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hyperallergic: Victor Moscoso picked up color theories while studying with Josef Albers at Yale University in the late 1950s, and soon turned that abstract harmony into a psychedelic friction. Pairing intense hues in a way that almost shakes your eyes — a “vibration” of colors — he majorly influenced the aesthetic of the acid-hued 1960s…
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nprplays: From KQED: In Violent Video Games, the Gameplay Sends its Own Message By Carolyn Petit We like to think that games that feature violence as a core mechanic can be critical of violence, and in fact a piece was recently published on Paste Magazine called 10 Violent Games That Comment on Violence. (Hotline Miami is…
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thegetty: A book of chess problems from 14th-century northern France.
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A day in the life of Jessica, the content creator of the future — Fusion
A day in the life of Jessica, the content creator of the future — Fusion warrenellis: Faith Popcorn is a futurist and consultant. She is best known for a book that came out in 1991 that predicted trends for the rest of the decade (some came true, sorta). And she’s still at it. In January,…
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thenearsightedmonkey: Dear Students, Here are a few pictures I’ve been meaning to post. Matty G and I, the signing of books before our presentation at BAM and us in younger days, and then us right now! And a poster for an event we did together exactly thirty years earlier. We met in college. We both…
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Notes from “The Information” by James Gleick
on contrast: March 11, 2015 Chapter 5. A Nervous System for the Earth …“For in the general we must note, That whatever is capable of a competent Difference, perceptible to any Sense, may be a sufficient Means whereby to express the Cogitations.” All Excerpts From Gleick, James. “The Information.” Pantheon, 2011-02-28T15:00:00+00:00. iBooks. This material may…
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CARDIAC paper computer emulator
mostlysignssomeportents: Mark sez, “The recent post of the CARDIAC Unboxing [ed: the CARDIAC being a cardboard teaching computer that Bell Labs released in the late 60s] made me poke my father, who has written a CARDIAC emulator that actually looks like the real CARDIAC, to put together a webpage with the source of it. Both…
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an old friend lost his mother this weekend we lost a beloved colleague to cancer this morning an earthquake shook Colombia today thankfully my parents are okay I am sad and fortunate needed some pretty pictures from my drafts
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bookpatrol: A Reading Room for One For the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale artist Marta Wengorovius teamed with architect Francisco Aires Mateus to produce this little slice of paradise; a reading cabin for one. The simple wood structure is fit for one person, holds one bookshelf and has a raised seating area and that’s it. It is light by a…