May 2011
Food Environment Atlas →
CV Dazzle by Adam Harvey →
CV Dazzle™ is camouflage from computer vision (CV). It is a form of expressive interference that combines makeup and hair styling (or other modifications) with face-detection thwarting designs. The name is derived from a type of camouflage used during WWI, called Dazzle, which was used to break apart the gestalt-image of warships, making it hard to discern their directionality, size, and...
Fanboy by Alexander Chee - The Morning News →
Wonderful essay on race, comics, dreams, and America. Via the Geek Feminism blog.
Was It Something I Wrote? - NYTimes.com →
The dangers of journalism in Russia, and public indifference.
“Kaufmann and his two Ordnungsbehörde colleagues are not cops, and they’re not...”
– You Are Here - Germany’s Anti-Chaos Crusaders - NYTimes.com
Disintegrating Computers | Quiet Babylon →
Tim says: “This is my slowly disintegrating computer. It’s bursting apart into gadgets and modules, each one good for what it does, but none a full experience. Sometimes when I go out, I carry the screen and the speakers but not the keyboard. Other times, I don’t bother with the speakers but want the keyboard and the screen.”
I used to make diagrams of this when I was in high...
“It would be an interesting practice to conduct a series of mini-Disciplines,...”
– Information Half-Life II | Quiet Babylon
Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? | Rolling Stone... →
“We’re not very good at endings, not in this bright, shiny era of continual...”
– Russell M Davies: On endings (Wired UK)
Russell M Davies: What we need is a non-conference... →
E.U. Panel to Propose Tighter Data Protection -... →
How To Make Scallion Pancakes | Apartment Therapy... →
Veronique is Visiting From Paris →
This is really amazing and wonderful.
