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• Bookmark Algorithm beats jigsaw-solving record

  We have met our match at the genteel pastime of jigsaw puzzles. It seems an algorithm can now whiz through 10,000 pieces in 24 hours. The speedy solver could also help…

  June 27 2012, 3:29pm | Comments

• Bookmark Acclaimed artists commemorate the 25-year anniversary of the GIF

  From the oogachaka baby to Nyan Cat, the graphics interchange format, better known as the GIF, has come a long way since the days of floppy discs. The modern-day GIF was…

  June 27 2012, 3:28pm | Comments

• Bookmark The Meaning of the Word "Parrhesia"

  The word "parrhesia" appears for the first time in Greek literature in Euripides [c.484-407 BC], and occurs throughout the ancient Greek world of letters from the end of the Fifth Century…

  June 27 2012, 3:26pm | Comments

• Bookmark Please RT

  "The Rise of the Tweet takes place amid an internet-induced cheapening of language, in both good & bad senses" It’s possible to have a clear attitude toward Twitter if you’re not…

  June 27 2012, 3:25pm | Comments

• Bookmark Paradigms Regained

  The following is an excerpt from Ian Hacking's introduction to the new edition of Thomas S. Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which commemorates the book's 50th anniversary. To be published…

  June 27 2012, 3:22pm | Comments

• Bookmark Computing Texas Hold 'em

  About five years ago, Rubin’s father mentioned that Avi’s younger brother, Yaacov, had been winning money playing poker online. Soon after, Avi suggested to Yaacov that they play sometime. “He kind…

  June 27 2012, 3:21pm | Comments

• Bookmark Why Aren't We Reading Turing?

  It's a testament to Turing's fascination with nearly everything that 76 years since his first major paper, there's still so much to write about his work. Expect this week to offer…

  June 27 2012, 3:20pm | Comments

• Tumblr Curating underscored/corrected/erased

  June 27 2012, 7:13am | Comments

• Vimeo

  June 27 2012, 3:58am | Comments

• Twitter

  Objects don't forget / Don't forget objects

  June 26 2012, 12:09pm | Comments

• Twitter

  Claude Elwood Shannon's addition of a twenty-seventh letter to the alphabet

  June 25 2012, 8:33am | Comments

• Tumblr Animation of first 200 steps of Langton’s ant

  June 25 2012, 4:41am | Comments

• Twitter

  Following this suggestion we only permit digital computers to take part in our game.

  June 25 2012, 4:10am | Comments

• Instagram It's curtains for you

  June 19 2012, 2:41pm | Comments

• foursquare checkin @ Institute of Contemporary Arts - Bruce Nauman's 'Days'

  June 19 2012, 8:54am | Comments

• Instagram Bruce Nauman, Days @ The ICA

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• Twitter

  iTunes 10.1.1 (feat. Unsigned 8 bit 22050hz Little Endian)

  June 18 2012, 7:04am | Comments

• Twitter

  hulking preposterous conjuror

  June 17 2012, 2:18pm | Comments

• Twitter

  Snake-oil for the ghost in the machine

  June 17 2012, 1:35am | Comments

• YouTube

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• YouTube

  June 15 2012, 5:54pm | Comments

• Tumblr Bag

  June 15 2012, 2:59pm | Comments

• Twitter

  "Let's take an example..." #ZizekAtNight

  June 15 2012, 12:52pm | Comments

• Instagram My view of Zizek @cafeoto #ZizekAtNight

  June 15 2012, 12:48pm | Comments

• Tumblr Happy 25th Birthday to the GIF!

  June 15 2012, 7:02am | Comments

• Bookmark Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About

  Prometheus contains such a huge amount of mythic resonance that it effectively obscures a more conventional plot. I'd like to draw your attention to the use of motifs and callbacks in…

  June 15 2012, 5:29am | Comments

• Bookmark How Going Viral Has Changed Art

  In a time when likes, reblogs, and favorites determine what gets seen and what doesn’t, all cultural products, movies, music, writing, and visual art alike, exist in an economy of attention.…

  June 15 2012, 5:27am | Comments

• Bookmark After the Last Man: Images and Ethics of Becoming Otherwise

  Huddled within one of the most influential theories of human desire and the destiny of democracy is an image of history and its future. This image is of a horizon. In…

  June 15 2012, 5:25am | Comments

• Bookmark War and Peace ebook readers find a surprise in its Nooks

  A few days ago a blogger who identifies himself as just "Philip" took to his site to recount his experience of reading War and Peace – specifically, a 99¢ version as…

  June 15 2012, 5:23am | Comments

• Bookmark On the Natural History of Surveillance

  Upon hearing the phrase, we may not know exactly what a “cephalic sniffer” is, nor whether it is a real piece of technology. However, as to what such a nefarious device…

  June 15 2012, 5:21am | Comments

• Bookmark Evolution, Entropy, and Information

  There are really two points. The first is a bit of technical background you can ignore if you like, and skip to the next paragraph. It’s the idea of “relative entropy”…

  June 15 2012, 5:19am | Comments

• Bookmark Pirate Radical Philosophy

  Much has been written about the ‘crisis of capitalism’ and the associated events known, for short, as the ‘Arab Spring’, ‘student protests’, ‘Occupy’ and ‘August riots’. Yet to what extent does…

  June 15 2012, 5:17am | Comments

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• Bookmark Algorithm beats jigsaw-solving record

  We have met our match at the genteel pastime of jigsaw puzzles. It seems an algorithm can now whiz through 10,000 pieces in 24 hours. The speedy solver could also help…

  June 27 2012, 3:29pm | Comments

• Bookmark Acclaimed artists commemorate the 25-year anniversary of the GIF

  From the oogachaka baby to Nyan Cat, the graphics interchange format, better known as the GIF, has come a long way since the days of floppy discs. The modern-day GIF was…

  June 27 2012, 3:28pm | Comments

• Bookmark The Meaning of the Word "Parrhesia"

  The word "parrhesia" appears for the first time in Greek literature in Euripides [c.484-407 BC], and occurs throughout the ancient Greek world of letters from the end of the Fifth Century…

  June 27 2012, 3:26pm | Comments

• Bookmark Please RT

  "The Rise of the Tweet takes place amid an internet-induced cheapening of language, in both good & bad senses" It’s possible to have a clear attitude toward Twitter if you’re not…

  June 27 2012, 3:25pm | Comments

• Bookmark Paradigms Regained

  The following is an excerpt from Ian Hacking's introduction to the new edition of Thomas S. Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which commemorates the book's 50th anniversary. To be published…

  June 27 2012, 3:22pm | Comments

• Bookmark Computing Texas Hold 'em

  About five years ago, Rubin’s father mentioned that Avi’s younger brother, Yaacov, had been winning money playing poker online. Soon after, Avi suggested to Yaacov that they play sometime. “He kind…

  June 27 2012, 3:21pm | Comments

• Bookmark Why Aren't We Reading Turing?

  It's a testament to Turing's fascination with nearly everything that 76 years since his first major paper, there's still so much to write about his work. Expect this week to offer…

  June 27 2012, 3:20pm | Comments

• Tumblr Curating underscored/corrected/erased

  June 27 2012, 7:13am | Comments

• Vimeo

  June 27 2012, 3:58am | Comments

• Twitter

  Objects don't forget / Don't forget objects

  June 26 2012, 12:09pm | Comments

• Twitter

  Claude Elwood Shannon's addition of a twenty-seventh letter to the alphabet

  June 25 2012, 8:33am | Comments

• Tumblr Animation of first 200 steps of Langton’s ant

  June 25 2012, 4:41am | Comments

• Twitter

  Following this suggestion we only permit digital computers to take part in our game.

  June 25 2012, 4:10am | Comments

• Instagram It's curtains for you

  June 19 2012, 2:41pm | Comments

• foursquare checkin @ Institute of Contemporary Arts - Bruce Nauman's 'Days'

  June 19 2012, 8:54am | Comments

• Instagram Bruce Nauman, Days @ The ICA

  June 19 2012, 8:50am | Comments

• Twitter

  iTunes 10.1.1 (feat. Unsigned 8 bit 22050hz Little Endian)

  June 18 2012, 7:04am | Comments

• Twitter

  hulking preposterous conjuror

  June 17 2012, 2:18pm | Comments

• Twitter

  Snake-oil for the ghost in the machine

  June 17 2012, 1:35am | Comments

• YouTube

  June 16 2012, 4:08am | Comments

• YouTube

  June 15 2012, 5:54pm | Comments

• Tumblr Bag

  June 15 2012, 2:59pm | Comments

• Twitter

  "Let's take an example..." #ZizekAtNight

  June 15 2012, 12:52pm | Comments

• Instagram My view of Zizek @cafeoto #ZizekAtNight

  June 15 2012, 12:48pm | Comments

• Tumblr Happy 25th Birthday to the GIF!

  June 15 2012, 7:02am | Comments

• Bookmark Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About

  Prometheus contains such a huge amount of mythic resonance that it effectively obscures a more conventional plot. I'd like to draw your attention to the use of motifs and callbacks in…

  June 15 2012, 5:29am | Comments

• Bookmark How Going Viral Has Changed Art

  In a time when likes, reblogs, and favorites determine what gets seen and what doesn’t, all cultural products, movies, music, writing, and visual art alike, exist in an economy of attention.…

  June 15 2012, 5:27am | Comments

• Bookmark After the Last Man: Images and Ethics of Becoming Otherwise

  Huddled within one of the most influential theories of human desire and the destiny of democracy is an image of history and its future. This image is of a horizon. In…

  June 15 2012, 5:25am | Comments

• Bookmark War and Peace ebook readers find a surprise in its Nooks

  A few days ago a blogger who identifies himself as just "Philip" took to his site to recount his experience of reading War and Peace – specifically, a 99¢ version as…

  June 15 2012, 5:23am | Comments

• Bookmark On the Natural History of Surveillance

  Upon hearing the phrase, we may not know exactly what a “cephalic sniffer” is, nor whether it is a real piece of technology. However, as to what such a nefarious device…

  June 15 2012, 5:21am | Comments

• Bookmark Evolution, Entropy, and Information

  There are really two points. The first is a bit of technical background you can ignore if you like, and skip to the next paragraph. It’s the idea of “relative entropy”…

  June 15 2012, 5:19am | Comments

• Bookmark Pirate Radical Philosophy

  Much has been written about the ‘crisis of capitalism’ and the associated events known, for short, as the ‘Arab Spring’, ‘student protests’, ‘Occupy’ and ‘August riots’. Yet to what extent does…

  June 15 2012, 5:17am | Comments

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