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Since the *winter holidays here in Los Angeles, which is a strange thing for an East Coast boy, especially as I hear reports of epic dumps of man-killing snow in New York City, my favorite photography spot has been the … Continue reading
Opening credits, which encompasses also the early moments of the first scene of Brainstorm Well, this is one popped into my head the other day, but not for the reasons I’ll mention in this post — I’ll save the initial motivation … Continue reading
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Well, another week, another set of tardy week notes..it only seems like sheer anxiety about not being diligent propels me and that only when the subsequent week begins. Onward. It was a week of production of things related to project … Continue reading
Continuing the RoboCop theme — truly a prescient gem, this one. It’s got two things going on. One: a failure of technological hubris. Two: demo…and die, a quiet nod to the insane inane practice spawned by the Media Lab to … Continue reading
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Well, this is getting preposterous, but I’ll keep plugging on in the hope that my weeknotes will be done, at the least, during the week they purport to cover. Onward. A stand-out last week was a second Skype by Southwest … Continue reading
An update to the Design Fiction Chronicles. This one will be familiar to most science-fiction film fans out there — RoboCop being assembled and tested in the lab. The curious point-of-view shot — allowing us to see the various moments … Continue reading
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Looking back on the calendar to see what notes I have from the week ending last week and poking through the notesbook, the thing that stands out is an engaging discussion with Kurt that, as it turns out, was about … Continue reading
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A Wii Mote and a Wii ‘KLIK-on’ Candy Dispenser which uses the ‘B’ trigger control to dispense little candy pills. Something Tom Clancy — the guy who writes worlds he wishes he inhabited, which is always a good motivation for … Continue reading
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With regrets to Aaron for the blurry, noisy photo of himself..Taken in Montreal Canada at Design Engaged 2008. For no particular reason — perhaps a salute to Nicolas who will be presenting his work on design for failure at IxDA … Continue reading
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Rules, instructions, parameters? Embedded inscriptions of some nature, found on a wall in Sayulita Mexico. Well, maybe weeknotes are from the *week ending* but posted at the *week commencing*. One advantage of being one’s own blog boss, I suppose. It … Continue reading