Category: words

  • emergentfutures: Queen’s Freddie Mercury Will Perform as ‘Optical Illusion’ Freddie Mercury will make a technology-enhanced appearance from beyond the grave at a tenth anniversary performance of the Queen musical We Will Rock You. But to be clear, the frontman — who died in 1991 — will not be a hologram. He will be an “optical illusion.”…

  • lifeandcode: “Although women now make up the majority of college graduates, the number of female computer science grads has dropped precipitously over the past 25 years—from nearly 40 percent in the mid-1980s to 18 percent in 2009. As a result, only 2 in 10 programmers are women.” — Attracting More Women to Computer Science Requires…

  • Dr. Manhattan shakes the stardust from his scarf

    Dr. Manhattan shakes the stardust from his scarf. Made with Paper

  • artlistpro: Local business embroiled in scandal during West Hamilton Artists Tour Posted on May 13, 2012  Greed. Drama. Collusion. Broken dreams. Tears. These were all present during what was supposed to otherwise be a pleasant afternoon of visiting artists in their home studios in and around Locke Street. We were shocked … Shocked! … at…

  • Dr. Manhattan wanted to be like Mike

    Dr. Manhattan wanted to be like Mike. Made with Paper

  • A Gift For Mother’s Day: Hear someone saying “It’s so easy your mother could use it”? Challenge them. Mothers aren’t idiots. I’m a mom and I have root and my own Github account. My mom sold integrated circuits and technical weather sensors. Stereotyping sucks — don’t do it and don’t support it with your silence.…

  • explore-blog: Poster for A Season in Hell (1944) by designer Alvin Lustig, an example of black-and-red assemblage, idea # 31 of 100 ideas that changed graphic design

  • rowchygogo: Persian typography posters by Reza Abedini

  • huffingtonpost: “Of course, the extreme crisis of Constitución, the rallying cry for this massive Urbanist project, isn’t generally the condition upon which most developed nations’ urban renewals begin. As Dan Hill notes: “our crises are generally of the slow, creeping variety (climate change, ageing population, emerging social issues) rather than the focus-pull of natural disaster.…

  • dphiffer: bekamop: Prototype for waterproof + breathable sleeping bag sock, to make #OWS sidewalk occupations legible as collective protest See also: Not An Alternative at Exit Art