March 2008
24 posts
February 2008
48 posts
Business Week :: Gore, Geldof, Venter...And This... →
Al Gore will be there. Sir Bob Geldof is on the bill. So is Craig Venter, the genomic pioneer. As scores of global glitterati gather in Monterey, Calif., on Feb. 27 at the technology, entertainment, and design conference known as TED, they’ll be joined by a 21-year-old who wears low-slung pants and an oversize coat. That would be Ben Kaufman, CEO of a Burlington (Vt.) software startup...
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Design and the Elastic Mind →
February 24–May 12, 2008 The exhibition will highlight examples of successful translation of disruptive innovation, examples based on ongoing research, as well as reflections on the future responsibilities of design. Of particular interest will be the exploration of the relationship between design and science and the approach to scale.
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BRAINWAVE: Common Senses →
February 16- April 19, 2008 These works create an alternate discourse between art and science, encouraging the viewer to consider the brain not only as the center of human activity but as a site for interpretation. This exhibition presents the brain as a site for scientific and philosophical debates, for examining our relationship to the world – and for questioning our common sense.
Kluster: Crowdsourcing Design to Get Stuff Done →
Crowdsourcing works great for information — check out a little site called Wikipedia to see it in action — but the concept hasn’t jumped to business with much aplomb, just yet. That’s something that the guys at Kluster are betting on changing, with their freshly-launched beta site that will get its first serious workout next week at TED.
First Look: Kluster’s Market Approach to... →
From small beginnings come great things. Kluster, which is supposed to launch later today in a public beta and will be used by attendees at next week’s TED conference, is designed so that companies can offer cash rewards for each phase of a project. Participants who back the winning idea get to share the reward. Projects can range from creating logos and marketing campaigns to designing a...
Share ko lang 'coz I am sooo STOKED you don't even... →
May the dreams of your past be the reality of the future.After quitting my second job @ H&M…I found myself being bored out of my mind, and in bed by 8:30…drinking beer…or wine…or lounging in the tub with the scent of lavender accosting my sensories. So today…I made a list of things i wanted to do…surfing, wall climbing, tennis, kayaking, and soccer. Surfing...
Mad Engineering: A Battery Made by Bioengineered... →
“Let’s see what we can get biology to do for us,” she said. “It’s just a matter of giving biology new opportunities, new materials to work with.”
“Fatigue is the best pillow.”
– ~ Ben Franklin
Space Porn: Airbrushed Space Pics Are Abstract Art →
“… the data from which these images are created are not visual but numerical, and that you and I could never “see” the Cat’s Eye Nebula the way its photo shows it, even if a rocket could somehow propel us to its near neighborhood some 3,000 light-years away. Why? Because the radiation emitted by the nebula and given visual expression in the photographic print is...
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kluster FCK →
This is how I spent my weekend before we bought drinks for half of Burlington on Friday and Saturday night. Front page of the Burlington Free Press today too. Ben got a bigger picture than Kanye from the Grammy’s. Totally rad. It’s fun to be a part of *something*.
“Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without.”
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in search of answers
I found this gem on an IRC archive as I was googling for some help with ruby.
dormando: tinyurl's too far away
blink: so's your mom, but i still hit it whan i can.
teferi: ooooh. blink++
dormando: Thanks, you do her a great favor!
Cuz even my dad won't hit that fat shit anymore
action: LoganCapaldo weeps for humanity
“The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it...”
– William Shakespeare
bloggity goodness
It’s exactly what you haven’t been waiting for, the innards of my over-caffeinated mind spilling out onto the internets for all to consume, digest, discuss, and ultimately ignore. I’m hoping that what you will find here will be both profound and profane, but as reality often tends to reveal itself when least expected, mundanity will likely prevail. So sit back, relax, and...