March 31, 2019
Look here
The first scene from Werner Herzog's 2016 film about the internet’s history and future, “Lo and Behold“:
Prof. Leonard Kleinrock describes how the first message on ARPANET was sent from Boelter Hall 3420, on the UCLA campus, October 29, 1969 .
(Lo and Behold previously)
Prof. Leonard Kleinrock describes how the first message on ARPANET was sent from Boelter Hall 3420, on the UCLA campus, October 29, 1969 .
(Lo and Behold previously)
Every decision my kids made me make in one day
I decided to write down every question that required a decision that my two kids asked me during a single day.
Show the ferret to the egg
New Zealand musician Aldous Harding has released a new song The Barrel, from the forthcoming album 'Designer', due on 26th April. The accompanying video (directed by Martin Sagadin & Aldous Harding) is typically off-kilter. Interview on NPR. [more inside]
"How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways."
In a noteworthy year for motion pictures, consider one movie that turns twenty today: 10 Things I Hate About You. [more inside]
The criminalization of Black mothering
Raising children under suspicion and criminalization: "Black mothers said they must protect their teen children not only from crime and violence but also from being criminalized by police and other authorities... And at the same time that they worried about their children’s criminalization, mothers had to guard against being criminalized themselves." [more inside]
The 7-Eleven of the Future Is an Organic Hellscape of Turmeric Slurpees
The title that came with the article explains it all.
Infinite Zest
UC Berkeley Library holds punny edible book festival. This is the third year Moffitt library has held the contest for faculty, staff, and students to make food that evokes a classic or favorite book. [more inside]
He was a late starter
Gilbert Garcin has been referred to as the “cousin of Tati” or the “spiritual relative of Magritte".
He began to engage in art and photography when he retired aged 65.
He frequently features, often as cut-out of himself in his black and white images. The surreal world of Mr G.
(previously and small. Some repititions).
He began to engage in art and photography when he retired aged 65.
He frequently features, often as cut-out of himself in his black and white images. The surreal world of Mr G.
(previously and small. Some repititions).
DO NOT COLLECT $200 (you may still pass Go)
Criminal justice reformers around the country are admonishing the Empire State to change its system, arguing that having to pay money to get out of jail unfairly targets the poor. Yet a new report analyzing more than 5 million criminal cases in New York City since 1987 suggests the city has already done a better job of slashing its use of bail and jail than nearly any other urban area in the United States.
Not quite at one view, on average, per person on this planet
On YouTube, the video for Despacito (Luis Fonsi, featuring Daddy Yankee) has passed six billion views and approaches three million comments (population). This is roughly two billion views more than the next most watched video, Shape of You by Ed Sheeran, which was also uploaded in January 2017. Around 30 videos on YouTube now exceed two billion views each. With its 110 week Billboard chart run ending (also joint most weeks at Billboard Hot 100 #1), views of the record-breaking song (wikipedia arguments) may slow further. Previously, on the phenomenon, popularity, and an alternate version. Also, Keira Knightley's teeth. (FPP inspiration)
All this happened, more or less.
Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death was first released 50 years ago on March 31, 1969. Here are the 50 best covers from various translations around the world. [more inside]
People on Sunday
Finally, a non-dystopian use for Google Glass
In a study published in JAMA Pediatrics, children on the autism spectrum who had difficulty interpreting the emotional content of facial expressions got an assist from Google Glass. CBC interviewed one of the researchers. [more inside]
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