January 2010
4 posts
The Dept. Of Mad Scientist Or How A Few Good...
Week 4 of 52 - The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs
In the seventies and eighties, every child I knew wanted to be an astronaut; watching Mr Wizard & playing with rockets, sitting in the cold watching Hallie’s Comet bisecting the sky. We drempt of finding new stars, of walking among them, of discovering new worlds...
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The Lost Art Of Walking - Or How An Author Can...
I have to admit. I’m sort of at a loss for words. (which for those who know me, is oft not the case) I had high hopes for this book. High hopes for a book entitled “The Lost Art Of Walking” & what it could inspire & reflect of the world. But then, just as it began. Betrayal. A book about walking written by an author who willingly lives in LA? But nobody fucking walks...
"How I Thought Reading 600 Pages During the First...
Week Two: The Rest Is Noise*
600 pages on the history of 20th century music in 5 days? Possibility: Doable [insert caveat about probability here] Pages to read per day: aprrox. 150 The book’s magnificent & haunting cover had been calling to me for months. Surely, if I set my will to the task, I could do anything even when confronting a busy week… I was mistaken. I was...
