December 2010
35 posts
“The Open Source Ecology team’s first, ambitious project is the Global Village...”
– This is so cool!
Farmer-scientist group wants to ‘hack society’ through open-source technology | Grist
“We are about to make every access to our culture a legally regulated event, rich...”
– For the Love of Culture
The Social Network, Or Why I Quit Facebook - LA... →
Karina Longworth at her best.
“I wanted to be an experimental filmmaker when I was in school and romanticized...”
– Aaron Valdez
(via wreckandsalvage)
Congress Grants Broad Prize Authority to All... →
artprize:
Interesting…
From the press release:
As the Wall Street Journal recently concluded, “These prizes have proliferated because they actually work.” Specifically, well-designed prizes allow the sponsor to dramatically increase the number and diversity of minds tackling a tough problem, to articulate a bold goal without having to predict the team or approach that is most likely to...
“What if someone could write out a codebook (so to speak) precise enough that...”
– Paris Review – Pictorial Grammar , Dawn Chan
“Will Wright was inspired by reading “The Seventh Sally”, a short...”
– SimCity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I love you, Wikipedia.
“Arguably, nothing’s boring — it comes down to whether you’re alert enough to...”
– Ballardian
» The Politics of Enthusiasm: An Interview with Geoff Manaugh
“Standing on the shoulders of other people’s dreams could perhaps be the...”
– Love this artist statement from Mike Rea.
“In a sense, Zuckerberg and Assange are two sides of the same coin. Both express...”
– Only Connect - Person of the Year 2010 - TIME
“George Trow once wrote that every language has a secret moral history. Do you...”
– Paris Review – Questions Without Answers for John Baldessari, David Salle
“You have always been a very responsible guy—an immensely productive artist,...”
– David Salle asks John Baldessari a bunch of questions. There are no answers. I really like this.
Paris Review – Questions Without Answers for John Baldessari, David Salle
“[Terry Gilliam] jumps with no safety net and drags us with him into a world made...”
– Guillermo del Toro’s Top 10 - Explore - The Criterion Collection
“What press needs to be protected except that which is unpopular to the State?”
– -Tim Burgi
Vancouver, Canada
Julian Assange answers your questions | World news | guardian.co.uk
“Forget about that old cliche, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”...”
– Colin Ware
Visual Thinking for Design
(via cathy-shive)
Frank Chimero: On Content →
You need to read this now.
viafrank:
You ever order soup at a restaurant and get a bowl that’s mostly broth?
The problem is the register at the restaurant is four-hundred bucks under what it was the day before, and everyone is running around screaming “No one wants to buy our soup!” Then they start looking for different ways to…
“Discovered in the poisonous Mono Lake, California, this bacteria is made of...”
– NASA Finds New Life (on Earth, that is. Settle down.)
“Radiolab is more than just a post-ironic, earnestly clever refashioning of...”
– The ‘Radiolab’ Effect
“Post-ironic.” Nice.
