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• Commentary On Wind Map

  Wind Map

  These wind maps by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg of hint.fm show forecast wind data across the US. The moving flows of wind that cross, bend and twist around each other are incredibly seductive.

  Visualization, !POST

  05.18.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt

• Commentary On Physicists continue work to abolish time as fourth dimension of space

  Physicists continue work to abolish time as fourth dimension of space

  A number of philosphers such as Henri Bergson, Gilles Delueuze, Manual De Landa and Sanford Kwinter have all argued that time is one of the most important aspects of our physical environment because with time comes change and novelty.

  Physics has long held a different view, one that has further cemented under Einstein’s special relativity that introduced the concept that space and time were part

  05.12.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt

• Commentary On La Coruña Center For The Arts / aceboXalonso studio | ArchDaily

  La Coruña Center For The Arts / aceboXalonso studio | ArchDaily

  La Coruña Center For The Arts by aceboXalonso studio can be unbearably stark at times, it is also an exquisite and beautiful space. The filmy light through double curtain wall into the crisp concrete interiors creates an airy but moody and layered space that is overpowering in its emptiness. It is a building that I find hard to love, but I suspect

  02.24.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt

• Commentary On A List Apart: Articles: Pricing Strategy for Creatives

  A List Apart: Articles: Pricing Strategy for Creatives

  As always, articles on the practice of web design are so applicable to Architects. Though some of the advice is the norm in architectural practice, there is still much to learn from this article.

  !POST, Business

  02.06.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt

• Commentary On A TREE IS A TREE IS A…BUILDING? « LEBBEUS WOODS

  A TREE IS A TREE IS A…BUILDING? « LEBBEUS WOODS

  Lebbeus Woods comments on Sarah Williams Goldhagen’s article in the New York Times about the idea that there is a current trend in Architecture that is trying to embody nature. Her main example regards tree metaphors.

  While Goldhagen’s article seems to be largely concerned with a neo-phenomenology of embodied nature, Lebbeus’ commentary brings up an excellent point about how this trend is hardly new, though

  02.06.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt

• Commentary On Is This The Future of Touchscreen Tech? Day of Glass 2 Video Will Blow Your Mind

  Is This The Future of Touchscreen Tech? Day of Glass 2 Video Will Blow Your Mind

  An interesting video showing how glass manufacturer, Corning Glass, envisions how glass will be used in technology in the near future. The gist involves a lot of ubiquitous glass display and touch control surfaces.

  Science_Fiction_Made_Real, Technology, !POST

  02.03.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt

• Commentary On Netflix Engineer Daniel Jacobson: The API at the Root of Your Business

  Netflix Engineer Daniel Jacobson: The API at the Root of Your Business

  Great read on the importance of API’s for better leveraging information to meet ones business goals.

  Beyond that, API’s hold a lot of interesting concepts and lessons for Architectural practice. An API is a way of abstracting the interface between different programs. It speaks to a modular and distinct information architechure that none the less behaves as if it is continuous.

  01.29.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt

• Commentary On Underwater neutrino detector will be second-largest structure ever built

  Underwater neutrino detector will be second-largest structure ever built

  Like a huge net, this neutrino detector will be built on the floor of the sea and will cover an area of several cubic kilometers. The structure will consist of long cables anchored to the sea floor with large glass spheres brimming with sensors attached to them. While consisting mostly of empty space, the really interesting thing is that because the structure lives on the bottom

  01.03.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt

• Commentary On A 40-year-old puzzle of superstring theory solved by supercomputer

  A 40-year-old puzzle of superstring theory solved by supercomputer

  The apparent incongruity of our 3 dimensional space and the theoretically predicted 9 dimensional space of super-string theory has fascinated me for years.

  The proposed idea is that the other 6 dimensions are still wrapped up and very small, so only the 3 we currently live in are experienced. In many ways, this parallels our built environment where we only perceive the usual 3 dimensions, however every

  01.03.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt

• Commentary On Transistors made from cotton yarn, t-shirt computers incoming | ExtremeTech

  Transistors made from cotton yarn, t-shirt computers incoming | ExtremeTech

  While a very cool idea, don’t let this make you think that your clothes will replace your smartphone one day. Do you really want to wear the same shirt every day or deal with the complexities of transferring your data securely to each day’s clothes?

  The real use of this type of technology will be adding another level of perception and connectivity to your day to

  01.03.12 | no comments | Filed Under: General | ifttt