April 2010
“As a cultural form, database represents the world as a list of items which it...”
– from “Database As Symbolic Form” by Lev Manovich (via tinkerkid)
“MM: I kind of like the idea of — have you ever had that fantasy of taking...”
– Interview with Merlin Mann
“Clothing is vintage, video games are pre-owned, CDs and vinyl are used - but...”
– The Private Life of Books (via plsj)
Gibson on Brands →
heyitsnoah:
Over at his blog William Gibson answers why he is so obsessed with brand name apparel:
It’s one of the ways in which I feel I understand how the world works, and there aren’t really that many of those. It’s not about clothes, though, or branding; it’s about code, subtext. I was really delighted, for instance, to learn who made George Bush’s raincoats. A company in Little Rock (now...
“I had no special interest in studying facial paralysis, even though I had it;...”
– Mind - Seeking Emotional Clues Without Facial Cues - NYTimes.com
“One of the most telling finds was a stone seal depicting a deer, presumably used...”
– In Syria, a Prologue for Cities - NYTimes.com
“To the older generation, privacy is about secrecy. And, as the Supreme Court...”
– Bruce Schneier (via azspot)
“A moment later, the man, Dan Visel, 32, rose and drifted into the crowds, not...”
– About New York - Marina Abramovic Faces Strangers Eye to Eye, for Art - NYTimes.com
“The intruders breached the systems of independent analysts, taking reports on...”
– http://s.nyt.com/u/SLM 