social media
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‘Oumuamua and identity
Peter Kenny
‘Oumuamua was a new word for me. It means scout or messenger in Hawaiian, and was given to the first object we’re certain to have come from beyond our own solar system. Wikipedia says it is a reddish object around 230 by 35 meters. To me, vulgarian that I am, it looks like an interstellar poo.…
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I should introduce myself (at last)
Peter Kenny
Why on earth would you want to visit this site? This is a question that has been plaguing me lately. Personally I find ‘me me me’ blogs tiresome. Worse, I know I’ve been guilty of them too. So I thought it was about time I said what this blog was about, using that tried and trusted Internet…
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Hey! Hey! Hey!
Peter Kenny
This Gary Larson cartoon has haunted me for ages. I would want, however, my helmet to decode what human beings are actually saying. In fact, in my darkest moments, I wonder what the hell it is I am actually saying, especially when it comes to social media. Would someone sporting one of Larson’s buzzy electric radar helmets…
Peter Kenny: a writer's notebook 