January 2010
8 posts
Xenakis: Past, Present and Future
Xenakis Past, Present, and Future: A three day lecture and concert event at the rooklyn Experimental Media Center of NYU Polytechnic (BXMC). From the website:
Welcome to the first public event in which the newly founded Xenakis Project of the Americas (XPA) is involved. It is an honor and a pleasure to share the exciting activities of the next three days, featuring Iannis Xenakis: Past, Present,...
Hz . Festival — Athens →
“Dedicated to cutting edge music of thrilling complexity, Hz creates links between the Greek experimental music scene and acclaimed sound artists from around the world”
Eliane Radigue, Fennesz, Novi_sad, Thepersonwhodidthis.
19-20 February, 2010
Leonel Moura: Symbiotic Art Manifesto →
A somewhat extreme manifesto for my tastes, but interesting examples. Leonel Moura is also principal, author of a book: Leonel Moura and Henrique Garcia Pereira: Man + Robots : Symbiotic Art. Leonel Moura.
http://www.amazon.fr/dp/2905985674
IZ Wed, January 20 ‘10, 05:46 PM
re: religion and technology →
A blog and website about religion and technology.
IZ Sun, January 17 ‘10, 01:46 PM
NYC Resistor » Electronics, Hacking, Classes, and... →
NYC Resistor is a hacker collective with a shared space located in downtown Brooklyn. We meet regularly to share knowledge, hack on projects together, and build community.
They also built the cheapest Arduino board ever:
http://www.nycresistor.com/2007/10/16/cheapest-arduino-ever/
IZ Thu, January 14 ‘10, 10:55 PM
Greek "maths" comic is surprise international... →
Mathematics theory hardly sounds like comic book material, but a pioneering Greek graphic novel on maths in early 20th century Europe has become an unlikely hit, grabbing bestseller spots on online bookshop Amazon. “Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth” tracks the battle of mathematical minds — often against madness — before the invention of the computer. The narrator and...
Million Book Project →
From the introductory summary at en.wikipedia.org:
The Million Book Project (or the Universal Library), is a book digitization project, led by Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science and University Libraries.[1] Working with government and research partners in India and China, the project is scanning books in many languages, using OCR to enable full text searching, and providing...
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The Essential Guide to Processing for Flash... →
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