Category Archives: technology

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Trying to get to the bottom of this WordPress template customization business and figured I’d just do it all live on here because I don’t really care. Sorry. Please excuse our mess. Sincerely, Management

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Brian Eno

Brian Eno: I think the other thing that’s important is getting to a place, which very, very rarely happens with improvising groups, where somebody can decide not to play for a while. You watch any group of musicians improvising together … Continue reading

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Rietveld Collectie

Discover more than 8000 objects by Gerrit Rietveld. Many people are familiar with the red-blue chair and the Rietveld-Schröder House, but Rietveld has designed many more pieces of furniture and houses. On the special Rietveld collection website you will get … Continue reading

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In Praise of Copying

Given the topic and stance of In Praise of Copying, I wanted the text to participate openly in the circulation of copies that we see flourishing all around us. I approached Harvard to discuss options and they agreed to make … Continue reading

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“Age doesn’t cause anything; age is only an index to causal factors”

The Moms-tube: Cheryl Svensson and Jim Birren at the University of Southern California

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Advertisers vs designers

About two years ago, when Brian Collins was interviewing candidates to build his team at Collins:, the New York-based design division of The Martin Agency, he asked Lee Maschmeyer to explain the difference between advertising and design. His answer identifying … Continue reading

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Archigram’s Instant/Moment Village

Proto-relational art? Speculative design for ‘casual community’ formed by brief encounters using people, cars and amenities. The Moment Village takes the hypothesis that anything beyond a wink or a nod from a person in one car to a person in … Continue reading

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Obscure the concept

YTMND – Tutorial: Make an Art-Fag Site

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Anyone in London looking for a graphic design job?

Dear old pal Sara De Bondt is looking for someone: We are looking for a highly-motivated graphic designer to join our team as of 1 September 2010. Skills required Able to work independently under tight deadlines Experience in dealing with … Continue reading

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Pimp my studio

From João Ribas

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Out of memory

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Swiss Goa party

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Ghost Crab Eats Oil

A ghost crab eats oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill, shown glowing yellow-orange under ultraviolet light, at Gulf Islands National Seashore near Pensacola, Florida. Glowing Oil Could Aid Gulf Spill Cleanup (National Geographic)

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I’m Not In Love

And what we’re hearing is a result of them playing the mixing console as if it was a keyboard cum instruent… The making of 10cc’s I’m Not In Love

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Experiments in Color Vision

Wendy Carlos’s Experiments in Color Vision.

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Brand New Paint Job

Matisse Yucca, 2010 DeLorean DMC-12 reflecting a Gerhard Richter, 2010 Brand New Paint Job

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Timeline of the burrito

The timeline of the burrito documents the use of the burrito, a food made with tortillas and filling found in Mexico and the United States. Hand-held take-out foods like the burrito have a long history. Before the Spanish colonization of … Continue reading

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Chris Makes Snarky Comments Which Are Later Divorced From Their Original Context And Republished On The Very Same Media to Which They Were Originally Referring

Just a few pointers: 1. Make sure all the text is on the scanning bed 2. Try to have the text/page parallel to the scanning bed 3. Have fun with it! — Chris Svensson, 2010 Sian Writes Words

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Bristol City 2, Yeovil 0

Have any football matches been captured on Google Earth?

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Lenna

From Wikipedia: Lenna or Lena is the name given to a standard test image originally cropped from a Playboy magazine centerfold picture of Lena Söderberg, a Swedish model who posed nude for the November 1972 issue. The image is probably the most widely used test image … Continue reading

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