Have you been to a silent disco? I highly, highly recommend it. It’s surreal when you take off your headphones and see everyone jamming out to the sound of silence, or to waves crashing. Here’s a neat writeup of the concept (and its history, and a bit about how he got there) by one of… Continue reading silent frisco at ocean beach 9/29/13
a particularly sweet smbc
http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3106#comic
[musewiki] Hysteria
http://www.musewiki.com/Hysteria_(song)
That grooooooove.
dance with me // google glass
Sarah set up her Google Glass yesterday. Here’s one of my favorite ribbon dance moves as seen by other people: https://plus.google.com/106689835670274491358/posts/4EaaLXWKKgs And here it is as seen by me: https://plus.google.com/106689835670274491358/posts/aUWg5YAafke The move that I’m referring to is the sequence that I repeat twice: two circles waving my arms upwards and reaching up while kicking my… Continue reading dance with me // google glass
someone is setting off firecrackers on my street. =(
I am eating Nutella by the spoonful.
ribbons
Last weekend, maiki and susan invited me out with emma clover for a walk to the berkeley marina. Even though I’d lived in Berkeley for like nine years, I hadn’t actually walked all the way there from anywhere inside of Berkeley. I’d always taken the bus or gotten a ride in. There’s a bunch of… Continue reading ribbons
Number stations
I’m creeping myself out listening to this BBC Radio 4 segment on number stations!!!! you are about to enter a very strange world: a world of alleged spooks and spies, of conspiracies and covert operations, of illicit transmissions across the globe to secret agents on undercover operations. or perhaps just a world of fantasies, in… Continue reading Number stations
life has to be worth living
Here’s an nyt article on nostalgia. The experimenters induced nostalgia by playing hit songs from the past for some people and letting them read lyrics to their favorite songs. Afterward, these people were more likely than a control group to say that they felt “loved” and that “life is worth living.” More likely? This means… Continue reading life has to be worth living
Sarah is a Presidential Innovation Fellow!
Look for Sarah‘s bio here, under Open Data Initiatives: Meet the Round 2 Presidential Innovation Fellows! Welcome to our next class of Presidential Innovation Fellows! Amazing innovators, answering the call to serve http://t.co/MFxK6jMWBQ — Todd Park (@todd_park) June 24, 2013 We’re so excited for her! She’ll be working on the Smithsonian Open Data project, bringing… Continue reading Sarah is a Presidential Innovation Fellow!