September 2008
5 posts
Word of the Day: Affluenza
Affluenza is a term used by critics of consumerism, a portmanteau of affluence and influenza. Sources define this term as follows:
affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more.by alex (de Graaf [1]) affluenza, n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up...
WatchFirearms, in super slow-motion.
I know that firearms are loathed by many as the source of many of the world’s ills, and personally I don’t like them either. However, when you put something in front of a super-high-speed video camera, it often takes on a strange kind of serenity and grace in its operation - even if its operation is firing a projectile at several thousand feet per...
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LHC? Nah, I'll take the LHD.
The Large Hadron Collidor is soooo last week. Say hello to my little friend, the Large Helical Device: Further reading: Large Hadron Collider Large Helical Device
And just to complement, because it is stunningly beautiful, here’s part of the LHC: Again, courtesy of Gizmodo.
Fine, Finer, Finest
Jem Finer is one of the most bizarre, unorthodox yet strangely compelling artists I’ve come across in the past decade. He loves to create, and create differently.
What he produces is art which often hasmore than one immediate purpose - half the fun is working out exactly what it means, aside from the obvious immediate impact or message… and after you leave wherever the artwork may...
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We Are All The Same, some of the time
Thought-provoking interactive art from Tim Wainwright, and if, like me, you know someone who has suffered with cancer (or you have suffered yourself) this will definitely make you stop and think for a moment.
View the presentation with your browser (and Flash) at http://www.timwainwright.com/cancer/flash.html.