Month: February 2012

  • yluk: Alphabet Topography, Typeface The physical form of language is a record of collective memory. In this monotype typeface, the height of the letterforms is determined by how often a letter is used. This typeface maps the rhythmic ebb and flow of English. Each letter sits in a 6 x 6 inch square, allowing for…

  • But the entry he often (still) comes back to is No. 60: Pistol Pete Maravich. Isaac will never understand why he’s ranked so low. He sees those YouTube clips and can’t fathom that someone wouldn’t think Pistol is one of the top ten NBA players ever. I don’t feel like spraying graffiti over the portrait…

  • But the entry he often (still) comes back to is No. 60: Pistol Pete Maravich. Isaac will never understand why he’s ranked so low. He sees those YouTube clips and can’t fathom that someone wouldn’t think Pistol is one of the top ten NBA players ever. I don’t feel like spraying graffiti over the portrait…

  • The discourse of doping in America has focused mainly on use of anabolic steroids since the ‘80s, but doping in cycling is a much older tradition and has little to do with steroids. The modern sport was born in the 1890s, and from its genesis riders used chemicals to gain an edge. Coffee was spiked…

  • The discourse of doping in America has focused mainly on use of anabolic steroids since the ‘80s, but doping in cycling is a much older tradition and has little to do with steroids. The modern sport was born in the 1890s, and from its genesis riders used chemicals to gain an edge. Coffee was spiked…

  • I am only now able to appreciate the significance of this early exposure to high technology in shaping my outlook on the world. From my infancy I became keenly aware of the potential for science and technology to radically transform my environment, and I knew instinctively that society was destined to continue being reshaped and…

  • Could these be the toys that teach your children multiple languages, that help provide some interactivity to neglected children, that save the next generation from passive consumption of non-interactive broadcast media? Or will they fall into the Uncanny Valley, seem creepy to adults but desensitize children to the true humanity of living people, ushering in…

  • laughingsquid: LEGO Prosthetic Arm

  • salveo: Suspended Wings by Dukno Yoon

  • Modern & Im/material things: Rejecting Materiality for the “Authentically Digital,” Or a Note about Windows 8 New Logo

    Modern & Im/material things: Rejecting Materiality for the “Authentically Digital,” Or a Note about Windows 8 New Logo modernandmaterialthings: Certain corners of the web seem to be all aflame, debating the aesthetic merits of the updated Windows 8 logo. Some, like Venture Beat, deem it ugly, denouncing it as as Microsoft’s “Gap Moment” and declaring…