Category Randomness
Escher-esque desktop wallpaper inspired by William Gibson’s “Zero History”
While my laptop is older, greasier and more used than Hollis Henry’s, I had to take a photo of my workspace to create the desktop wallpaper that Milgrim imagines.
“Hollis’s desktop was a digital representation of interstellar space. Mauve galactic clouds. Was she interested in astronomy, he wondered, or was this something from Apple? He imagined the laptop displaying an image of itself instead, and of the tea press, on the white laminate. And in that imagined screen, another, identical image. Tunneling down, Escher-style, to a few pixels.”
William Gibson, »Zero History«
The only downside is I’ll never be able to move the things on my desk without losing symmetry.
EDIT: I didn’t put the wallpaper full-size here because I didn’t think anyone would be interested in it. After all, the concept is about having a representation of one’s own workspace repeated on the display. But since it was requested by some people, here is the 1200×800 wallpaper for download. Sorry, I don’t have the original image left so I can’t make it for higher resolutions.
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What’s he building in there?
Across the park from where I live is an office building. And best believe something fishy is afoot on the top floor in the nighttime. But what are they doing?
During evenings and nights, a room in the building is flashing peculiarly. Not every night, but more often than not. Sometimes it does this with a repetetive pattern, like in the clip below, and sometimes it’s more irregular.
It’s very Lovecraftian. Or maybe this is where Maximillian Cohen resides?
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Syd Mead’s beautiful advice on creativity
Syd Mead was concept designer for movies like »Blade Runner«, »Aliens« and »Tron«, flicks that were groundbreaking in the visual portrayal of their universes. I came across the mini-documentary “2019: A Future Imagined” where he says something very clever that is applicable to all kinds of creative work:
“Here’s the core thing about creativity. You have to be three people: You have to be the person who’s creating the idea. You have to be the technician who can solve the problem technically in a format that’s useable. And you have to be a third person who’s off-stage, watching the other persons do what they do. If you can’t detach yourself from what you’re doing in a surveillance überperson mentality, you’re not going to do good work because you’re going to be too fascinated with what you’re doing. Hubris kills.”
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Was bank robbery actually vampire hunt gone wrong?
A robbery that didn’t turn out according to plan, a disturbed person reaching out for help – or a vampire hunt gone wrong? A couple of weeks ago there was a hold-up at a bank in downtown Stockholm, only the offender wasn’t your usual hoodlum. Dressed in some kind of robe and with a sharpened stick as only weapon, one must wonder what his business really was. Read more
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Court says manga translator’s research is child pornography
A Swedish manga translator and expert of Japanese comics has been found guilty of possessing child pornography. Police found 51 drawings with nudity on the man’s harddrive following a raid, images the translator told the court was research for him to stay updated within his expert field. Read more
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Now the airships are everywhere
In the latest episode of »Fringe«, we get a glimpse into the alternate universe where the Empire State Building observation deck is used for its original purpose: an airship landing mast.
Now, I don’t think I have to remind you about the coming airship renaissance I’ve predicted here? Or the the signs we’ve been seeing since? I tell you, I can feel there’s something in the air. No pun intended.
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Nameless sculpture
I walk by this sculpture close to where I live from time to time. Everytime I do, it has me thinking: What is this? People walk their dogs here. Is this some kind of homage to the canine reproductivity? Or is it a giraffe mounting one of those giant vegetarians from »Jurassic Park«? Post your ideas – if you have any. I sure don’t.
