And YouTube Too

by Michael Szul on Fri Jun 02 2023 06:32:00

Still shut down. Just a brief note... I've removed the link to YouTube in the menu because I've "hidden" the YouTube channel.

Shut It Down

by Michael Szul on Mon Jul 18 2022 08:01:00

I've blogged in some form or another since around 2000—long before there were any viable blogging engines or platforms out there. From personal blogging to the Key 23 days right on up to Codepunk, I've used blogging as a consistent outlet for ideas, thoughts, etc.

Voodoo Gods in Cyberspace

by Michael Szul on Sat May 07 2022 08:29:00

At the end of Neuromancer, the Wintermute artificial intelligence (with the help of Henry Case and Molly Millions) broke down the firewall preventing Wintermute from reaching the other artificial intelligence—the namesake of the book... Neuromancer.

Welcome Back to the Sprawl

by Michael Szul on Fri Apr 15 2022 13:23:00

Some of you might be wondering where the original Codepunk podcast is. There was a lot of talk about building a Codepunk space in virtual reality (using Facebook Horizon... or Meta Horizon... or whatever it's called now)...

A Max Headroom Readout

by Michael Szul on Tue Feb 15 2022 12:21:00

I'm going to do something a little different with this Apotheosis entry. Recently, I picked up a few books on cyberpunk, and once again Max Headroom found his way into the conversation, so I thought it would be fun to do a readout of the Max Headroom essay I wrote a while back.

The Russian Internet

by Michael Szul on Sat Jan 29 2022 09:44:00

The story of the Russian Internet is a story that reaches as far back as early dissendent papers and the birth of telecoms in the region. It's an interwoven story of the control of information from paper to sound waves to Internet packets aimed at philosophy, conspiracy, and journalism.