Casual pals / Strict borders

Kola Tubosun visits London, and Carrie Frye on the realest of friends

The voice of authority

Dystopic comforts from Luke O'Neil

Hyperlinked humanity / The rubble of home

Nerding out with David Moore; a young woman's life in Gaza, by Moh Telbani

Some are reading

Yemisi Aribisala reflects on the dangers of the reading life

Touch the heavens / Face the lens

Amy Chu holds pieces of clouds; evolving self-imagery from Jennie Rose Halperin

American hero

Josephine Riesman on 9/11 and Uncle Sam

Unspeakable feed

Some things Sam Thielman saw on the internet

Self, publishing / Turing texts

Laurie Woolever on the jitters; Scocca and Bustillos refuse styrofoam

Tiny cuts / Final fantasy

Sharp remarks from Diana Moskovitz, and Sam Thielman exits, pursued by a beast

Public access internet / Distant Belle

Freenets at the library with jj skolnik, and John Saward visits his old room

Special delivery / Animal urges

A.J. Daulerio on dot-com indulgence; Brian Hioe contemplates desire

Audience capture

Tom Scocca on tomscocca.com, and READERS’ CHOICE poll results

Sign the guestbook

Arwa Mahdawi on the kinder gentler internet

Elf friends / Transit strangers

Rax King waxes fantastical and Trevor Alixopulos stands clear of the closing doors.

Leisure pains / Missing rains

Joe MacLeod hurts himself and Luke O'Neil burns low.

Jewish skinhead

Ryan Gosling in a revelatory early role, by Josephine Riesman

Clear your mind of questions

Miles Klee, internet mystic

Solidarity of the separated / Verse on the mobile phone

Brian Hioe on friends; Salawu on the olden times for poetry

Invisible book burning / Secret rhythm

Riot and ruin

Ben Ehrenreich goes for a run in the outskirts of Norwich

Enter the chat / Freezing hot

Dairy queen / Borrowed trouble

Unseen soul mates / The neighborhood mass murderer

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd's Usenet; Yemisi Aribisala on Naomi Campbell

Fill in the blank / Guess what's torrenting

Gold-decked gymnasts / Gold-mouthed mummies

The adolescent internet / Maternal gourmet

Strong weird

featuring Sam Thielman

Big-screen lowlifes / A year without school

Crisp and chilly

Demonstration project / Pounding parental pride

Free, wild, and smelly / Testicle bird

Midway to November / Feel a little better

Links rotted

Indelible text / Clear-headed revels

In the open field