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Young kids think and learn about their surroundings much the way that scientists think and learn in advanced experiments, a new study says. They form hypotheses, test them, analyze their findings and learn from their actions and the actions of others — all in child’s play. A growing body of evidence about this style of…
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thisistheverge: More human than human: how Philip K. Dick can change your life Jesse Hicks talks to Jonathan Lethem, John Alan Simon, and other ‘Dickheads’ about PKD’s enduring legacy. In Dick’s worlds, people could be shits and robots could be more human than human. It all came down to whether they could find within themselves…
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prostheticknowledge: Espresso Book Machine Publishing system can create retail-quality printed books from file to bound copy in five minutes – video below: The patented Espresso Book Machine® (EBM) makes a paperback book in minutes, at point of need. Through its EspressNet® digital catalog of content, books can be ordered online or onsite at bookstores, libraries,…
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There was an episode, one of my favorite moments in Star Trek, when Captain Kirk looks over the cosmos and says, ‘Somewhere out there someone is saying the three most beautiful words in any language.’ Of course you heart sinks and you think it’s going to be, ‘I love you’ or whatever. He says, ‘Please…
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Inkpad Drawing: Jonah02
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floresuprm: A Close Reading of William Gibson’s “Agrippa” (part 3 of 3) The link above is not to Agrippa, but to an important part of the poem: the linguistic and graphical codes extracted from the disk image by Freek Wiedijk— that is, the sequence of words arranged visually into line breaks, indentation, and stanzas, often…
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larmoyante: Original manuscript for Alice in Wonderland hand written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll, 1862
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The iPad, iPhone, and other handheld devices also rid themselves of the cursor, so that their users are not really directed anywhere anymore. This is an interaction that designers are apparently much challenged by—a way of looking at a page that is closer to reading print. Rhizome | Screen. Image. Text. (via paperbits)
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markcoatney: playboy: 50 years of the Playboy Interview: Stanley Kubrick Oh. So this explains why I’ve watched The Big Lebowski 28 times.
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Vector drawing of the day in the tradition of the the Mola by the Kuna of Panama, by yours truly.