February 2009
16 posts
Exploring Logo Designs with Mathematica →
Describe a logo with an equation, then start tweaking the parameters. Lovely results.
WatchToo Close for Comfort at Pacaya
"Peripetics" - stunning, weird, lovely CGI video →
This is beautiful and a bit terrifying.
The Sears Tower considers a silver skin to save... →
Sorry Chicagoans - I think this silly idea could actually look good. Maybe Christo could just wrap it in Mylar, instead?
WatchGuatemalan Highway
Bridge destroyed by earthquake? No problem, just... →
Fantastic!
This is what I miss about Hong Kong →
February 20, 2009: Tolstoy on Idleness →
A secret voice tells us that we should feel guilty for being idle. If man could find a condition in which, while idle, he felt that he was being useful and was fulfilling his duty, he would have…
WatchPanajachel Zipline
CYBORG BUGS : Enter the new evolution of warfare →
Yes, they’re silly, and yes, I love them. It’s the fourteen-year-old in me, I guess.
La Princesse in Liverpool - The Big Picture -... →
“As part of Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year, the French group La Machine were commissioned to create a large piece of street theatre, on the scale of their earlier work, the Sultan’s Elephant….
February 7, 2009: Tolstoy on the Truth →
“He could not simply tell them that they all set off at a trot, he fell off his horse, dislocated his arm, and ran to the woods as fast as he could to escape a Frenchman. Besides, in order to tell…
WatchJust wondering how the embedded map system holds up.
The UCSD bus system has an awesome live-tracking website. It’s powered by a couple of smart dudes at Syncromatics.
