Archive for August, 2008
Arguably, this list could stand to be muchh longer, but apparently any party (such as the Constitution party in the US) with any legitimate elements to its party platform is not considered frivolous.
Synergetics
August 16th, 2008
What appears to be a reasonable facsimile of the full text of Fuller's Synergetics.
Dymaxion Map (Fuller Projection)
August 16th, 2008
Just got back from the excellent Buckminster Fuller retrospective at the Whitney. This is an .svg file of a Fuller projection.
Your Spine
August 14th, 2008
This is your receipt and is not a ticket for travel
August 14th, 2008
Buckminster
August 14th, 2008
The Magic of the State
August 12th, 2008
Forgot about this, but it's why I ended up reading the book in the first place. Now I need to reread the interview.
Bees
August 12th, 2008
The music, it must be noted, is terrifying. It makes the bees seem like killer robots.
Vault
August 10th, 2008
Doorway
August 10th, 2008
Strata
August 10th, 2008
Large Hadron Collider nearly ready
August 10th, 2008
If this thing does birth a small black hole and swallow up the earth, it might just have been worth it just for these pictures.
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
August 10th, 2008
Full-resolution photo taken by the Hubble of a teeny-tiny segment of the sky, which is also of course huge beyond imagining. 11.3 days of exposure, et voila. Just over 100mb of space.
quiet american
August 9th, 2008
Site for The Quiet American, a traveling field recordist who makes many of his compositions and some of his source material available for download.
Ants
August 9th, 2008
Nice quality recording of an ants' nest. (Note - recording is credited to Jana Winderen, though hosted on Chris Watson's site.)
fakeisthenewreal.muxtape.com
August 6th, 2008
Neil's mux.
muxtape
August 6th, 2008
here's my muxtape. the theme is "these are 12 songs I like."
Coney Island Sideshow Has Guantánamo Theme
August 6th, 2008
Wow. I might have to go see this to get a real take on it, because after reading this short review, I'm very conflicted about it.
The XY Games
August 5th, 2008
Talking about gender in the context of athletics, especially at this level, is a really good way to do it. Olympians *are* their bodies. But the dithering in the second half - "gender is in the heart" - lets the real life examples down.
Wedding Dress
August 4th, 2008
"It's already made, trimmed and green / Prettiest thing you've ever seen"






