Update: According to fire protection engineer Arie Friedman, putting ethernet cables in a clothes dryer is a potential safety risk. We suggest you find another way to tangle your cables.
On this episode of Spark: technology bites back
- Nora tells the story of the Virginia Snow Day
- Marc Fisher and danah boyd on what the snow day story says about digital culture right now (full interview)
- Dr. Brian Goldman reveals the correct diagnoses in our cyberchondriacs contest
- Steven Skolne invents a new sport: speedcabling (full interview)
- Nora challenges cable wizard Keith Murray to a speedcabling match
- Win Spark’s speedcabling kit
This episode features Creative Commons music and sound effects:
- “Oslodum 2004” by DJ Dolores
- “airtone/ephem/”>ephemeralspaces” by airtone
- “Do What You Can” from Backtime by Lee Rosevere
- “Almost Live At Club Brassmataz” by kcentric
- “Pulsing” by Frenchy
- “Midnight Drive” by Drylord
- “Karen – Hello Everybody“
- “talk to me (nodea’s silent remix)” by nodea
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I had no interest in speed cabling until I heard Nora Vs. Keith on this podcast. It sounds like a lot of fun!
It really is. And if you use the “fierce data cloud” method of tossing it in the air and pulling it apart with your fingers, it even give you a bit of exercise!
Not long after this story broke, I was in Flordia and met someone who works at the school district. He certainly didn’t think the student acted out of line given that the phone number was accessible.
On another note, I’ve been involved with teachers who incorporate cellphones in their classrooms. While there are certainly some caveats, they’ve found the increased communication to far out weigh the negatives.