NYT 2009
July 4th, 2009 edition of The New York Times. It’s good to have goals.
Uncategorized
Famous Monster Mash
Found this on Youtube, dedicated to Forrest J. Ackerman and Jim Warren, editor and publisher of the original Famous Monsters
Technology
Little Shoot
Adam Fisk’s P2P system, Little Shoot, has gone public. I’ve been using the private beta version for a few months.
Consciousness, Science
Thoughts about perception and communication
Carnegie Mellon scientists are studying how the brain makes sense of natural scenes using a computational model of visual processing.
Design, Sustainability
End of the Viridian era
Added Bruce Sterling’s “Last Viridian Note” to the Viridian Design web site and to Worldchanging. It’s kind of like simple
Global, Social Media
Hossein Derakshan arrested?
According to Global Voices Advocacy, the active and highly visible Iranian blogger Hossein Derakshan (aka Hoder) has been arrested in
Futures, Media, Politics, Technology
Gary Chapman at Texas Community Media Unworkshop: Obama’s Open Government Initiatives
At the Texas Community Media Unworkshop last Saturday, I posted several notes to Twitter from a talk by Gary Chapman
Technology
SocialMinder Alpha: threat, or menace?
I received an email from a trusted friend offering a free invitation to the “closed” alpha test of a application
Events
People-Powered Media [un]Workshop
Find me at the People-Powered Media [un]Workshop this weekend, described as “an ‘unconference’ style event created to explore how community
Media, Politics
Video as a condiment
A citizen activist asked my opinion of adopting an online televsion platform for activist work. Example: CitizenSolutions.tv, “communicating what works
Body, Science
Attention, multitasking, and persistent panic
I used to tell people that “I’m a multitasking fool,” and in recent years, I’ve seen greater emphasis on “fool”
Science
The loophole in the second law of thermodynamics
A Scientific American article asks, regarding the second law of thermodynamics: “if the world is steadily becoming more disordered, how