Monocopters are just as brilliant as they sound. An argument for the “switch” statement being the highest level of C. “The switch statement is the only part of the language where you specify anintent, and the choice of how to make that a reality is not only out of your hands, but the resulting code can vary […]
Monthly archives: April 2013
Critical Engineering, Tarik and Marek, Duration and Upstream Color (sic) on VHX
Below I repost the Critical Engineering manifesto in full: The Critical Engineering Working Group Julian Oliver Berlin, October 2011 Gordan Savičić Danja Vasiliev THE CRITICAL ENGINEERING MANIFESTO 0. The Critical Engineer considers Engineering to be the most transformative language of our time, shaping the way we move, communicate and think. It is the work of […]
Oblong & Art+Com releasing code, Squama: Modular Visibility
Last week I met with my old friend from CRD days at the RCA, Jussi Ängeslevä. Jussi has been working for Art+Com for a few years now, and he drew my attention to two open source software projects that have emerged from A+C in recent years – Y60 and Creative Computing. Kate Hollenbach of Oblong recently announced the release […]
Understanding git, the truth behind the Harlem Shake, the ratio of Seed to Leech and Bitcoin Mining as an Environmental Disaster
@pornelski 25/03/2013 14:10 “They say git gets easier once you get the basic idea that branches are homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds of a Hilbert space.” What a lovely description for Git! It also led me down a rabbit hole of definitions. @memotv 29/03/2013 16:11Truth behind the harlem shake, an internet meme created by marketers. bit.ly/14BxDwa Memo tweeted recently […]
s[edition] Hacking, The Media Space at the Science Museum, Soundcloud DJ and Stanford Cooling
We at Hellicar&Lewis have been speaking to Sedition about making some films for their digital art platform. I wonder what happens when hackers break into their back end? Would the collectors be mad? I remember the first time that I saw a .torrent file for Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle and thought about how those limited […]
Meme Blocking, Mass Action, Mogees and Fantastical
Meme blocking is when a Meme blocks a genuine piece of information from spreading. This all came from my flatmate Pete’s story of a cat breeder friend on the edge of Bodmin Moor – after all the “Bodmin Beast” sightings, they saw all their genuine Google traffic disappear. Mass action is something that has been […]
Kinectic Sculpture Racing, Bicycles for the Mind and Cryptologs
A kinetic sculpture race is an organized contest of human-powered amphibious all-terrain works of art. The original and longest race is held annually since 1969 in Humboldt County in far northern California. Participants compete for three days over 42 miles of land, water, sand, and mud. Other races are held annually in locations throughout the […]
Bubble Machines, a better Blog Engine, Abrash on VR/AR Challenges and Negative Feedback
A terrifying and infuriating piece from 2009 on Goldman Sachs and the Great American Bubble Machine. Morally, how can these people do this? You don’t get any prizes for being the richest person in the graveyard. Is the corporation a highly efficient guilt assuager? Steve Yegge complained way back in 2006 about how terrible Blogging software is. […]
Low light, Everything is automatically tracked, Justin Bieber and the Dream Machine
All I want from a digital camera these days is low light performance. I hate flash. It looks like Canon is first in line to make what I want. Perfect for photographing parties and galaxies alike. Russell Davies recently posted about BAE’s surveillance camera, the ARGUS-IS. What a system! Made up of four lenses and 368 […]