A blog by Erty Seidohl
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Hacker’s Manifesto from 1985
Since we’re focusing on computer culture in the early days of personal computing, I wanted to share this hacker manifesto (that, coincidentally, I got off of Hacker News), which I found poorly written but insightful. Hacker Manifesto from 1985 If this isn’t charged with religious undertones, I don’t know what is.
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RLST Post #3: Be Observant
My homeroom teacher for all of middle school was a man named Mr. Martin. As I remember him, he was of average height and stature, and wore a kind beard. He was the kind of man who had eyes that twinkled when he smiled, and betrayed the depth of his mind. He taught English, History,…
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RLST Post #2: Aaron Swartz
I cannot pretend that I knew Aaron Swartz except through the articles written about him, as well as the fruits of his labor: YCombinator, Reddit, the RSS specification. And yet when he took his own life on Jan 11, It only took a moment for me to realize that the world had lost yet another…
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Senior Project: Introduction
Since I have one of these blog-type-things, I’ll be not only making my posts about RLST 245: “Apple, Google, Facebook” here, but also posting weekly updates about my Senior project, which is to build a blogging platform. “But Erty, there are a lot of blogging platforms already! Why make another?” –You I feel that there…
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RLST Post #1: Lifehacking with Hotkeys
[Editor’s Note: These blog posts are from a class at Lawrence University, RLST 245: Apple, Google, Facebook, which examined those companies from a religious studies viewpoint. We were required to keep a blog for the class. The class was taught by Martyn Smith, and I highly recommend it to any Lawrence student.] “Similarly, the relatively…