a faded alphabet

by the light of the moon

2010-11-10T00:04:00.000-08:00

with spotify, imogen cooperhttp://open.spotify.com/track/4xnWalWWcFFUjjYRQU2A4I

Autopsicografia

2010-06-18T08:24:00.000-07:00

13 translations of one poem, a beginning:The poet is a fakerWho's so good at his actHe even fakes the painOf pain he feels in fact.And a middle:And those who read his criesFeel in the paper tearsNot two aches that are hisBut one that is not theirs. And an end:And so around its trackagethe little clockwork trainwe call the heart, goes spinningto entertain the brain. http://www.disquiet.com/

Living at war

2010-05-31T07:24:00.000-07:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sjdmt/Storyville_20092010_Killer_Image_Shooting_Robert_King/

Knitting + Geometry = Coral Reefs

2010-05-24T05:19:00.000-07:00

'...Through Margaret’s work as a science writer she discovered Dr Daina Taimina, a mathematician who in 1997 figured out how to make models of hyperbolic geometry using crochet. This is the geometry realized in the anatomies of many reef organisms including many species of corals, kelps, sponges, and sea slugs...After exploring the geometry of these forms, Margaret and Christine came to

If cfcs hadn't been banned

2010-04-23T08:52:00.000-07:00

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=38685

Herzog's Language Skills

2010-04-22T03:51:00.000-07:00

'that was very unpleasant because they were all drunk'

Gravit - e

2010-04-15T06:49:00.000-07:00

Gravité from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo.table tennis ball = perfect snare

Charles Moore

2010-03-25T07:24:00.000-07:00

Presidents in their own words

2010-02-23T05:29:00.000-08:00

On the back of the excellent Storyville: 'The most Dangerous man in America'.http://www.whitehousetapes.net/

Impactist

2010-01-28T05:24:00.001-08:00

OYFMW Promo "Open Your Face and Make Words" from impactist on Vimeo.http://www.impactist.com/

Recognising laughter

2010-01-27T07:35:00.000-08:00

'Researchers found sounds indicating negative emotions were widely understood by both groups but positive emotions were mainly culture-specific. Dr Disa Sauter from University College London travelled into remote northern Namibia to find members of the semi-nomadic Himba people to take part.The so called "basic" emotions of anger, sadness, fear, disgust and surprise were most

Extra Long-distance

2010-01-22T06:53:00.000-08:00

Revolver

2010-01-22T02:46:00.000-08:00

Beatles revolver album graphicised. The different strands represent different keys and the colours stand for major, minor or diatonic.http://www.chartingthebeatles.com/http://www.flickr.com/groups/chartingthebeatles

Earthling

2010-01-17T11:33:00.000-08:00

2010-01-15T04:13:00.000-08:00

'This month we cut to the chase with the telescoped narratives known as flash fiction. Here flash translates to both speed and illumination, as writers focus on the telling moment. The form’s popularity in Latin America is represented with work from Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, complemented by snapshots from around the world. Fantastic or realistic, grounded or airborne, these short takes

Kubolor's tips

2009-12-02T04:14:00.000-08:00

How to write about Africa - 'Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel Prize. An AK-47, prominent ribs, naked breasts: use these. If you must include an African, make sure you get one in Masai or Zulu or Dogon dress.In your text, treat Africa as if it were one country. It is hot and dusty with rolling grasslands and

2009-11-20T06:04:00.000-08:00

Jim Goldberg - Open See @ Photographers' Gallery, London.http://www.photonet.org.uk/index.php?pxid=956

2008-05-25T13:34:00.000-07:00

C. P. Cavafy - long time resident of Alexandria.from Waiting for the Barbarians:'Why should this uneasiness begin all of a sudden,And confusion. How serious people's faces have become.Why are all the streets and squares emptying so quickly,And everybody turning home again so full of thought? Because night has fallen and the Barbarians have not come. And some people have arrived from the

2008-03-02T16:04:00.000-08:00