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Seen at Gustav Metzger’s show at Serpentine Gallery.

“…a wonderful piece of alternate universe American history, in which President Nixon had to explain to a nation that Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were going to die on the moon.” Epic. (Via BB)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming

Juan Enriquez really hits it at management consulting firm McKinsey’s What Matters blog:

The life code is a lever and perhaps the most powerful instrument human beings have ever used. It will make the Industrial Revolution seem simple, even quaint. It will become the world’s dominant language, and all of us will have to be literate to thrive.

Must-read ––

Fantastic, a computer within the computer. It’s kind of the opposite of Pongmechanik, since in both cases hardware and software collapse into each other.

Little Big Planet is marvelous anyway, it gives the player the impression to play with objects (toys) rather than videogame-sprites. Because of its richness of visual texture but also because the physics model feels real and engaging, you can play it with up to four people and the attention to detail is at times almost unbelievable.

And you can design levels and contribute them, apparently with great freedom–that is where the above came from (and Dot shared it).

Earlier tonight at Indian take-away, checking Twinkle. Randomly checked the ‘near me’ tweets, noticed lots @stephenfry. Didn’t mean much to me, turned attention back to TV screen where a documentary was showing, and it took me a few moments to realize that it was by/with Stephen Fry, who is in fact a British journalist. All the people were twittering him comments about his show, scene by scene. I keep being amazed by Twitter, especially by what people make of it in times of elections and such.

Honda Asimo recognizing the abstract shape of a chair, on the BBC’s James May’s Big Ideas.