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On a whim, I was watching the Miss USA pageant last night. I mostly just watch for the dresses and to see what the girls look like…oh and also to hear their stupid answers for everything. I had to laugh when one of the hosts made the comment “Beauty and Brains!” This was clearly not the [...] I’ve always thought about how my food was being prepared…sometimes I stare into the kitchen of McDonalds, watching the kid’s every move to make sure that they’re not doing anything to my sandwich, and of course, im always polite (rude people get what’s coming to them). Watching the preparation of your food however, is nothing [...] A couple of weeks ago I wrote about robots and what the future might bring with them. This time, however, I figured I would show you a much more fun use of robots: To see if people will help a little robot find its way “home”. Tweenbots is basically a social experiment where a small [...] People might be shocked that I’m hooked on American Idol. Heck, I’m shocked. I don’t like reality TV shows and I run in the opposite direction from crass commercialism. But I am hooked, eagerly watching the performances and cheering on my favourites. How did it happen that an idealistic policy wonk like me could end [...] It’s Sunday night, tomorrow you have an important presentation to deliver or assignment due and you’ve been working on it all day. Suddenly without a warning of any kind your screen freezes. You reboot the system after no response from the keyboard or mouse. No problem, you think, the file will be auto-saved. But hang, [...] Working in watercolour is an amazing experience. And this piece is an example of that for me. Although I had some idea what I wanted the image to look like, it’s impossible to control exactly what the paint will do on the paper. This work involved wetting the surface of the paper, applying the [...] |
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