May 2012
15 posts
Deconstructing our future →
from Charlie’s Diary Here, by way of Bruce Sterling, is an absolutely vital rant for anyone with even the most remotely passing interest in transhumanism, extropianism, the radiant future, etc. etc.
Manages to sum up in a few paragraphs a large chunk of my thinking on the subject since I finished Accelerando and recovered from the dot-bust hangover. Sample:I have proposed that the...
The Meaning of Liff →
from juegosdeingenio.org The Meaning of Liff es un libro escrito por Douglas Adams —autor de, entre otras cosas, La guía del autoestopista galáctico— y John Lloyd; nos avisa Homero. Es un diccionario de experiencias, sensaciones, objetos y situaciones que todavía no tienen nombre; los autores se ocupan gentilmente de corregir esa falta. Todas las palabras son topónimos, por lo general británicos;...
Epic video of a Slinky on a treadmill →
from kottke.org I had no idea a Slinky’s adventures on a treadmill could be so dramatic or affecting. The stumble at ~1:43 is the most harrowing scene in film so far in 2012.
(via stellar) Tags: Slinky video
Skating with shadows →
from kottke.org I’ve seen skateboarding dogs, but I’ve never seen a skateboarding shadow before. The video feels like a dream sequence in a movie, a movie where some evil wizard turns the boys of Dogtown into shadows.
Tags: skating
Alien still hasn't listened to all of... →
from kottke.org Eighteen months on, the alien who discovered Voyager’s Golden Record still hasn’t gotten around to listening to the whole thing.
“The wind, rain, and surf sounds are pretty cool, but I usually sort of zone out when it gets to the crickets chirping, and then I just end up turning it off,” said Ellinger, adding that he will sometimes put the record on as...
How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet →
Flickr is still very valuable. It has a massive database of geotagged, Creative Commons- and Getty-licensed, subject-tagged photos. But sadly, Yahoo’s steady march of incompetence doesn’t bode well for making use of these valuable properties. If the Internet really were a series of tubes, Yahoo would be the leaking sewage pipe, covering everything it comes in contact with in...
El modelo de suscripción para la lectura de libros... →
from Actualidad Editorial La suscripción es un viejo modelo de negocio para la prensa escrita, pero es un nuevo modelo para la edición digital, a cuyas características se adapta a la perfección. La clave está en la oferta de títulos y en la […]
Desde este lugar perdido... →
from Otros Douglas Desde este lugar perdido, desde este rinconcito, yo veo hasta el fin del mundo, yo veo hasta el infinito.
El Ateneo, Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires by Bridges... →
from teaching literacy. El Ateneo, Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires by Bridges and Balloons
Light Hearted Kites →
from Colossal
There are two extronidarily beautiful things happening in this iPhone video by Patrick Colpron. The first is a spectacular six-sail kite designed and flown by Steve Polansky, and second is a heart-achingly wonderful song called Lighthouse by Patrick Watson. What a perfect moment in time, sort of an impromptu video poem.
Nikolaj Lund Reinvents Portraiture of Classical... →
from Colossal
If you had to think of a word to describe the portraits of classical musicians and their instruments, what would it be? The one I thought of is: extremely boring. OK that’s two words. But really, when is the last time you saw an exciting photograph of a trombonist? Award-winning photographer (and cellist!) Nikolaj Lund has clearly identified the problem and solved it. His...
We want buy your books! Internet Archive Letter... →
from Internet Archive Blogs Thank you for your willingness to invest in the future of publishing and readership. Libraries and publishers have a lot in common: we connect writers with readers which promotes literacy scholarship and citizenship.
We want to buy more digital books from you.
We currently buy, lend, and preserve eBooks from publishers and booksellers, but we have not found many...
LOS DESTACADOS DE ALIJA 2011 →
from alija El jurado designado por ALIJA acaba de difundir la lista de premiados, en la edición 2011 del premio Los Destacados de ALIJA
El jurado, multidisciplinario, representativo de diversos ámbitos del campo de la Literatura para niños y jóvenes, y proveniente de distintos puntos del país estuvo integrado por la escritora María Teresa Andruetto, el ilustrador Pablo Bernasconi, las...
I Will →
from Otros Douglas I Will - (Cover de una canción de Los Beatles) Douglas Wright Dos agradecimientos: A Eduardo Abel Gimenez y a Andrew Grant. Eduardo me consigió el programa para grabar estas canciones, y me enseñó a usarlo. También me asesoró en la compra del micrófono, la placa de sonido y otras cuestiones técnicas (y anda siempre sacándome de apuros con la computadora). Andrew grabó mis...
April 2012
32 posts
Complaints Choir: The World's Mundane Grievances... →
Dos reseñas cortitas →
from Donde viven los libros Historia del pajarito remendado Autor: Gustavo Roldán Ilustradora: María Wernicke Editorial: Edelvives Año: 2011 ISBN: 978-987-642-114-0 Cant. de páginas: 40 Este pajarito es muy conocido y lleva muchos años volando por nuestras vidas. En esta nueva edición en una nueva casa editorial estrena los dibujos de una de nuestras favoritas María Wernicke. Y con ropa nueva...
Why Break/Abandon DRM →
from Copyfight Yesterday, when I linked to Charles Stross’s later entry I should also have linked back to his earlier piece “What Amazon’s ebook strategy means”. This piece, published earlier this month, forthrightly declared that “DRM on ebooks is dead.”
Stross has been careful to state that he had no insider view that Tom Doherty Associates - the publishers...
Buenos Aires Revisited →
from Hojas sobre la almohada (Ilustración de Pablo Derka.) Es un viaje cerca pero se me hace interminable. La avenida cambia tres veces de nombre a lo largo de todo el recorrido. Y el colectivo la recorre casi íntegra, sin doblar por muchas cuadras. Unos pocos kilómetros más abajo está el río, que no se ve desde ningún lado, salvo que uno esté en un departamento muy alto o bien en el borde del...
“uno de los mantras más repetidos últimamente en la industria del libro: la...”
– Los agentes literarios españoles empiezan su reconversión, pero ¿en qué? « Actualidad Editorial
Gravity-Defying Land Art by Cornelia Konrads →
from Colossal
Passage (2007)
Passage (2007)
Passage (2007)
Piled Forest (2006)
The Gate (2004)
Pile of Wishes (2004)
Moment of Decision (2004)
Still Life with Tree (2008)
Le Mur (2006)
Le Mur (2006)
German artist Cornelia Konrads creates mind-bending site-specific installations in public spaces, sculpture parks and private gardens around the world. Her work is frequently...
More on DRM and ebooks - Charlie's Diary →
First, my conclusions:
1. The rapid current pace of change in the electronic publishing sector is driven by the consumer electronics and internet industry. It’s impossible to make long term publishing plans (3-10 years) without understanding these other industries and the priorities of their players. It is important to note that the CE industry relies on selling consumers new gadgets every...
The Living Word - NYTimes.com →
Recent work in philosophy, psychology and artificial intelligence has suggested an alternative picture that rejects the idea that languages are stable abstract objects that we learn and then use. According to the alternative “dynamic” picture, human languages are one-off things that we build “on the fly” on a conversation-by-conversation basis; we can call these one-off fleeting languages...
Pronunciación de Eduardo Abel Giménez: Cómo... →
Me impresionó encontrar esto.
‘Jetman’ Yvet Rossy Conquers the Sky Above the... →
from Colossal
In this unbelievable new video, Swiss pilot Yves Rossy (previously) is seen soaring above the Alps strapped to his one-of-a-kind jet-propelled wing craft. It’s incredible to me that after well over a century of manned flight, we continue to make technological advances like this. My son after seeing this: “Dad, next time is it our turn?” Rossy was filmed by aerial camera operator...
"I was just kidding" →
from Seth’s Blog
The haute couture designer who brings out a few designs that look like they came from a truck stop.
The fancy chef who sends out a chocolate-dipped Oreo as part of dessert.
The book designer who uses Comic Sans as the type on the cover of a prize-winning novel…
In each case, they can get away with it because we know they’re capable of so much more. In each...
El modelo de suscripción de ebooks, una... →
from Actualidad Editorial El modelo de negocio editorial basado en la suscripción para la lectura de libros digitales empieza a perfilarse como uno de los que se impondrán con más fuerza en el futuro. Incluso a pesar de que los primeros experimentos estén […]
La medida de la depresión →
from El espíritu de los cínicos
Cinco vocales →
from juegosdeingenio.org Durante el mes pasado, y como un pequeño experimento, a través de nuestra cuenta de Twitter compartimos algunas curiosidades relacionadas con las palabras panvocálicas, esas palabras que tienen las cinco vocales una vez y sin repetir.
Hay muchas además de murciélago. (¿De dónde vendrá esa sorprendente popularidad?) Una lista completísima se puede encontrar en el sitio...
ɹǝɔouoɔǝɹ →
from Microsiervos Errar es humano; reconocer es palíndromo.– @NicholasPoulsen (Vía RT de @NicolasaQM)
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El incómodo papel →
from Libro de Notas Artículos: Marcos Taracido
Tras un año sin leer libros en papel Javier Cuchí lo hace, y refleja el choque de civilizaciones en El incómodo papel.
«Acostumbrado a mi pequeño cacharrito de 5 pulgadas o, a lo sumo, a la tablet de 10, manejar ese mamotreto de cuatrocientas y pico páginas impreso en tipos bastante grandes, lo que da lugar a un volumen y peso considerables...
Rare photographs of the Titanic →
from kottke.org I was under the impression that not many photographs of the Titanic existed…especially those taken on the ship. But amateur photographer Francis Browne was aboard the Titanic from Southampton to Cobh, Ireland and captured many images of the ship’s interior, exterior, and voyage. The photos were widely known in the aftermath of the sinking but have been little seen since...
montt en dosis diarias - 2012-04-10 →
from alberto montt en dosis diarias
The Ethics of Social News Apps : CJR →
I don’t know about you but my Facebook feed has gotten creepy and cringeworthy these days, and it’s thanks to news organizations. Here’s a list of stories that have popped in my news feed in the last few days with my friends’ names and pictures attached and a message telling me they have read it:
The eyeballing game →
When you share with Facebook friends, you share... →
from Boing Boing Raganwald describes a Facebook privacy-leak that’s creepy even by Facebook standards. When you sign up for apps, the app-maker has the power to extract all your friends’ personal info, assuming they’ve shared it with you. So anything you share with your friends can be hoovered up by any app they trust. If you’d prefer not to do this, there is a setting...
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, 144 ft long. →
from MetaFilter To advertise the new “Touch Wood” mobile phone, Drill Inc. built a 144 foot xylophone in the middle of the forest, using only sustainably harvested wood. It plays a simple little song, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.
¡Internééééééééé! →
from Microsiervos Antes cuando había un apagón el drama era la calefacción, la nevera, la tele… Pero, cielo santo, sin luz no hay internet, ¡no hay internet!– @borjaventura
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Circo portátil de papel →
from Un perro azul Es un boceto. Tendría que conseguir una mejor cartulina y afinar algunas medidas. Además, hay más personajes en camino. Pero mientras tanto, los que están, acá los ven en fotos en su ambiente natural: El elefante acróbata. El zorrito en monociclo.El oso malabarista.Y el gato mago, con su conejo. :-) Pronto se vienen nuevos actos en este circo!
Philosophy Is Not a Science - NYTimes.com →
Wittgenstein showed that an ordinary word such as “game” is used consistently in myriad contrasting ways without possessing any essential unifying definition. Though this may seem impossible, the meaning of such terms is actually determined by their contextual usage. For when we look at faces within a nuclear family, we see resemblances from one to the next. Yet no single trait need be present in...
Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive... →
Via Kottke
Enseñanzas del Tetris →
from Denken Über
“If Tetris has taught me anything, it is that errors pile up and accomplishments disappear.”
— Charles Magnuson(@Magnuson) abril 5, 2012
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MapsTD = Tower Defense + Google Maps →
from MetaFilter Mix tower defense games and Google Maps and you get MapsTD.
March 2012
43 posts
Bienvenido Eduardo Abel Giménez →
from poesia en la escuela La sombra de la montañatiene rocas,precipicios,nieve,frío,y se mueve por la tierracomo la montañase mueve por el cielo. *** Mira por la ventanacomo cada día,por primera vez,toda la mañana,no más que un segundo,por curiosidad,para no mirarse,sin disimulo,para ver la llegada del otoño,la llegada de la noche,del día. Mira por la ventanaen momentos en que el rayo cae sobre...
Copyright is alive and well on the Internet →
from Boing Boing My latest Guardian column, “Copyright isn’t dead just because we’re not willing to let it regulate us,” makes the case that copyright hasn’t been killed by the Internet — it hasn’t even been threatened. Rather, the entertainment industry have made a nonsense of copyright by stubbornly (and ahistorically) insisting that this it concerns...
Generaciones →
from Daniel Paz blog