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Author: David Prater
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Bernard O’Dowd: rewriting the colonial wizard of Oz
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6 min read
What happens when you cross a rhyming sonnet (written on the eve of the federation of Australia) with a 21st-century, post-avant sensibility?
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“whanging in the absence of wind”
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Mature-age students are really cool
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4 min read
But isn’t uni supposed to be for young people?
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Where did the time go?
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2 min read
Well, actually, we had a baby.
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D/DN: Nu på svenska!
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1 min read
Nu kör vi, eller hur?
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Pimpin’ my portfolio
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2 min read
It gives me a certain comfort to have all of my works in the one location.
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Clearing out the linkrot
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1 min read
It stands to reason that a medium as subject to change as the Internet will, over time, exhibit signs of decay. In the case of a website that amalgamates posts from at least five other sites, and which has been online in one form or another since 2001, this decay manifests itself via linkrot, defined…
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New site theme: Editor
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1 min read
D/DN is currently down for maintenance. Here’s why.
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Ann Leckie: Provenance
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1 min read
I absolutely loved Ann Leckie’s Raadch trilogy, and Provenance is a worthy addition to her universe. I just wish the publishers had gone with a less shouty blurb/cover/testimonial approach. “POWER. THEFT. PRIVILEGE. BIRTHRIGHT.” is ridiculously over-the-top for what is essentially an introverted and subtle political-space drama!
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Margaret Atwood: Hag-seed
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1 min read
Hag-seed (2016) is such a fun novel, and so well written. I think I may be finally ready to deep dive into the big ones: Alias Grace, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Blind Assassin … So much to read, so little time.
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Hittegods
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2 min read
16 November Left my phone on the bus this morning and realized how much of my so-called life is/was trapped in that stupid thing. Partly hoping that an honest Swede will have picked it up and handed it in to SL but also secretly hoping it is gone for good. Seems I’m locked out of…
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Eurovision 2015: Ah, Vienna!
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5 min read
Having watched the 2015 Eurovision final in its entirety, I would agree with the general observation that the entrants this time around were mostly lacking in the somewhat indescribable pizazz that is compulsory if you want to win.
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The Internet of Things: back to the future, or what?
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6 min read
I like to think of myself as a reasonably tech-savvy person. I’m pretty much on the computer all day at work, and I use a smart phone in my leisure time. And while I’m no digital guru I also like to think I know how things like the Internet work. But when it comes to…
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New site theme: Lovecraft
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1 min read
As a temporary cure for my chronic case of inactivity, I’ve switched to the fantabulous Lovecraft WP theme … now, to write a new post or two.
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Animal Collective live in Leuven and Stockholm
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12 min read
Documenting my Animal Collective journey, from 2008 to 2012.