May 2009
86 posts
Failure is always an option.
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stevelambert
America Is F*cked…….(Graphically at least)
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Random Walk →
WHAT DOES RANDOMNESS LOOK LIKE? RANDOM WALK asks this question and presents experiments in mathematics and physics, showing the mysterious interaction of chaos and order in randomness.
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Harlan Ellison: Dreams with Sharp Teeth →
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Larry King, original gangster. →
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Spenser and the Tradition →
6000 poems, 25,000 records, compiled over 17 years by a Virginia Tech professor.
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The Human Fly →
“‘Is George sane? Is he doing this for any political purposes? Is he going to wave signs or something? Is he doing it for a commercial reason?’ I told them he was doing it for his own satisfaction, no other reason, and that he was as sane as I was, which I think confused them.”
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The Saatchi Showdown →
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The Boston Molasses Disaster →
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The Benefits of Distraction →
“It’s possible that we’re all evolving toward a new techno-cognitive nomadism, a rapidly shifting environment in which restlessness will be an advantage again.”
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There is a Criminal Touch to Art →
In 1976, the performance artist Ulay stole a painting from the Nationalgalerie in Berlin and hung it in the home of a Turkish “guest worker,” ending in his arrest. [ via ]
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Public credit for the public good
“The notion of transactional credit as a state-provided public good is speculative. Maybe it’s a terrible idea.”
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Or a brilliant one. Steve Waldman discusses “transaction” versus “revolving” credit, and imagines an idea so simple and so radical that it just might work.
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How a little old lady spent 23 years... →
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Omniglot puzzles →
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Wu Ming Foundation →
In 1994, hundreds of European artists, activists and pranksters adopted and shared the same identity. They all called themselves Luther Blissett and started to raise hell in the cultural industry. It was a five year plan.
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Rethink Afghanistan →
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Kathleen Supové : ROULETTE TV →
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John Cage, for 639 years. →
Since September 5, 2000, the slowest and longest concert that the world has ever heard has been playing: ORGAN2/ASLSP As Slow aS Possible will be performed for 639 years in the church of St. Burchardi in Halberstadt.
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Sinister End-of-the-World Home Run →
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Redesign Your Street →
“We can make our streets better, and the first step is imagining the solutions.”
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BEHEMOTH →
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Panic Movement →
One four-hour performance known as Sacramental Melodrama… starred Jodorowsky dressed in motorcyclist leather and featured him slitting the throats of two geese, taping two snakes to his chest and having himself stripped and whipped. Other scenes included a staged murder of a rabbi, a crucified chicken, a giant vagina giving birth to Jodorowsky, naked women covered in honey and the...
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Archigram →
The Brazen Android →
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Acrobatic goose →
The incredible display of mid-flight acrobatics is also a remarkable feat of wildlife photography.
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After his moment of illumination García Márquez came more and more to look for...
– a review of
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The House of Memory →
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The Biohacking Hobbyist →
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Aesthletics →
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Time, and how to stop it. →
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Perpetual Motions →
For emerging filmmakers to make short calling-card films and for more experienced creators to explore the limits of animation on the web.
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Endless Column
Brancusi in Camouflage (Endless Column) by Cristian Alexa, 1996
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Disappearing sea →
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27hr Solo Concert →
Watch Live | Interview
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BLOG-A-LUJAH! →
REV. BILLY FOR MAYOR OF NYC