{"id":21420,"date":"2014-04-08T06:16:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T11:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=21420"},"modified":"2014-04-02T08:36:11","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T13:36:11","slug":"modern-twilight-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=21420","title":{"rendered":"Modern Twilight Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of Instagram and Spotify but of Wikipedia.  A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of your WiFi signal.<\/p>\n<p>The Twitter feed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernSerling\">Modern Twilight Zone<\/a> offers a splendid glimpse into a world where <i>The Twilight Zone<\/i> is still being produced and the storylines take advantage of current technology.<\/p>\n<p>Some episodes are technology-dependent:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Mya fears Hulu&#39;s &#39;targeted ads&#39; may have too much information about her when her friends and family appear in them and speak directly to her<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Modern Twilight Zone (@ModernSerling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernSerling\/statuses\/435837510779146240\">February 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Courtney logs back into her old <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aim\">@aim<\/a> account to find that a high school version of herself is still talking with other people.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Modern Twilight Zone (@ModernSerling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernSerling\/statuses\/424259849812447232\">January 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Others would work just as well as old-style episodes:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>What&#39;s thought to be heat lightning turns out to be camera flashes as one family realizes they are living in a diorama in a museum<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Modern Twilight Zone (@ModernSerling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernSerling\/statuses\/419161100069109760\">January 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lots of other users have joined the party, offering suggestions of their own:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernSerling\">@ModernSerling<\/a> things get bizarre when John discovers a podcast series of his wife&#39;s thoughts on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anglo Sexin (@HighAndLo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HighAndLo\/statuses\/450066356793122816\">March 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Concern spreads as Words With Friends inexplicably begins displaying words in an ancient tongue unknown to humans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernSerling\">@ModernSerling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Andrew (@scottandrew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottandrew\/statuses\/448984001873977344\">March 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>A curious homeowner zooms in on his own house via Google Maps and notices a mysterious figure on his roof, looking up. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernSerling\">@ModernSerling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Andrew (@scottandrew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottandrew\/statuses\/447999785396494338\">March 24, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of the synopses are just wonderful and make me melancholy that the episodes don&#8217;t really exist.  A browse through the feed is a fun, mildly creepy, way to spend an afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><i>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/\">Neatorama<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of Instagram and Spotify but of Wikipedia. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of your WiFi signal. 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