Chelvendra Sathieaanandha
Filed under: Technology
I was speaking to a friend of mine about my communication revolutions essay and the divides that seem to be present in and between societies. Some of the stuff that we’ve had to read about “communication revolutions” has been suggesting that although we might be surrounded by changes and amazing technology, with frequent technological advancements, there are so many people who don’t even get a chance to use a computer, let alone browse the internet or know how to in the first place. The list goes on at the inequality and inequity present in societies, and there are many factors why technology isn’t just a magical liberating technology that will free people and take away problems whilst creating true democratic states or a “global brotherhood.” That’s not the point though. A couple of people have said to me that the communication revolution is true and pervaisive. There are definite changes going on and it’s changing how we do things, but I’m not convinced it’s chcanging the “who” and the “why” in societies. (more…)
The online documentary: /Invite. It’s about World of Warcraft, and the communities present in it – Click here 
Well it ain’t pretty because I seriously lack web design skills - it would look a whole lot different if I knew how to use flash. I also would like to write more, and clarify certain ambiguities that may arise for people who are not familiar with the game at all. There are whole series of things I would have liked to add to this documentary, but unfortunately I do not have any more time, and I did not have any more time to allocate to this particular subject. Thanks goes out to Jeremy, Tracy, the anonymous interviewee, Wes Chan, and my honours buddies.
Let me know if there are any big issues on the online documentary that I can quickly fix up 
Again, some stuff for the TS online documentary. Mine, being on the game, World of Warcraft.
There are number of activities in the game that are quite festive and seem like things you would do with friends or perhaps family. Who, in-game, would one do these activities with? What kind of community?
Some “photos” (screenshots) of a World of Warcraft wedding here. Now, I can’t yet figure out whether the lucky couple were just doing this virtual wedding for kicks, and I couldn’t even tell if they’d met each other in real life, but nonetheless, they are getting married, with a “priest” running the ceremony, and with a numerous guests (and the odd enemy trying to stop the proceedings). I have heard of people meeting up over the game and then, being interested in each other, the people meet up in real life, and then MAYBE get into a relationship – I wonder if this is one of those things that lead to a wedding which was both in game and in RL. Although marriages do not help your game process at all (though I guess, if the two “married” people are valuable players, together they have more influence in raids/groups/guild), Blizzard has set up the items needed to have a wedding – tuxedo, wedding dress, rings, alcohol, special food, fireworks and even a cathedral. Strange?
And read point number 7 in this article
Wedding dress… why?
Some useful links (partly here so that I can find them when I want to refer to them when finishing up my documentary) from Jenny’s blog for our documentaries. They took some time to find for some reason, so that’s why I’ve left it here in case it helps anyone and not just me
Filed under: Music
Buckleys fall from Grace continues – Music – Entertainment – theage.com.au
In my eyes, Jeff Buckley could never fall from Grace. The fact remains that the only album he released is one of the most amazing albums, and in my opinion the most amazing album, that has ever existed. For a Jeff Buckley fan it’s kind of tough to read an article like this without having a highly torn attitude. Although positive and lovingly nostalgic about Jeff Buckley, the author of this article writes about the mass of Jeff Buckley releases since his passing in 1997. Numerous live albums, DVDs, and the release of his unfinished second album, which he was unhappy with (he wanted to start it again), followed his amazing album, Grace. For the Jeff Buckley fan, these releases are yet another bit of Jeff we can listen to, and cling to. Yet perhaps his memory has been marred by the numerous releases that were unplanned by him, and surely opposed by Jeff Buckley “purists” – and if Jeff was still living now, I doubt anything we have heard since Grace, would have been released as it has been. I hope when people who aren’t fans listen to music by Jeff Buckley that isn’tfrom Grace (the original – I’m not talking about the legacy version or any other altered version), that they remember that his only intentional album was Grace. People like Dicko from Aus Idol can criticise Grace for whatever reasons, but the linked article points out – from respectable sources – a few reasons why it is such an amazing album. Although I sometimes think that it would’ve been better for Grace to be the only released album, I still regard Live at Sin-e as such an amazing work.
The New Evangelicals « Topics for Polite Conversation
The blog-post and the article are both good insights into modern evangelicals and the diverse range of topics that fall under their category of morality. The media seems to have focussed on gay marriage and abortion as the central issues of the religious political circles, but perhaps that’s inaccurate or perhaps, the times are changing? Worth a read if just to see another angle.
