Fits and Spurts

"Here it is: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to..."

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:59:21 -0500

“Here it is: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.”

- Six Principles for Making New Things - from svn

Antique R2D2

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:18:12 -0500

Antique R2D2:

From Daniel Burka

Drains of Canada - Michael Cook

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:45:46 -0400

Drains of Canada - Michael Cook:

Wow, some pretty interesting photography.

How To Blow Your Mind: The 10th Dimension

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:02:32 -0400

How To Blow Your Mind: The 10th Dimension

New Pornographers My Slow Descent Into Alcoholism - thx to...

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:08:10 -0400

New Pornographers My Slow Descent Into Alcoholism - thx to Daniel Burka for the awesome video, one of my favourite bands, and the guys from FUBAR!!!

mac or pc - computa flava

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:41:39 -0400

mac or pc - computa flava

Sculpting in Time

Thu, 24 May 2007 05:45:01 -0400

Sculpting in Time

Visualizing statistics

Tue, 15 May 2007 11:11:59 -0400

Visualizing statistics:

This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 426,000 cell phones retired every day. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. My only caveat about this series is that the prints must be seen in person to be experienced the way they are intended. As with any large artwork, their scale carries a vital part of their substance which is lost in these little web images. Hopefully the JPEGs displayed here might be enough to arouse your curiosity to attend an exhibition, or to arrange one if you are in a position to do so. The series is still in its early stages, and new images will be

Choices

Thu, 10 May 2007 22:38:26 -0400

We’re facing choices all the time, which direction do you choose?

L.A.S.E.R. Tag

Wed, 09 May 2007 23:46:49 -0400

L.A.S.E.R. Tag

Flight Patterns Visualized

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:05:55 -0400

Flight Patterns Visualized:

Via svn as usual, how do those guys do it ;-)

"Please make fun of the boss! :-)"

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:32:36 -0400

“Please make fun of the boss! :-)”

- Robby on Rails

"Please give my best to Angela and all the guys downstairs."

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:16:21 -0400

“Please give my best to Angela and all the guys downstairs.”

- _why

"a pilot locked himself in the plane’s bathroom while screaming obscenities as passengers..."

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:18:48 -0400

“a pilot locked himself in the plane’s bathroom while screaming obscenities as passengers boarded”

- via

"I still don’t know exactly what “Ruby on Rails” is? Some guy tried to sell me some last night, said..."

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:09:28 -0400

“I still don’t know exactly what “Ruby on Rails” is? Some guy tried to sell me some last night, said it would get me “high as a mother fucker”. I’m not wearing pants.”

- A comment by Fred

Extreme cloud photos

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:49:38 -0400

Extreme cloud photos

"If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the..."

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:53:33 -0400

“If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind.”

- Johannes Brahms - via washingtonpost.com via svn

Using mod_ssl on Mac OS X

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:09:56 -0400

Using mod_ssl on Mac OS X:

Useful to know for testing

James Nachtwey

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:39:20 -0400

James Nachtwey:

Some “war porn” stuff, suitable to the class Margot is taking right now. Beautiful yet horrific (in some cases) photographs.

RSpec and Behavior-Driven Development

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:37:41 -0400

RSpec and Behavior-Driven Development:

A little dated, but still useful, especially the later stuff when they get into rspec