January 2010
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November 2009
8 posts
tear-down →
I meant to post this on Monday but got distracted.
This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.
'Broadcasting the climate of humanity'
Visit the site for the Cloud that claims to share the ‘digital sublime’ with the people of London and the 2012 Olympic Games. The high-in-the-sky lookout tower is powered by the foot and bicycle traffic.
http://raisethecloud.org/#home
I’d say, watch the video and keep an ear out for mention of ‘grassroots’ and some Google advertising and formal techniques too. This...
SPACE HOTEL, opens just in time for the end of the...
The Barcelona-based company behind the Galactic Suite Space Resort announced November 2 that they are on track to launch their first guests to their orbiting hotel in 2012.
A three-night stay — featuring 15 sunrises (one every 80 minutes) — will cost €3 million, which includes an eight-week training course on a tropical island.
read on…
"give me all your money, thanks"
A blog about nice bank robbers and the notes they pass to attendants.
Obama Weather
Nov 10
cloudy morning on tuesday
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Weather I Can Believe In
WatchCellophane Graffiti: Drawing On A Changing Wall
Sky Totem →
Soo-in Yang and David Benjamin of New York’s The Living have completed an interesting—and extremely beautiful—public project in Seoul, Korea. Called Living Light, it’s a permanent pavilion and glass canopy that registers and communicates air quality in the city. “Our project aims to combine real-time data about the environment with dynamic lighting to create an interactive...
October 2009
9 posts
The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate... →
…Then it will be time to test one of the most bizarre and revolutionary theories in science. I’m not talking about extra dimensions of space-time, dark matter or even black holes that eat the Earth. No, I’m talking about the notion that the troubled collider is being sabotaged by its own future. A pair of otherwise distinguished physicists have suggested that the hypothesized Higgs boson,...
A New WPA: Why a Sustainable Future Demands...
So sorry about the late notice, but the Cultural Policy Center at the University just hosted three events with Arlene Goldbard this week who writes and consults on the intersection of culture, politics, and community. She talked about an old way to think about this new recession; how to get out of it AND save the arts. Talk in the arts community about starting a new WPA with Obama has been...
Temperature Spike Detected From Lunar Crash →
LRO was launched in June along with a piggyback satellite known as LCROSS, which crashed a 2.5-ton spent rocket stage, along with itself, into a permanently shaded part of crater on the moon’s south pole.
The point of the operation was to kick up plumes of dust and debris so instruments on spacecraft and ground-based telescopes could scan the ejected material for signs of water.
LRO flew...
“Mind over matter.”
– The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell
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