December 2009
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Jay Leno’s The Fast and the Famous (2009) pays homage to C’était un rendez-vous (1967). FYI, here’s the infamous rendezvous short film in its entirety.
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For $300, build a DIY book scanner that’s fast enough to scan 400 pages in 20 minutes. See Wired for full instructions.
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Liking this episodic online thriller called Compulsions. Features a female voyeur watching her clients’ lives through their “fixed” computers. See Compulsions Episode 5: Only I Can See
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Free As In Beer: Cybernetic Science Fictions on Vimeo A paper delivered at the 2009 Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association Conference that describes how British cyberneticist Stafford Beer’s writing, infographics, and industrial design for his ambitious Cybersyn Project worked together to create a science fictional narrative of omniscience and ominpotence for Salvador...
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“… in a way that was not about me or our app, rather about being a...”
– Steve Jobs intervenes, approves Knocking streaming video app
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