the semiotics of error

What’s a bug?  And is it a glitch?  Or an error?  Well. It was Grace Hopper, who, before inventing the compiler, popularized the term “bug” (though Edison may…

week 121

– jazz.computer is a favorite thing. – In the terrible world of humans that we live in, remember that there are whales, and that they’re…

week nine billion

Lots to catch up on. – The US Navy once built a research boat that is designed to rotate 90 degrees into the water. –…

co.re.echo.es

I have a sort of casual fascination with infrastructure – factories, power stations, spillways, and so on.  This extends to the internet:  data centres, underwater cables,…

week 119

– Glenn McDonald knocks it out of the park again with the words for each genre, and vice versa. – “Just” being a DJ is…

week 118

Early, but. – Reynald Drouhin is a new favorite thing. – Modular synths meet robotic instruments.  Having seen a bunch of this in academic settings,…

week 117

So many things! – StaffPad actually has potential to drastically change how most composers write music.  It, of course, needs to get off the Surface, and…

week 116

Let’s talk about NI’s STEMS. This is super interesting, not least because it is an open, backwards-compatible format.  It’s also worth noting that this idea…

week 115

Bruce Sterling at SouthBy, natch. Hannah Donovan remains brilliant. Jan Chipchase on being a ‘young creative’ – I think his definition is not the same…

week 110.5

– Snowden, Poitras, and Greenwald did an AMA.  Essential.  My TOR node is up:  is yours? – Charles Stross is on depressingly good form here,…