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Towards a Machine-Oriented Aesthetics: On the Power of Art « Larval Subjects .
Towards a Machine-Oriented Aesthetics: On the Power of Art « Larval Subjects . dropouthangoutspaceout: If there’s something profoundly wrong with Heidegger’s thesis that art is an expression of a world, it is that art opens us on to worlds beyond our own lived artworld. If there’s a reason for the persistent animosity towards art throughout…
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explore-blog: The relationship to handcraft is a beautiful one. You are related bodily to a solid block of metal letters, to the weight of the trays, to the adroitness of spacing, to the tempo and temper of the machine. You acquire some of the weight and solidity of the metal, the strength and power of…
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Courage doesn’t mean screaming in the streets : “Ho Chi Minh or Guevara.” Courage for an intelligent man, is not minding making himself a damned nuisance… I’ve never had that true courage, the daily courage which means sacrificing identity to be effective. excerpted from Chris Marker’s Grin Without a Cat. The writer/speaker of these words…
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tumblr dashboard typography insufficient my new retina display
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sudden, momentary, power outage hoping all of the hard drives start up again after giving them a few hours rest
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The “static, sensual present” The other night, I found this nice piece about Debussy and Japan. It talks about the importance of negative space in Japanese visual culture (I didn’t know they have a specific term for it – Ma), Shakuhachi music, and how Debussy apparently “eschews forward-thrusting, teleological development in favour of a static,…
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smarterplanet: Smart Sutures That Detect Infections – Technology Review Surgical sutures are mindless threads no more. Researchers have now coated them with sensors that could monitor wounds and speed up healing. The electronic sutures, which contain ultrathin silicon sensors integrated on polymer or silk strips, can be threaded through needles, and in animal tests researchers…
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protoslacker: The Forbidden Education: documentary on alternatives The documentary is divided in 10 thematic episodes. Each of them present a different aspect of education in the school context and outside of it. Topics like history of school system; authority and power in schools; evaluation and segregation of students; social function of educative institutions; role of…
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Education. Kahn Academy precursor. Available at any office supply store near you. At a price point that is considered “remainder” for traditional book publishers.
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Design Thinking workshop for K-12 educators in Colorado. Sponsored by Donnell-Kay Foundation.
Design Thinking workshop for K-12 educators in Colorado. Sponsored by Donnell-Kay Foundation. Design Thinking workshop for K-12 educators in Colorado. Sponsored by Donnell-Kay Foundation, who seek scalable education reform. I cannot see who is delivering the workshop, but it points to IDEO resources and a book about “lean startups” that pursue “constant innovation. "constant innovation”…