FAQ About Hypertext

This piece was very interesting. It seemed bland in the beginning, but later on Holeton provided us with a plethora of gossip and sex intrigue. He gave us many outlandish in-depth explanations of Hypertext which were continually changing. He seemed to be poking fun or suggesting some type of secret society of which hypertext is he center.

Unlike Twelve Blue, the links to continue "reading" were all accessible at any time. In conjunction with the way his texts seeemed like privelaged information, the link setup seemed almost taunting. Yes, I could access any page that I wanted, but I was still in the dark about much of what he wrote.

The changing perspectives of the analysis of Hypertext were so (dare I say) silly. From code and jibber-jabber, Holeton brought us sex scandal, political implications, and TV show parallels. To me, this is either a way of portraying the nature of hypertext (that is-- we can unpack it in a variety of different ways) or like I previously mentioned, he is being facetious and suggesting that only the more highly-ordained can appreciate the work.

I found a few passages particularly entertaining because of their goofy nature:

The otherwise-dickless alien appears to relieve himself in the bushes (thee pee there) with a steaming stream of vinegar; super slow motion shows the corrosive effects on the foliage. Household vinegar has a pH of 3.0 (three), versus normal human urine (4.6 to 8.0).

Therefore, in the relentless logic of the Popular Interpretation, Magic Hat's corporate motto, “Where Ancient Alchemy meets Modern-day Science,” might also be the anthem of a poem in which 12th-century Abelard and Heloise meet Darrin and Samantha, and Stan Marsh and Wendy Testaburger, and all become word phrase puzzles on a Vietnamese Wheel of Fortune.

Either way, I did mostly enjoy the piece and laughed out loud a few times.