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In general, the public subsidizes pro football to the tune of around $1 billion a year… Gregg Easterbrook (via azspot)
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If you are in school today the technologies you will use as an adult tomorrow have not been invented yet. Therefore, the life skill you need most is not the mastery of specific technologies, but mastery of the technium as a whole – how technology in general works. Kevin Kelly (via inthenoosphere)
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Every particle in the universe affects every other particle, however faintly or obliquely. Everything interconnects with everything. The beating of a butterfly’s wings in China can affect the course of an Atlantic hurricane. If I could interrogate this table leg in a way that made sense to me, or to the table leg, then it…
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fastcompany: Evernote CEO Phil Libin once envisioned a paperless world—but not anymore. As he unveiled a series of partnerships Thursday, the notetaking app’s chief made it clear that physical products will play a crucial role in Evernote’s future as it attempts to expand its base of 75 million users. “We declared a ceasefire between pen…
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Mostly signs (some portents): David Byrne’s “How Music Works” updated and in paperback
Mostly signs (some portents): David Byrne’s “How Music Works” updated and in paperback mostlysignssomeportents: Back in 2012, I reviewed How Music Works, David Byrne’s best book to date, an absolutely vital text explaining not only the biology, politics and aesthetics of music (and all art, really), but also the important policy and techology questions raised…
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Radiolab Podcast Articles – A Clockwork Miracle
Radiolab Podcast Articles – A Clockwork Miracle In 1562, King Philip II needed a miracle. So he commissioned one from a highly-skilled clockmaker. In this short, a king’s deal with God leads to an intricate mechanical creation, and Jad heads to the Smithsonian to investigate.
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futurescope: UCLA Engineering develops flexible and stretchable LEDs Imagine an electronic display nearly as clear as a window, or a curtain that illuminates a room, or a smartphone screen that doubles in size, stretching like rubber. Now imagine all of these being made from the same material. Researchers from UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering…
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laughingsquid: One-Piece Nyan Cat Pajamas
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worsethandetroit: “After the Babel Towers attack, lo-fi operators worked the edges of the language, forging new phrases from the fragments of literature. They filled boxes with word shards in the hope of recreating lost stories.” – Spore #50, Jeff Noon “The Literary Operator is a collaboration between Tom Armitage and Jeff Noon. Commissioned by Lighthouse…