Category: words

  • alecshao: Duane Michals – The Illuminated Man, 1968 Duane Michals is an alum of the University of Denver, where I teach, and from before my time. He will be showing in the Victoria Myhren Gallery, on our campus, during the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • What do you think the downside of having books on a tablet is? It makes our nine-month project even more ephemeral. Because now you’re not even holding anything, now we’re not even picking the paper, the cover, the cloth—all of that which makes it a real object that you want to put on a coffee…

  • Laser Unprinters

    stoweboyd: Researchers at the University of Cambridge have devised a way to ‘unprint’ laser printed pages, so that the paper can be reused. Use a laser, save a tree – via University of Cambridge Dr Julian Allwood, Leader of the Low Carbon Materials Processing Group at the University of Cambridge, and David Leal-Ayala, PhD student…

  • nevver: Calvin and Hobbes

  • retrowave: Alien boards by Ridley Scott

  • Being a geek is all about your own personal level of enthusiasm, not how your level of enthusiasm measures up to others. If you like something so much that a casual mention of it makes your whole being light up like a halogen lamp, if hearing a stranger fondly mention your favorite book or game…

  • NBC Opinion: Anyone but the GOP

    nbclatino: President Barack Obama addresses students at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colo., on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) BY STEPHEN A. NUŇO I keep reading from the Democrats that the GOP has chosen an ass for a lion in their courting of Marco Rubio.  As the story goes, Latinos are not…

  • thenearsightedmonkey: Scariest digital device ever? The Monkey’s Paw. Can I get a witness?

  • tedfromtheinternet: Every time Your President says “now’s the time” in a speech, this starts going in my head. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • criticaltoys: Papercraft Yellow Narcosubmarine (in)Action Figure, hand built, donated to silent auction for Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village (suburb of Denver), Colorado. 18” x 8” x 10”. Epson six color inkjet onto 2-ply Strathmore vellum bristol board. Created for University of Denver Faculty Triennial Exhibition.