Norman Bel Geddes’ models have added an extra dimension to pictorial reporting. By recreating large or small parts of the sea and the earth’s surface in miniature they have made it possible for the camera to take positions which would normally be highly unusual or impossible. By the use of these models, the lens may [...]
Tag Archives: creation
Public vs. Actual Perceptions of Science
That would be fun to analyse with SSK: It’s as funny as it’s comforting for a researcher. The hesitations, the constant going back-and-forth, the genius moments as well as the gradual dive down towards self-loathing. It’s all there. Found first while checking out Boing Boing. It comes form Paul Vallett’s blog, Electron Cafe, a nifty [...]
Le modèle réduit selon Lévi-Strauss
Quelle vertu s’attache donc à la réduction, que celle-ci soit d’échelle, ou qu’elle affecte les propriétés? Elle résulte, semble-t-il, d’une sorte de renversement du procès de la connaissance : pour connaître l’objet réel dans sa totalité, nous avons toujours tendance à opérer depuis ses parties. La résistance qu’il nous oppose est surmontée en la divisant. [...]
Genetic Premunition
BUENOS AIRES — An Argentine laboratory announced that it had created the world’s first transgenic cow, using human genes that will allow the animal to produce the equivalent of mothers’ milk. “The cloned cow, named Rosita ISA, is the first bovine born in the world that incorporates human genes that contain the proteins present in [...]
Ripped Cover
I accidentally ripped the cover of a book I really appreciated. Hearing and seeing the tearing affected me so much I had to reflect on that surprise. I thought it was caused by my attachment to the book: an old, mass market paperbound edition of Bateson’s Steps to an Ecology of Mind. I realized a [...]
Ben Tolman: “Cognitive transformation”
I found this illustration on Mind Hacks first. It reminded me of Fritz Kahn’s artwork for a moment. That was before I explored Ben Tolman’s gallery, featuring ink drawings which can be viewed with great detail through zoomify. Ben Tolman invites us to a great experience consisting of various wanderings on his website. Mouse scrolls [...]
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Help me, information
Chuck Berry – Memphis, Tennesseeenvoyé par Red_Chuck. – Clip, interview et concert. Chuck Berry performing Memphis, Tennnessee with Trini Lopez. 04-05-1965. The use of the term “information” in the song gets very enjoyable in a media ecologist’s ears.
Runxt Life
Runxt Life – Introduction from Firma 103 on Vimeo. From Runxt: « Runxt Life is a generative music application created for the iOS® platform based on the cellular automaton theory “Conway’s Game of Life” by John Horton Conway. The ‘game’ is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring [...]
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Index revisited
I’ve been taking care of an index for a few days. Short contract. A lot of work to do in too little time. But I took the opportunity to write down a few questions on the contemporary art of indexing a book: The first questions relate to the words and their context: Is the instance [...]
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Gold mining
Tom’s hardware provides a complete “gold mining from old motherboards” tutorial, just to remind us that hacking is also essentially about having machine savvy.
