September 2009
1 post
March 2009
2 posts
“What we call “natural” is simply the result of whatever set of rules...”
– Syd Mead on Cyborg Theory [Wikipedia]
WatchThe loss of this man’s consciousness to the world is a tragedy to say the least.
February 2009
5 posts
“Make changes based on your strongest opportunities, not your most convenient...”
– MegaTokyo
“Kring förbjudna tankar ligger det en hund begraven. Iakttag vaksamhet; någon...”
– Johan Sundström om tabu och sedvänja
Fredrik: Har du märkt att man kan tumklicka submit-knappar?
Fredrik: I Safari.
Malesca: tumklicka?
Fredrik: mittenklick
Fredrik: tredje knappen
Malesca: Har ingen tredje knapp :p
Fredrik: :p
Fredrik: Skyll dig själv då.
Malesca: Jag har en knapp, like Jobs intended!
Fredrik: Hahaha.
Fredrik: Har du bara en snopp också?
Fredrik: Undermåligt.
“Earth is like an unread book, but unread books can only entice people who are...”
– Wired: A Simple Plan to ID Every Creature on Earth
January 2009
7 posts
“Christopher Alexander foresaw a time when, after having reinternalized these...”
– The Timeless Way of Building
“Clarke’s novel is one deeply invested in rationalism. As Shulman argues,...”
– Wikipedia: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“It strikes me that approaches like that would have led us to create flying...”
– Intel’s Rattner says the machines will get us in the end (The Inquirer)
Is it a valid idea that EVERYTHING is patterns? Are colors represented as patterns in the brain? A different pattern for each frequency of the incoming light rays? And then they’re matched up based on the timing between photon pulses.
“We could apply mindfulness wherever we now apply electricity.”
– Kevin Kelly, Wired — Edge: What Will Change Everything
October 2008
10 posts
“The findings suggest that amino acids could have formed when lightning struck...”
– Origins of Life experiments reexamined.
Jeff Hawkins on brains and machines →
At the RSA Conference, April 9th 2008. I’ve probably told you this before - but he’s on to something huge.
“It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will...”
– Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell)
Malesca: Jag tycker det känns lite jobbigt med hundar ibland, när man ser igenom deras charm och fattar att de bara vill ha mat :p
Fredrik: :D
Malesca: Man skulle göra ett hundhalsband med en tankebubbla på en fjäder där det står "Mat…?"
Fredrik: De är lite mer straightforward i sitt sökande efter lycka än vi är, bara. Vi krånglar till det så mycket. De vill bara rulla runt i gräset, kramas lite och käka.
Fredrik: Skaffa två hundar och två katter och kör lite naturligt urval.
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go...”
– Carl Sagan
Cats
I like cats when they don’t drag birds into the living room, but when they do it’s fascinating to be the human who sits on the sofa and has the circle of life progress before one’s eyes in corporeal action.
“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange...”
– Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell)
