[-empyre-] Linda Dement: Resolution for Digital Futures

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Lovely,

Except for 9 - which should be "I will use software which fulfils the 
requirements"... 

Though 1 - is strictly speaking impossible...

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Renate Ferro wrote:
> Dear Tim and Renate
> I have some new year's resolutions for digital futures:
>
> 1. I will never again upgrade to a new system unless someone else 
> tries it first.
> 2. I will not buy a new computer unless the old one has stopped working.
> 3. I will always carefully seal the cracks and joins of the scanner 
> before placing dead birds or bodily fluids on the glass.
> 4. Between 1am and 4am, I will not delete files I think I won't need again.
> 5. I will only pay for hosting on servers powered by renewable energy.
> 6. In the mornings I will make art before checking my email.
> 7. I will not answer the phone.
> 8. I will never again let an old computer go to landfill, even though 
> I have to arrange the whole palaver to send it to Minto and they 
> never pick it up when they say they will.
> 9. I will use open source software wherever possible.
> 10. I will learn to solder despite my failing eyesight.
>
> bio:
>
> Linda Dement (Australia) has been working with arts computing since 
> 1989. She has authored screen based interactives, multi-computer 
> installations and collaborated in translocal and performative new 
> media events. Her work has been widely exhibited, including at the 
> ICA in London, Ars Electronica, International Symposia of Electronic 
> Art and the Impakt Media Arts Festival in Europe. She is twice winner 
> of the Australian National Digital Art Award and has been awarded a 
> New Media Arts Fellowship by the Australia Council for the Arts.
>
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