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artbyraul: From the Boston Globe today. #newspaper #portrait
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medievalpoc: toughandtender: medievalpoc: http://medievalpoc.tumblr.com/search/rubens #Rubenesque This is important because I just learned about him last semester and was not aware of how much POC work he had until this post. Obviously, this wasn’t taught in art history class but are you fucking kidding me? This is amazing work and it should be on the curriculum,…
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Code is a language, but a very special kind of language. Code is the only language that is executable […] code is the first language that actually does what it says. Wendy Chun, Programmed Visions (via stoweboyd )
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machschine: “The fact that there is an algorithm, a meaning intended by code (and thus in some way knowable), sometimes structures our experience with programs. When we play a game, we arguably try to reverse-engineer its algorithm, or at the very least to link its actions to its programming, which is why all design books warn…
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As a chemist, I agree that remaining competitive in the sciences is a critical issue. But as an instructor, I also think that if American STEM grads are going lead the world in innovation, then their science education cannot be divorced from the liberal arts. We don’t need more STEM majors. We need more STEM…
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Amazing! Noise Patterns!!!!
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Noise Patterns by Tristan Perich arrived. Such excite!
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When artists use new technologies as their materials, a number of things happen: 1. They discover ways to extend the expressive and communicative range of tools, devices and systems 2. By making connections that are neither necessarily utilitarian nor profitable, they explore potential for diverse human interest and experience 3. They do the cognitive work…
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Hollywoodonomics: how Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix “lost” $167M #5yrsago
mostlysignssomeportents: Last summer, Deadline released this balance-sheet (“participation statement”) detailing the alleged financial state of the corporate entity struck to run the Warner Bros movie “Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix.” The movie, which had grossed nearly $1B at the time, was nevertheless running $167M in the red. The losses are largely attributable…
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