by Lawrence Lessig, 2004. Accessible, entertaining, rich with historical perspective, and cuts incisively to the core of modern society’s conflict over intellectual property. To my mind, one of the most important books of the decade. I’d highly recommend it. And Continue reading
This is just a refinement of last week’s script. No massively significant changes, just a bunch of minor tweaks. The fans are replaced with slightly prettier flowers, with separate vertex and color arrays for each one. Running with the python Continue reading
Susanna Hertrich has an art / thesis project to artificially stimulate people’s threat perceptions (by giving them goosebumps, or making hairs stand on end) in response to actual threats, as opposed to perceived ones. It’s a topic that I’m unnaturally Continue reading
A humble little Python script to select a random image from a given directory (defined at the start of the file) and use it as your Gnome desktop wallpaper. Put it in your session startup programs to get a new Continue reading
33 essays, edited by Andy Oram I was wondering how to explain why I didn’t like this book as much as I thought I would – possibly as much as I thought I ought to. Thirty-odd genius bitwranglers delving into Continue reading
These folks will store samples of your pet’s DNA, so that in the event of their death, you can replace them with a newer, younger clone. Apart from the fact it’s a gimmick ripoff ($1,500 to store my pets DNA? Continue reading
(1946) by Bertrand Russel. I’ve clearly been putting off this post for months, no doubt intimidated by my assumption that my review would have to be as weighty and well-considered as the tome itself. Screw that, a crap post is Continue reading