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I had a hard time [writing] at first, and then much less of a hard time. I started writing quite a bit. I wanted to write a self-help book — From Writer’s Block to Graphomania in Two Easy Weeks… [W]hen I stopped thinking about whether it was good or bad, and I just started doing…
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Books were once expensive. In Samuel Johnson’s day, just one cost as much as a labourer’s entire weekly pay of nine shillings; while the modern equivalent, $600, buys about seventy-five non-fiction paperbacks averaging seven dollars each. Yet, not only because there were fewer pastimes did people sacrifice to buy books: There was a thirst. Throughout…
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hyperallergic: Transactions in the art world tend towards the material: historically, collectors have exchanged their cash or patronage for physical artworks. But a new project from Sarah Meyohas and the Brooklyn-based Where gallery explores the future of art in a world where both art and the market are increasingly immaterial. READ MORE
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The architect sat down, I explained the 360 controls and what the camera did. After he put it over his head he tried to look up using the controller, and asked me if that was possible. I told him to just look up with his head, after that it was silent for a good 2…
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sleep eludes me, again
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megabyteghost: ouro-s: Oh my fuck Really wish I could get to this
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visual-poetry: woman changes her name to ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ
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With insight informed, but not dictated, by her psychoanalytical training, McFarland understood just how hard children work at learning to control their bodily fluids. Potty training is no picnic for parents, but imagine it from the point of view of the child. It’s a pretty big, anxiety-laced deal. So Rogers created segments where he examined…
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Researchers Test Personal Data Market to Find Out How Much Your Information Is Worth | MIT Technology Review
Researchers Test Personal Data Market to Find Out How Much Your Information Is Worth | MIT Technology Review If you could sell your location data every day, how much would you charge? A research team has carried out an experiment to find out.