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  Offline: the election

  By Paul Miller on November 5, 2012 05:51 pm + 211 comments

  In a newspaper recently I read an editorial about "the L word," the L word being, in this instance, Continue reading…

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  Offline: the hurricane

  By Paul Miller on November 2, 2012 02:15 pm + 130 comments

  It's been six months since I left the internet. So far, I think I made the right choice. At home the Continue reading…

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  Offline: missing out

  By Paul Miller on October 26, 2012 11:00 am + 145 comments

  We, and in this case I mean "society," not the royal "we," are obsessed with not missing out. The Continue reading…

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  Offline: news in free fall

  By Paul Miller on October 16, 2012 01:45 pm + 117 comments

  On Sunday afternoon I called a friend to see if he wanted to go shopping. He informed me that he was Continue reading…

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  Offline: the mailbox revisited

  By Paul Miller on October 10, 2012 10:00 am + 86 comments

  Let's celebrate the small successes: I can mail things now. I do it on a regular, Continue reading…

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  Offline: touching the iPhone 5

  By Paul Miller on October 1, 2012 10:15 am + 187 comments

  So far three: Josh's, Ross's, Sam's. How could I not? A few minutes at a time. Giving them back like Continue reading…

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  Offline: email

  By Paul Miller on September 24, 2012 11:00 am + 284 comments

  You know what I hate? Email. I hated it before I left the internet, and I hate it now. It's a cancer Continue reading…

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  Offline: avatars and alts

  By Paul Miller on August 31, 2012 01:54 pm + 90 comments

  In Neuromancer, Snow Crash, Johnny Mnemonic, Hackers, and just about every other chilling Continue reading…

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  Offline: 'My Dinner with André'

  By Paul Miller on August 24, 2012 01:29 pm + 95 comments

  A couple years ago, I borrowed all of my friend's Criterion DVDs and Blu-rays. I still haven't given Continue reading…

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  Offline: how's it going?

  By Paul Miller on August 13, 2012 10:00 am + 198 comments

  It's all anybody asks me. I tell them I'm not using the internet for a year, and they just need to Continue reading…