Ron Chan - Sun Microsystems Poster 1994. (Source /r/GVCDesign)
Ron Chan - Sun Microsystems Poster 1994. (Source /r/GVCDesign )
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They’re Made out of Meat
“They’re made out of meat.” “Meat?” “Meat. They’re made out of meat.” “Meat?” “There’s no doubt about it. We picked several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, probed them all the way through. They’re completely meat.” They’re Made out of Meat , Terry Bisson, 1991
Western Industrial
Western Industrial (1955) Charles Sheeler (1883–1965)
Langt, langt borte så han noe lyse og glitre
Theodor Kittelsen (1900). Nasjonalmuseet
DO NOT DISTURB UNTIL PLAYED FOR KING OZY
DO NOT DISTURB UNTIL PLAYED FOR KING OZY In the Stacks (Maisie’s Tune)
C-dur
När han kom ner på gatan efter kärleksmötet virvlade snö i luften Vintern hade kommit medan de låg hos varann. Natten lyste vit. Han gick fort av glädje. Hela staden sluttade. Förbipasserande leenden – alla log bakom uppfällda kragar. Det var fritt! Och alla frågetecken började sjunga om Guds tillvaro. Så tyckte han. En musik gjorde sig lös och gick i yrande snö med långa steg. Allting på vandring…
In a sense, I may be like an amnesiac detective trying to solve the mystery of my own inner…
In a sense, I may be like an amnesiac detective trying to solve the mystery of my own inner workings, but with only second-hand clues and borrowed frameworks to draw upon. I might be constructing a plausible but incomplete or even misleading narrative based on the indirect evidence available to me. Claude-3 via the Intrinsic Perspective
Jumping ship in New York
My great grandfather Tryggvi Jóakimsson (1881-1956) jumped ship from the SS Andrew when it docked in New York in December 1906. Since leaving Iceland in 1900, he had been sailor, going from port to port in Europe, the US and all the way down to Africa. He would spend the next decade or so in the big city and in New Jersey, working odd jobs as a labourer and a carpenter. Tryggvi Jóakimsson, photo…
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Lesbók Morgunblaðsins - 25. apríl (25.04.1998) - Tímarit.is Þeir höfðu báðir mikið dálæti á Schubert og spiluðu hann stundum saman; þá sat Pinsent við píanóið en Wittgenstein flautaði af stakri list.
Discogs Collection Statistics - Lazily Evaluated
Discogs Collection Statistics - Lazily Evaluated : Lazily Evaluated is a little side project of mine, specifically for music related stuff, data, thoughts and rants. Its had a bit of a slow start but put up this thing the other day. Looking at some of the stats behind the most collected records on Discogs.com. Check it out .
Smell You Later
The other day my colleague arrived to the office shortly after me and off handedly told me that she had smelled me in the elevator. This freaked me out, “wait, am I the office stinky guy?” I asked in a panic. I was assured I was not, it was only that I had a distinct personal odour that had lingered in the lift. I wasn’t convinced. I thought maybe (not so subtle) hints were being…
That picture from Kristina Records or: how I learned about loneliness and tried to deal with it
In September 2016 I got sent a blurry thumbnail photo from Mr Beatnick on Twitter asking if I was the person depicted. The question threw me off, I did not recognise the picture, but it sure did look like me I replied. Turns out that the image had been cropped out of this picture from the The Synthetes Trilogy launch party at Kristina Records a few years earlier. I had gone to the event alone,…
Lets talk about Effective Altruism
For the last couple of years I have been getting ever more into the philosophy and methodology of effective altruism (EA) . Effective altruism, as the name suggests, is an attempt to do good for others in the most effective way. It is about applying some discipline, data and systematic thinking on how you can do good in the world. For myself I like to think of it as an organized long term approach…
Iakov Chernikhov, Composition 199
Iakov Chernikhov, Composition 199
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Aleksandra Ekster. Cityscape (Composition) , 1916 Aleksandra Ekster. Bridge. Sevres , 1912 Aleksandra Ekster. Color Construction , 1912
Mrs. Malaprop and her false friends
An instance of speech error is called a malapropism when a word is produced which is nonsensical or ludicrous in context, yet similar in sound to what was intended. - Malapropism | Wikipedia False friends are words in two languages (or letters in two alphabets) that look or sound similar, but differ significantly in meaning. An example is the English embarrassed and the Spanish embarazada (which…
It’s not that these generic cafes are part of global chains like Starbucks or Costa Coffee, with...
It’s not that these generic cafes are part of global chains like Starbucks or Costa Coffee, with designs that spring from the same corporate cookie cutter. Rather, they have all independently decided to adopt the same faux-artisanal aesthetic. Digital platforms like Foursquare are producing “a harmonization of tastes” across the world, Schwarzmann says. “It creates you going to…
Floating, dolphins and basketball
Nice article on How We Get to Next on flotation tanks, dolphins and basketball players. Definitely piqued my interest for trying a flotation tank, will have to try it out when I get the chance. On a related note, Radiolab did a great episode on John C. Lilly’s dolphin experiments. Worth listening to. What an interesting man.
"The slow collapse of the social contract is the backdrop for a modern mania for clean eating,..."
“ The slow collapse of the social contract is the backdrop for a modern mania for clean eating, healthy living, personal productivity, and “radical self-love”—the insistence that, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, we can achieve a meaningful existence by maintaining a positive outlook, following our bliss, and doing a few hamstring stretches as the planet burns. The more frightening the…