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Woody Guthrie's Songbook
Posted Jul 15, 2012 at Scottunder
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Sic transit Venus
Posted Jun 5, 2012 at Scottunder
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Prisoner's Dilemma gamed
This is a remarkable six minutes, thre final round of a British game show, "Golden Balls." Please watch before reading my comments below: So, I found this on Boing Boing, which led to a blog post with some astute comments by Bruce Schneier and his followers, but I'll just sum up my own quick take on this usurping of the classic Prisoner's Dilemma. 1. Nick's confidence helps "sell" his choice to Ibrahim. Nick is not swayed by Ibrahim's appeal to reason or honor, or to his complete confusion and despair. Nick says what he will do and leaves no doubt... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2012 at Scottunder
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Dances with Meteors
Tom Munnecke is a photographer (among other pursuits) who went to Joshua Tree National Monument to photograph the Lyrid meteor shower. He captured this great image with a woman who wandered by at 2:00 AM. Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2012 at Scottunder
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David Smith, again
Posted Apr 16, 2012 at Scottunder
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Thanks all for writing your remembrances of Charlie. They mean a lot to his family -- encourage others!
Charles Irwin Weiner, 1931-2012
My father-in-law Charlie Weiner died on Saturday. He was 80, and having an extended stay in the village of Eyeries, Ireland with his wife, JoAnn Hughes. Charlie was a remarkable guy, and I'm deeply sad that I won't get to spend more time with him. We only met in 2007, a few months after I met h...
Thank you, Mark.
Charles Irwin Weiner, 1931-2012
My father-in-law Charlie Weiner died on Saturday. He was 80, and having an extended stay in the village of Eyeries, Ireland with his wife, JoAnn Hughes. Charlie was a remarkable guy, and I'm deeply sad that I won't get to spend more time with him. We only met in 2007, a few months after I met h...
Charles Irwin Weiner, 1931-2012
Posted Jan 30, 2012 at Scottunder
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14 Bach canons visualized
Just love this: 14 J.S. Bach canons of increasing complexity built around the first eight fundamenta notes of the Goldberg Variations, lovingly displayed in an animation that both translates Bach's original manuscript page into English and readable notation and explains how Bach mirrored, inverted, repeated, and otherwise made his melody lines sit up and do tricks. Continue reading
Posted Jan 10, 2012 at Scottunder
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The Swerve
Posted Jan 1, 2012 at Scottunder
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Special Exits
Posted Dec 7, 2011 at Scottunder
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Jupiter rotation
Courtesy of the Astronomy Photo of the Day site, here's a full rotation of Jupiter, with a good view of the Great Red Spot, a storm larger than our planet that has raged for over a hundred years. I put it on full screen and set it to loop -- very calming. Full rotation of Jupiter from Jean-Luc Dauvergne on Vimeo. Continue reading
Posted Dec 6, 2011 at Scottunder
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A History of the Sky
I enjoy projects in which art emerges from a simple idea. In this case, Ken Murphy, a "musician, programmer, artist, and tinkerer living in San Francisco," created a system on the roof of the Exploratorium to capture the sky every day with a time-lapse camera. He then combines the result into a whole that reveals something new and mesmerizing. Looking at the time stamp in the lower right corner of the video below, you can guess at the approximate time of year of each square -- I had expected January to begin in the upper left, but this doesn't seem... Continue reading
Posted Nov 18, 2011 at Scottunder
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I just read a quote earlier today, seemingly from a Dutch author, Leo Blokhuis: "Originality is just undiscovered plagiarism." I prefer to think he means undiscovered by ourselves.
"Your head is a melting pot" is better, though.
Your head is a melting pot
My eighth principle for innovators is titled "Most new ideas aren't". To be honest, I've never been crazy about that title, because it focuses more on your ideas and less on what you're going to go with them. So what if you ideas aren't new? It simple doesn't do a good job of highlighting the...
Richard Serra's "Sequence"
Posted Oct 30, 2011 at Scottunder
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Hong Kong, Guangzhou
Posted Oct 26, 2011 at Scottunder
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Just saw this earlier today, and meant to post it:
http://boingboing.net/2011/09/16/the-southern-lights-from-space.html/aurora
How Auroras Work
Courtesy of Brain Pickings, here's a 4:49 video that clearly explains how auroras (both borealis and australis) occur. I knew vaguely what was happening, but this is a clear and concise animation of the forces involved. I really hope to see this phenomenon one day.
How Auroras Work
Courtesy of Brain Pickings, here's a 4:49 video that clearly explains how auroras (both borealis and australis) occur. I knew vaguely what was happening, but this is a clear and concise animation of the forces involved. I really hope to see this phenomenon one day. Continue reading
Posted Sep 13, 2011 at Scottunder
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Dersu Uzala
Posted Sep 6, 2011 at Scottunder
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I didn't make these. The artist, Alan Wolfson, is named in the post. I have no connection with him beyond admiration.
Alan Wolfson's miniature urban sculptures
Alerted by a post on the always marvelous BLDGBLOG, I visited the website of Alan Wolfson. In about 1978, he began making miniature interiors, starting with a subway car interior and a seedy hotel room. This subject matter -- nighttime tableaux in decaying urban environments devoid of people -...
The Tiger
Posted Aug 15, 2011 at Scottunder
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John Hunter and World Peace
Posted Jul 31, 2011 at Scottunder
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Thanks for the comment! I have not even received another summons. (Of course, saying that will make one appear.)
My first jury
I served on my first jury ever this week. Selection took all day Monday, trial was most of Tuesday and Wednesday, and this morning was closing arguments and deliberation. It was a criminal case. I live about a mile from Richmond, CA, which has a pretty bad reputation in some neighborhoods, as y...
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