May 2012
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A Fleeting Memory Of Carlos Fuentes →
May 17th
Carlos Fuentes: RIP “You Have to See the Face of... →
May 16th
Clay Shirky on the relationship between physical... →
Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net I real­ly liked Clay Shirky’s essay on the rela­tion­ship between phys­i­cal space and cre­ativ­i­ty. It’s one of those clas­sic, Shirkian riffs that includes a bunch of seem­ing­ly glib and mere­ly clever ideas and cul­mi­nates with a thing that…
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Blog post about my (Alienology) design works at... →
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April 2012
9 posts
Apr 26th
Secret Alan Turing cryptanalysis papers released... →
Apr 20th
Good luck guys! - Visual Effects Artists Seeking... →
Apr 20th
Significant Objects | …and how they got that way →
Apr 18th
Why Design is a JOB!!! Q&A With Author Mike... →
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Apr 6th
AlphaSphere, Spherical Music Controller, Becomes A... →
createdigitalmusic.com Music trade shows are typ­i­cal­ly full of sen­si­ble and use­ful instru­ments. They may not always rep­re­sent some­thing rev­o­lu­tion­ary, but peo­ple find homes for them in their musi­cal lives. Of course, the world’s fair futur­ist in us may…
Apr 2nd
Apr 1st
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npr: A visualization of the world’s oceans. From NASA: This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through Decmeber 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience. Or as FastCo.Design described it “Better Than Van Gogh”
Apr 1st
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March 2012
15 posts
Wind Map →
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One billion stars →
scientificamerican.com To say a pic­ture is worth a thou­sand words would be sell­ing this one rather short. Full image con­tain­ing (at least) a bil­lion stars. Click for a big­ger ver­sion, see text for the real­ly big ver­sion, or scroll down for zoomed in view.…
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Truly awesome > 3D-printed adapter bricks allow... →
Mar 20th
Complete Einstein Archives Online, to contain... →
Mar 20th
RIP, Moebius... Jean Giraud is gone. Ow... another... →
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Smithsonian building archive of printable 3D scans →
Mar 1st
February 2012
11 posts
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The Man Who Prints Houses > Documentary about... →
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SF trade publication Locus Magazine goes digital,... →
Feb 11th
Possibly oldest artworks ever found - first... →
Feb 11th
The oldest thing in the world →
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January 2012
11 posts
"Global Jukebox" envisioned by folklorist,... →
Jan 31st
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - Oscar nominated animated short - full length
Jan 27th
Jan 24th
Online Gamers Achieve First Crowdsourced Redesign... →
scientificamerican.com Obses­sive gamers’ hours at the com­put­er have now topped sci­en­tists’ efforts to improve a model enzyme, in what researchers say is the first crowd­sourced redesign of a pro­tein. [More]
Jan 23rd