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Ars Electronica

Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2021 by Will Cox

Zoë Keating‘s cello loops and Imogen Heap‘s witchy gloves remind me that computers can also be playful extensions of human creativity, not just mach...

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Meanwhile on the other side of the world…

Posted on Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 by Will Cox

Perhaps my favorite element of working overnight with folks from India, now that we are all working from home, is the small audio intrusions from my co-workers’...

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Posted on Thursday, January 21st, 2021 by Will Cox

It’s not enough to ask the questions, is it? One must also search for answers.

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It Tolls for Thee

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 by Will Cox

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Leeway

Posted on Monday, January 18th, 2021 by Will Cox

Many folks have mocked Mr. Trump for his frequent golf outings, on the one hand because he did the same to Mr. Obama, and on the other because they think he sho...

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The Wide Wonderful Web

Posted on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 by Will Cox

Someone I follow on Twitter shared Elizabeth Kingston’s discovery of sea chanty TikTok and I fell down an audio rabbit hole because TikTok has a handy fea...

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The Unread

Posted on Friday, January 8th, 2021 by Will Cox

When the pages in the calendar turn, I take some time to revisit the accumulations with which I clutter my days. It’s not you; it’s me. And time.

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It Tolls for Thee

Posted on Sunday, September 20th, 2020 by Will Cox

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How Do We Sleep While Our Beds Are Burning?

Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 by Will Cox

A hazy morning today, like yesterday, here in New York, on the eastern coast of North America. The smoke from the wildfires along the western coast of North Ame...

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Earplugs Removed

Posted on Sunday, August 2nd, 2020 by Will Cox

I turned off the air-conditioner and opened the windows letting in the air and sounds from outside. The day grew warmer and the house grew hotter, until at nigh...

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The War of All Against All

Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 by Will Cox

Across the street from where No. 1 Daughter lives, two dogs sat in a closed car. They barked at her when she left for work. They barked at her when she came hom...

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Knowing One’s Place

Posted on Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 by Will Cox

My youngest (12) asked, out of the blue, why do some people want a monarchy when they can’t be the king? I’m not sure. Maybe we should ask the British. I ...

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The Sacred Forests of Ethiopia

Posted on Monday, July 27th, 2020 by Will Cox

Here is a sad and hopeful story of the church forests of Ethiopia. The land outside the church forest looks like desolation to me. So stark. Where’s the g...

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Bedeviled

Posted on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 by Will Cox

The first was that I was very busy.The second — I was different from you: whatever happened to you could not happen to me, not like that.…. “Magdalene — T...

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What First Principles?

Posted on Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 by Will Cox

Tonight’s film was Romero (1989). Earlier this year my eldest and I were talking about a paper due for her international politics class on the Middle East, the ...

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Lands Now or Formerly of

Posted on Sunday, July 12th, 2020 by Will Cox

Over time I have lived on the lands of Lenape, Mohican, Wappinger, Manahoac, Piscataway, Powhatan, Monacan, Osage, Shawnee, Miami, Adena, Hopewell, and the Chic...

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Together Alone

Posted on Saturday, July 11th, 2020 by Will Cox

I have been joining in the morning and evening prayers from the garden of Canterbury Cathedral these past several months. Because this is the Internet, and we a...

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Think Before You Speak

Posted on Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 by Will Cox

My mother admonished me to think before I speak, and now sometimes I do. Sometimes I even think before I write, and take a breath, which was good advice I was g...

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Should We Talk About the Government?

Posted on Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 by Will Cox

Every budget is a document of priorities filled with moral and ethical decisions. Every budget is the result of political wrangling over who and what matters. W...

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A Song of Grit

Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2020 by Will Cox

What are our guiding precepts? By which lamp do we light our way? Langston Hughes asked a simple question in 1951. What happens to a dream deferred? Langston Hu...

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