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#moocmoocbar
8bitmooc: Last night, I had the pleasure of hanging out with @readywriting, @martinlugton, @jessifer, and @patlockley on a Google+ hangout called #moocmoocbar. For those of you who don’t know, #moocmooc is a meta-, mini-, micro-, and (I guess) anti-MOOC where the question on everyone’s mind is “how many times can we turn this idea of…
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criticaltoys: Critical Toy work in progress. Still have to learn how to align the “work piece” (the stock, the material) with the device and the driver software. High temperature wax, machined on Modela MDX-20.
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Critical Toy work in progress. Still have to learn how to align the “work piece” (the stock, the material) with the device and the driver software. High temperature wax, machined on Modela MDX-20.
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Critical Toy work in progress. Still have to learn how to align the “work piece” (the stock, the material) with the device and the driver software. High temperature wax, machined on Modela MDX-20.
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Geoffrey West’s Fever Dream
stoweboyd: Geoffrey West takes a look at the unknowability of the innards of complex systems, and wonders if big data — and a new big theory to corral big data — could act like a flashlight, revealing the inner workings of financial markets, urban communities, and ecosystems under stress. Geoffrey West, Big Data Needs a Big…
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“But Plot!”
compmachines: I’m tempted to lump this one in with “But I Ignored Her Video!” but I’ve seen enough responses like this to give it its own category. Here’s a representative quote: Your sojourn to rescue Eleanor isn’t simply a grail quest—she’s not an object—it’s a quest to be a father. Through the game, the decisions…
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Android “Fairphone” looks to give power back to customers | Ars Technica
Android “Fairphone” looks to give power back to customers | Ars Technica You can know everything that is in the Fairphone, where it comes from, and how it works. Fairphone The “Fairphone,” a phone that purports to approach smartphone design in the most ethical way possible from every conceivable angle, opened for preorders last Friday.…
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Progression in #8bitmooc
8bitmooc: “Welcome to #8bitmooc. You all have an F”. This is my take on the introduction to the Multiplayer Classroom, #8bitmooc works like an RPG. Every student begins at level 1, and reaches new levels every 100*(level**2) experience points. As students gain levels, they unlock new course content as well as new abilities they can…
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(via Negative space animal masterpieces on Behance)
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pritheworld: The Struggle for Female Soccer Equality in Brazil In a little more than a year, Brazil will host the World Cup of Soccer. It’s time for the “country of soccer” to host the marquee event. But while the Brazilian men’s soccer players will continue to be celebrated, it has long been a different story…