October 2009
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“Halloween” by Sonic Youth
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gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/0/gopher/welcome →
[via this awesome Neatorama post]
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Awkward Beauty by David Ng →
Often I get asked to attend artistic events because apparently word has gotten out that my lab does a fair amount of work within the creative arts. Whilst this is true (my lab does have a number of projects that interact with the creative writing and visual art community), and I am always honored to be included, the reality is that I often feel very out of place when I go to these things. The...
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What Everyone Should Know About Their Own Minds →
Ever wondered where your opinions come from, how you manage to be creative, or how you solve problems? Well, don’t bother. Psychology studies examining these areas and more have found that while we’re good at inventing plausible explanations, these explanations are frequently completely made-up.
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Haikuesday, October 27th, 2009
My backyard
looks like a big bowl
of Froot Loops.
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On Haunted Houses of Horror...
[image via]
My mom and sister were talking about Haunted Houses yesterday, and I couldn’t help but remember the one and only time I was scared absolutely shitless—- When I was five or six or so, the (then-existent) Denver Jaycees put on a Haunted House next to Rock Springs Elementary School. Now, my sister’s biggest memory of that place is when my dad happened to lean on a...
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Haikuesday, October 20th, 2009
“patience as virtue”
penciled out, with revision:
“patience as votive”
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50 Must-Listen-to Lectures for Tech Lovers
This is a complete Link Bomb, but should definitely be bookmarked for future reference.
proofmathisbeautiful:
crookedindifference:
taitran:
50 Must-Listen-to Lectures for Tech Lovers
Culture
In these lectures, you’ll learn about the culture of technology, and how technology affects culture.
Folk Cultures and Digital Cultures: Find out how literary criticism and cultural history have...
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Smooth Move, Ex-Lax... →
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New camera promises to capture your whole life →
Originally invented to help jog the memories of people with Alzheimer’s disease, it might one day be used by consumers to create “lifelogs” that archive their entire lives.
Worn on a cord around the neck, the camera takes pictures automatically as often as once every 30 seconds. It also uses an accelerometer and light sensors to snap an image when a person enters a new...
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[via Mental Floss]
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Haikuesday, October 13th, 2009
paper; rock;
rock; scissors; scissors;
rock; paper.
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Ten-Minute Art School Course
Critique Edition
“An Annotated Manifesto for Growth”, a response to Bruce Mau’s “Incomplete Manifesto for Growth” (1998) by Dean Allen. Allen’s critiques are represented in italics.
1. Allow events to change you. You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it....
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Work Less, Get More Done... →
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