Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Mark Poster

Born: July 5, 1941
Died: October 10, 2012 (aged 71)
Bio: Mark Poster was Professor Emeritus of History and Film and Media Studies at UC Irvine, where he also taught in the Critical Theory Emphasis. He was pivotal to "bringing French critical theory to the U.S., and went on to analyse contemporary media."
Known for:
- The mode of information (1990)
- The second media age (1995)
- What's the Matter with the Internet? (2001)