Link love for February 4th

by Jeffrey Melton on February 4, 2010

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Sync/Lost (above) is a multi-user installation for immersion in the history of electronic music.

Philip K. Dick: A ‘plastic’ paradox. Sneak peek at an upcoming Philip K. Dick film, Radio Free Albemuth.

Steven Frank of Panic Software fame, on the next phase of computing.

Quieting the lizard brain.

The “My” water bottle from Stelton.

Researchers in Japan have shown that a slime mold can design a network in a day that is as efficient as one developed by humans over many years: the Tokyo rail system.

Imagine that instead of having just one wireless carrier, your phone would constantly search for the best connection. An algorithm on your smartphone would assess signal strengths, and balance that with roaming costs, and decide when to switch from one carrier to another.

Humor: Laugh at those quirky, Unhappy Hipster (mostly from the pages of Dwell, it seems).


Link love for January 20th

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A Tree in Jars, an art installation by Naoko Ito (above).
Synth Britannia and Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany are two great BBC Four documentaries, but you’ll need to find torrents to watch them, as they’re not streamable online (even to rent) due to music licensing restrictions.
On gospel, Abba and the death of the record: an [...]

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Link love for January 5th

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The United States spends more on medical care per person than any country, yet life expectancy is shorter than in most other developed nations and many developing ones (above).
Robert Henke, aka Monolake shares his custom Max for Live devices.
How to dispose of old electronics in a responsible way.
Top 7 Best Green iPhone Apps.
Ira Glass on [...]

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Link love for December 4th

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The artwork of Chiharu Shiota (above).
The other extreme: low-alcohol beers.
Deep below New York City’s bustling streets lies a dangerous world inhabited by “sandhogs.”
The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach.
How Robber Barons hijacked the “Victorian Internet”
Robert Henke talks with Rashad Becker about audio mastering.
Apple’s Mistake: An organization that wins by exercising power starts to lose [...]

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Link love for October 28th

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The amazing artwork (above) of David Spriggs.
Cercle et suite d’éclats, a large scale outdoor art installation.
“Natural Instincts” art print series by Tes One.
Create Democracy, an interactive exhibition.
Brian Eno three-fer: Eno, Peter Schmidt, and Cybernetics, Harmonia & Eno ‘76 Remix Album, A conversation with Brian Eno.
Roger Penrose says physics is wrong, from string theory to quantum [...]

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Link love for October 8th

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Judith Seng’s beautiful wood stools (above) combine the synthetic and the organic.
Antibiotic resistance is more than just a medical scourge; it’s also a window into a war microbes have been waging against each other for hundreds of millions of years.
UPS offers CO2 offsets to its customers, $0.05 to $0.20 per package.
Buy slect Nau gear on [...]

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Link love for September 23rd

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Amazing photos on Flickr (above) of a recent red dust storm that swept over Sydney, Australia.
Besides being the oldest Dr Pepper bottler in the world, Dublin Dr Pepper also has the distinction of being bottled with Imperial Pure Cane Sugar.
Interview with Casey Reas and Ben Fry, creators of Processing.
Have Books, Will Strategize: a reading list [...]

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Link love for September 16th

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Hansel and Gretel concertina book (above) by illustrator Owen Gatley.
Underground Berlin: the film treatment by Lebbeus Woods.
Tungsten: A new font family from H&FJ.
Brian Eno on composing: “The avant-garde technique would be to go ahead with it anyway, because the process is supposed to be interesting in itself. I don’t go for that. I think if [...]

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Link love for September 2nd

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A.V. Club interviews John Crowley on the occassion of the 25th-anniversary of Little Big (above)

We are all mutants say scientists.
Books to read now, from Seed magazine.
Forget design thinking and try hybrid thinking.
Human Centered Design Toolkit from IDEO.
Spirograph, spirographs, spirography.
Get your Philip K. Dick collection boxed set from The Library of America and save $30.
Researchers have [...]

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