© 1977 Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan

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)

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.

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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).

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

You get to be a band with your friends, and it really feels like performing. Some things are well designed these days. So now I got a real blister on my finger from a simulated experience (see below).