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A response to Jussi Parikka: or why materialism ‘encounter’ has lost its efficacy
A response to Jussi Parikka: or why materialism ‘encounter’ has lost its efficacy dropouthangoutspaceout: So what does OOO offer for my field (the computational arts) which I find helpful and genuinely new? Well it returns to that question which has been removed from the arts which deals with the autonomy of the artwork itself. This…
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jazminchavez: Family tradition for over 50 years… Coronado women tamalada (Taken with instagram)
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Stowe Boyd: Graph Rank: Just Another Proof That Facebook Should Be Boycotted
Stowe Boyd: Graph Rank: Just Another Proof That Facebook Should Be Boycotted stoweboyd: A former CTO was briefed on ‘Facebook’s advertising strategy’ (although it’s not clear by who) and suggest that they are up to no good: Anonymous via Betabeat If you logged onto Facebook yesterday, perhaps you caught a link at the top of…
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Arrow keys to move, C to attack and X to open the inventory and interact with objects in the world. The goal of the game is to kill the only other sentient being in the world, making sure you’ll be alone forever. (via Ludum Dare » Ludum Dare 22)
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thisistheverge: Exclusive: a look at Kinect Fusion and Lightspace from Microsoft labs | The Verge As you might have seen in our second episode of On The Verge, our own Joshua Topolsky recently toured Microsoft’s Building 99, where the company conducts a variety of wild research. Today we’re pleased to share a look at Kinect…
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hyperallergic: What Does it Mean to Win in Video Game Art? Until tomorrow, an arcade of interactive artistic video games is up at Postmasters Gallery in Chelsea. This mix of lo-fi and hi-res graphics, raw exposed circuit boards and games with clever gotcha moments, was a jolt of quirky joy on a cold Saturday afternoon.…
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brofisting: whyamiwearingpants: so in love john darnielle is perfect
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Literary Tantalus
thenewinquiry: The measured release of material has multiplied the way Beckett’s work can be interpreted, transforming the image of Beckett as a leading 20th century existentialist into a historically and culturally complex figure who actively resisted a stable interpretation of his work. What the estate has accomplished through its trickle of archival material is perpetual…
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criticaltoys: Scientists at MIT and Harvard have invented self-folding smart fiberglass sheets that can crease themselves into origami airplanes and boats. It’s a far cry from previous programmable matter research we’ve seen, which works at the nanoscale to create scaffolds and gears. The fiberglass sheets are about a half-millimeter thick and made of half-inch-wide triangular…
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Scientists at MIT and Harvard have invented self-folding smart fiberglass sheets that can crease themselves into origami airplanes and boats. It’s a far cry from previous programmable matter research we’ve seen, which works at the nanoscale to create scaffolds and gears. The fiberglass sheets are about a half-millimeter thick and made of half-inch-wide triangular tiles.…