theorywatch

And, speaking of diaries, this is Corey Arcangel’s “diary” of his computer’s memory, which I came across via Matt Kirschenbaum’s new book, Mechanisms, which I now have on order from MIT Press. (I was fascinated to see that they have a Google “search inside the book” link right on the site with the book: I wonder what kind of data could be captured from that, and by whom?) Kirschenbaum also has an interesting book blog, which is precisely the way to push an academic book these days, I think. One link from Digital History Hacks, for instance, and you’re on everybody’s syllabus (including mine next year, no doubt!)