Graffiti, Animation, Art? – I’m confused and very excited.
My recent crude espousal of stop-motion animation with my own toolbox led me to discovering a wonderful artist working in Argentina: Blu. His work appears to…
Read articleBacon, Fish, Arts vs Science, and Dawkins.
This is interesting, if not a bit alarming. Essentially, this story follows a trail of individuals that even Kevin Bacon would be proud of. The cast…
Read articleSuper-branding Hits Academia
Music Appreciation, now with an Apple iPod! Honors Geometry, now with a Rubik’s Cube! Film Appreciation, now with an Apple iPod! General Metabolism, now with Power…
Read articleThe Mythology – and Potential – of the Public Intellectual. Learning from Rachel Carson
“It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks…the public must decide whether it wishes to continue on the present road, and it…
Read articleIdeologies of Oppression and Freedom
A new era has begun. This seems apparent at least. And what characterizes it most of all perhaps is a prevailing fear of extinction. Revolutions have…
Read articleSampling from the Bag of Google
Enough of the serious, and onto the unserious – the internet, and stuff: Popularity of net-speak: lol wins! wtf and omg come in at a close…
Read articleIs Online Participatory Culture Doing Away With Experts?
[source] Expert: A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully Adept: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude An expert is someone widely…
Read articleWishes. Do you have one?
A couple weeks ago, I ran a few lab exercises that revolve around the use of software to city planning, especially as it pertains to issues…
Read articleI move to have the sanctity of the Oscar Awards ceremony placed within the Millennium Development Goals.
Well, maybe not. It’s just that… is it me, or is this Oscar (will it happen will it not?) thing everywhere in the news these days?…
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Is BC Ferries Guilty of Greenwashing?
By Dave Semeniuk,
After spending 8+ hours loading, unloading, moving, hosing, smashing, fixing, taping, more taping, and more hosing, all of our ship-y science-y things were in order yesterday…
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