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Close the World, Open the nExt - Ryutaro Nakamura (1955 - 2013) 26 Jul 2013 | 10:23 am
I learned with much sadness today that anime creator Ryutaro Nakamura, who directed both Kino no Tabi and Serial Experiments Lain (for which this blog is named), passed away due to pancreatic cancer. ...
Lawmune's Netspace turns 15 23 Jun 2013 | 09:29 pm
Even though updates to my personal website have slowed to less than a crawl, today marks the 15th anniversary of it being online. In June 1998, a month after I left college, I put up the site as a way...
Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World 3 Jun 2012 | 02:00 am
In a blog post last year (Pursuing new challenges), I mentioned that a book would be coming out, featuring 2 chapters that I wrote ("Strategies of Engagement: Discovering, Defining, and Describing Ota...
Unintentional Lain cosplay? 29 Apr 2012 | 05:42 am
Some of you may know that my wife, Carol (@raphaela235 on Twitter) is a style blogger. Since early last year, I've been helping Carol with her blog (In Pursuit of Pretty Things), and she's really turn...
On real names, opt-in networks, and the benefits of authentication 8 Aug 2011 | 07:24 am
I was reading Danah Boyd's response to the Google+ real-name enforcement policy. I was going to put out a tweet or two, but it turned into something more than a couple of 140 character comments; you'l...
Pursuing new challenges 7 Aug 2011 | 01:26 pm
This post is just an update on what I've been up to: First of all, I'm happy to report that I found a new full-time job! In May 2011, two months after my previous post, I started as the Online Commun...
Looking back and moving forward. The things I learned while working for Opera. 16 Mar 2011 | 02:43 am
For the past four and a half years, Opera Software has been at the center of my professional life. It's also been nearly a year since I stopped working for Opera full-time. In April 2010, I shifted fr...
Patton Oswalt on how the Internet is producing weak otaku 31 Dec 2010 | 07:37 am
On December 27th, Wired posted an article by Patton Oswalt entitled: Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die. I thought it was quite insightful, more than a little provocative, and definitely entertaining....
My thoughts on Tron, Tron: Legacy, and what it all means to me 18 Dec 2010 | 12:38 pm
(Note: the following article is pretty much spoiler-free regarding the plot of both Tron and Tron: Legacy; it's also really long...) Today is Tron: Legacy day. By now, a lot of people have seen the m...
Live and direct from the Tron: Legacy Hollywood premiere 11 Dec 2010 | 10:24 pm
Hi everyone, I'll share the full story and more detailed thoughts later, but long story short...I'm attending the Tron: Legacy Hollywood premiere! I have to thank the awesome folks at ESET for this a...
