theme
I just put up a Hugo Theme on Github.
New Site (and Birthday Post)
I've got a new site put together. And a quick review of the year.
Hugo
So, I'm learning Hugo.
Covid - Day Three
Day three has been alright so far. Last night, again, my only issue sleeping was my wrecked throat. A bought me some chloraseptic today; I imagine that will help tonight.
Covid - Day Two
My second day of Covid. The good news-A tested this morning and so far continues to come up negative. The bad news-I feel like butt.
Covid - Day One
I made it several years into the Covid-19 pandemic without catching the virus. Unfortunately, my time has come.
What is Genre?
A concept that is has been popping up in recent posts is genre. It's not surprising, as genre is central not only to film--increasingly, the focus of this blog--but to rhetoric and writing studies, my academic home. But what *is* genre?
Superheroes: Ritual or Ideology?
I read something fascinating in Rick Altman's book that I discussed in [another recent post](/film/men/). He talked about two ways that critics tend to look at film's social dimension. These are as ritual or as ideology.
Masculinity in Shane and Yojimbo
I've been going through some of my notes from a film genre class I took in graduate school. One week, we watched *Shane* and *Yojimbo* as cross-cultural examples of the western, which historically commingled with the samurai film in Japan.