irina said yeah to it all, and it feels like an encouragement to resume our writing.

talking about cyberspace and physical public space, i am now in bologna, my italian hometown, trying to bridge a sudden digital divide in my life (from broadband in my seattle bedroom to a browser too old to navigate my favorite sites and check my email in my family's apartment) in the public library. this is an old building that used to be something like the local wall street in the first half of the 19th century. it has frescoes and a glass ceiling. in the central hall there is also a glass floor, showing us the archaeological excavations that are underneath...lots of roman ruins.

i cannot use the internet for more than three hours a week here, in no less and more than three sessions. each session must start at the very beginning of each hour if you want to have the full 60 minutes available to you. kind of rigid, eh? but it's free and i get to see a lot of people, although most of them are keeping their eyes on me to grab my computer as soon as i leave.

ciao


- posted by gi @ 2:50 AM

 
irina says yeah to it all.
- posted by Irina G. @ 8:58 PM