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electrikmuse: Illustration of Vogel’s formula of the pattern of sunflower florets.For n=1 to 500, using the polar coordinates equations: r = c√n and θ = n(137.5°) Where 137.5° is 55/144 of a circular angle, and 55 & 144 are both Fibonacci numbers – the exact angle should technically be 360/((sqrt(5)+1)/2)+1), or 137.507764…). Can be produced…
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If you’re looking for sexy co-eds from a certain school or mascot porn, adding a .xxx to the university’s web address won’t help your kinky ways. Several universities nationwide, most notably University of Missouri, are registering .xxx addresses as not only as a defensive technique but to protect their reputation. “We don’t want someone coming…
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Kenneth Goldsmith interviewed by Marcus Boon for BOMB magazine
MB: Did you think of Ubu from the beginning as being this vast, global, encyclopedia for the avant-garde? What was it at the moment that you first thought of it? KG: At the beginning it was a repository for visual, concrete, and sound poetry. Really old dusty stuff that suddenly, when it was scanned and…
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The most celebrated and influential among all “culture” designers are Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr, who in 1996 founded the Tissue Culture & Art Project (TC&A) at the University of Western Australia in Perth. In 2000, they also established SymbioticA, a collaborative artistic laboratory dedicated to the study and critique of life sciences located within…
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“Expecting undergraduates to follow the path of educational attainment of a professor is a bit like expecting an introductory finance class in personal or household money management to become millionaires.”
“Expecting undergraduates to follow the path of educational attainment of a professor is a bit like expecting an introductory finance class in personal or household money management to become millionaires.” marathonpacks: David Cooper Moore’s “media literacy” blog is full of great insight. Particularly enjoyed this post.