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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Zbigniew Rybcynski – Nowa Ksiazka (1975)
See also: Tango, Zbigniew Rybcynski
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The Most Ridiculous City in the World
Geoff at bldgblog articulates what makes living in Los Angeles so confounding, liberating and existentially raw: Los Angeles is where you confront the objective fact that you mean nothing; the desert, the ocean, the tectonic plates, the clear skies, the … Continue reading
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Machines that Almost Fall Over
M. KONTOPOULOS
DFW Commencement Speech at Kenyon University (2005)
If there have been any truly great speeches in the past 20 years, then this must certainly be one of them. For those interested in living better and being more aware of just what it is we are modeling when … Continue reading
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RIP DFW
The Los Angeles Times reports, "David Foster Wallace, the novelist, essayist and humorist best known for his 1997 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead Friday night at his home in Claremont, according to the Claremont Police Department. He was 46." … Continue reading
Salon Radio: Matthew Yglesias
Greenwald: I want to begin by talking about, somewhat briefly, the discussion that you and I were involved in together that concerned the coverage that a lot of campaign reporters give to the campaign and specifically to the McCain campaign. … Continue reading
Major ice-shelf loss for Ellesmere Island
The ice shelves in Canada’s High Arctic have lost a colossal area this year, scientists report. The floating tongues of ice attached to Ellesmere Island, which have lasted for thousands of years, have seen almost a quarter of their cover … Continue reading
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Visualization Strategies for Text
Visualizing text documents as clouds or networks can reveal hidden meanings and even the occasional poetic truth. This blog post takes a look at various ways to visualize text, with plenty of links to online tools like Wordle (which I … Continue reading
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The Matryomin
The Matryomin is a theremin-like electronic instrument encased (for reasons unknown) in a wooden Russian doll. From the description of the Matryomin on inventor and theremin player Masami Takeuchi‘s website: Matryomin is the unique, original erectronic musical instrument invented by … Continue reading
Animal Collective – Reverend Green Live
Animal Collective = magic.
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