No single person ever does anything. It’s always groups of people. We wanted to know how to go about building such a system. So I got interested in the subject of neural nets. Warren McCulloch in particular inspired me. He described how he could excise a part of the brain, and the function in that [...]
The Duck & Herring Co.,
in association with Mary’s in East Atlanta,
proudly presents
THE
WORLD ATLANTA KARAOKE CHAMPIONSHIPS
2005
What: A karaoke contest
When: Tuesday, September 20, 2005, 10 p.m.
Where: Mary’s in East Atlanta
Why: To determine the city’s “best” karaoke performers, and hand them prizes …
… and to celebrate the release of …
The Duck & Herring Co.’s
Pocket Field Guide for Fall [...]
Michael in Mali part 1: Arrival
Michael in Mali part 2: Moto Yamaha
Michael in Mali part 3: Chez Moi
On the Niger: the first photo in the series
Caithream is a shout of joy or triumph or a battle cry. It’s a sound that sits on two sides of human experience, and so in a way it echoes back some information about the connectedness of opposing things. The Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) based Caithream dance company performs a similar smiling function, stitching traditional Scottish [...]
Our friendly correspondant in Bamako Mali, Michael Albert, has sent forth a series of images to be shared. I’ll post one each day this week, and I’m telling you I’ll save the best for last.
Michael in Mali part 1: Arrival
Michael in Mali part 2: Moto Yamaha
Michael in Mali part 3: Chez Moi
John Geraci’s Neighbornode project began in a “Wireless Public Space” class at Tisch. It’s just one of many cool endeavors by Geraci, more of which can be found on his site: http://www.subfuzz.com/
While reading up on and around the folks and ideas involved in Neighbornodes I discovered this excellent piece of pragmatic argumentation on Salon.com:
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