Before Thanksgiving 2016, I purchased an Intel NUC 6I5SYH ($319.99 on sale at Microcenter, late-November 2016) to serve as my new home desktop computer. This review/guide is based on my initial setup of the 6I5SYH. The Intel NUC 6I5SYH is a small form…
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Working Bibliography for Digital Fabrication Module of “A Cultural History of Digital Technology” at City Tech
I’m an NEH Fellow for City Tech’s “A Cultural History of Digital Technology” project. It brings together faculty from across the college to design humanities-course modules and a new course proposal that brings the six modules together. I am contributing to…
Tagged with: 3dprinting, chaos, citytech, fabrication, fractal, mandelbrot, mandelbulb, mathematics
Posted in City Tech, Computers, Pedagogy, Science Fiction, Technology
Posted in City Tech, Computers, Pedagogy, Science Fiction, Technology
How to Build a Cardboard-Box Raspberry Pi 2, Model B Computer with a 7″ Touchscreen LCD Display with Some Thoughts on Pedagogy
This guide demonstrates how to install Raspbian on a Raspberry Pi 2, Model B, connect the Raspberry Pi to a 7″ Touchscreen LCD, and integrate the computer and touchscreen in a cardboard box (which doubles as a case and storage…
Tagged with: computerkit, computing, digitalstorytelling, kit, making, microcomputing, noobs, programming, raspberrypi, raspbian, scratch, storytelling, street, Technology, writing
Posted in City Tech, Computers, Pedagogy, Technology
Posted in City Tech, Computers, Pedagogy, Technology
Before Cyberpunk: Science Fiction and Early Personal Computing (for the 13th City Tech Poster Session)
For the New York City College of Technology, CUNY’s 13th Annual Research Poster Session, I created the poster embedded above to illustrate my current research on pre-cyberpunk science fiction (SF) about computing and personal computing. The poster discusses my focus…
Tagged with: citytech, computer, computing, pc, personalcomputer, poster, raspberrypi, retrocomputing, sciencefiction, vintagecomputing
Posted in City Tech, Computers, Science Fiction
Posted in City Tech, Computers, Science Fiction
Collaborative, Vintage Computing Writing Project for ENG 1133 Specialized Communication for Technology Students at City Tech
In ENG 1133 Specialized Communication for Technology Students at City Tech this semester, I am rolling out a new major project focusing on creating documents based on a specific vintage computer. This project is an offshoot of my archival retrocomputing…
The Debut of the Apple Disk II, Ambiguous Terminology, and the Effects of Memory: Digging Deeper into an Anecdote from Kirschenbaum’s Mechanisms
Matthew Kirschenbaum constructs a compelling and interesting argument in his book Mechanisms: New Media and the Forensic Imagination (2008). He argues that while new media and computer software might seem ephemeral and intangible, it has in fact physicality, a many-layered history,…
Tagged with: apple, applecomputer, appleii, computers, disk, diskii, floppy, floppydisk, kirschenbaum, language, linguistics, memory, newmedia, terminology, wozniak
Posted in Apple, Computers, New Media, Technology
Posted in Apple, Computers, New Media, Technology
A Note on Bruce Sterling’s The Hacker Crackdown
Bruce Sterling’s The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier (1992) is a book that I should have read back when it was first published. In fact, I’m rather let down with myself that I did not know…
He is an Assistant Professor of English at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY (City Tech) where he teaches college writing, technical communication, and science fiction.
He holds a Ph.D. in English from Kent State University, M.A. in Science Fiction Studies from the University of Liverpool, and B.S. in Science, Technology, and Culture from Georgia Tech.
He welcomes questions, comments, and inquiries for collaboration via email at jellis at citytech dot cuny dot edu or Twitter @dynamicsubspace.
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