Hysterical Literature

Hysterical literature is an interesting video project by Clayton Cubitt that is all kinds of awesome. The idea itself is interesting, and the videos (in particular the first one) also have an interesting tension in them.

SSSAAAIIILLLLLL!!!!!!

Rargh. In the continuing erosion of privacy on the internet, Google now wants me to use my fullname for my Youtube account. This isn’t the first service for which this is an issue. And don’t tell me it’s about preventing abuse; it’s just as much about linking data. There are perfectly good and valid reasons for using pseudonyms.

Fortunately we can – for the moment – still enjoy Youtube somewhat anonymously. My current favourite:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYxX2YKGdvM]