Monthly Archives: May 2008

Edward Burtynsky: TED Prize wish: Share the story of Earth’s manufactured landscapes

Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images — stunning landscapes that document humanity’s impact on the world — help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability. (ted.com)

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Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles

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Human Space Invaders

Via Architectradure.

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Google-fu at jimmyr.com

Too busy to figure out Google Hacks? Check out the custom Google Search tool at jimmyr.com to quickly refine your searches and locate items based on filetype, subject matter or media category. I’ve been using it to find .pdfs and … Continue reading

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Muxtape

Since its launch in March of ’08, Muxtape has become ridiculously popular. I’ve made a mix that you can listen to here. Some background: There’s nothing like making a mix-tape for that special someone, but when was the last time … Continue reading

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Transmedia Storytelling 101

Henry Jenkins, head of the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT and founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium, has shared an excellent list of 10 key concepts in the theory and practice of transmedia storytelling. This is a great … Continue reading

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Gold Farmers doc at LABoral

Regine at We Make Money Not Art interviews Gold Farmers director Ge Jin about his exploration of China’s underground game-labor economy: Gold farmers have the challenging task of constantly navigating between clandestinity and the need to advertise their service. i … Continue reading

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Glenn Greenwald on "military analyst" story blackout

The Pentagon has posted to its website the roughly 8,000 pages and audio tapes it was forced to provide to the New York Times regarding its “military analyst” program. Anyone who reads through them, as I’ve now done, can only … Continue reading

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Late Fragment DVD Release

Daryl Cloran, Anita Doron and Mateo Guez’s interactive feature film, Late Fragment, is being featured at the Future of Cinema Salon at the Cannes Film Festival before it gets its DVD release on July 10th. You can check out a … Continue reading

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Why Nick Bostrom hopes SETI finds nothing

From Technology Review: The next decade might see a Mars Sample Return mission, which would use robotic systems to collect samples of Martian rocks, soils, and atmosphere and return them to Earth. We could then analyze the samples to see … Continue reading

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