Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, once said, “God is dead,” and he was not excited. He didn’t mean literally, of course. He had no divine insight. It was merely a cultural observation. Our world no longer accepted/accepts the wholesale conception … Continue reading
In general, the user need not be aware of how data are encoded and structured inside the application. Indeed, the very purpose of a good application is to shield the user from the ugly technical details. While it is conceivable … Continue reading
Time for some mood music. So, there is this thing called the uncanny valley. It is the eerie phenomenon that occurs when robots become very close to their human counterparts (but are not indistinguishable). Wired magazine is where I first … Continue reading
This weekend Radiolab rebroadcast their episode on emergence. play this while you continue through the post emergent, adj. and n. Rising out of a surrounding medium, e.g. water. That is in process of issuing forth. Science. That emerges unpredictably as … Continue reading
This all began last year in a class called What Makes a Classic taught by the wonderful Dr. Britt. We were working through a list of works that were “classic” or were about what makes something a “classic”. I was particularly concerned with the … Continue reading
I have a love/hate relationship with upgrading. I love the new things it enables me to do/experience but I hate the actual process of doing it. Upgrading computers is expensive and largely a hassle. When I get a new phone … Continue reading
I felt it was in the spirit of Time Frames to create some time frames of my own. I hope you enjoy the recursion.
What does it mean to know your meme? The first criterion is that characters be “good”. Using the Aristotelian definition of “virtue”, good characters are those who successfully fulfill their function – that is, those who successfully formulate thought into … Continue reading
What do Anonymous and hip-hop culture have in common? The (in)famous hacktivist group Anonymous was born on 4chan and has claimed Guy Fawkes as its figurehead. It is a global collective which has no mission, no allegiance, and holds no punches. The whole idea … Continue reading
It occurred to me today that Mary Poppins bag is the ultimate metaphor for our personal computers, containing within them everything we may need. I finally was able to put this gif together after a prolonged struggle with youtube downloading … Continue reading