Internet pioneer Josh Harris, the Andy Warhol of NYC’s go-go dotcom ’90s, presaged today’s ultrawired culture by filming others, and himself, 24/7 live on the Web. Also, he went insane.
Archive for the ‘Post Human’ Category
DVD Picks (The News & Observer)
Friday, March 5th, 2010Gorillaz – Plastic Beach (Rolling Stone)
Monday, March 1st, 2010Artist: Gorillaz Review: What happens when a cartoon rock group turns into the real thing? Twelve years ago, when Blur’s Damon Albarn started Gorillaz, it just seemed like a typical English rock star’s idea of a groovy side project — teaming with London comic-book artist Jamie Hewlett to create a fictional multi-media band. A lot of fans figured Albarn was burned out, both as a celebrity and a …
The strange death of liberal England (Guardian Unlimited)
Monday, February 15th, 2010The current climate crisis shows that even 21st-century science can be trumped by dogma. Or is madness creeping in?
Jeff Koons Selects Artists for Joannou Collection Show at New Museum (Art Daily)
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Paul McCarthy, “Paula Jones”, 2007. Fiberglass, 82 x 57 1/2 x 107 inches. NEW YORK, NY.- The New Museum announced details of “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” its much-anticipated exhibition curated by artist Jeff Koons.
Picking up good vibrations (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Friday, February 12th, 2010Musica in forma , or music in forms, is one of the latest exhibitions at the Cairo Opera House.
Movie review: ‘Legion’ leaves viewers wishing for end of the world (Kingsport Times-News)
Saturday, January 30th, 2010One of my favorite genres of this thing they call film is post-apocalyptic and/or dystopian flicks. That is, films that are set in a post-human future or a future that could very well soon become post-human.So, I’ve been in hog heaven lately.
Anatolian shepherd is Top Dog (Red Bluff Daily News)
Friday, January 29th, 2010COTTONWOOD Local dog breeders Mark Griffith and his wife Lynn Kenny finished 2009 with not one, but two of the top Anatolian shepherd dogs in the United States.
Pow! Moon Girl Straight to Your iPhone (Phillyist)
Friday, January 29th, 2010Image used with permission South Philly boys Tony Trov and Johnny Zito have a brand new comic published on Comixology —all about a masked vigilante named Moon Girl. Together with the artist Rahzzah , Temple grads Trov and Zito have brought this Golden Age heroine a whole new generation. Moon Girl was originally created by Gardner Fox for EC Comics, and spent several years in obscurity in the …
Review: Wing Luke exhibit pushes video’s boundaries all over the place (Seattle Times)
Friday, January 29th, 2010At Seattle’s Wing Luke Asian Museum, five Asian-American artists stretch the possibilities of video art.
Engineers ‘can learn from Slime’ (Usability News)
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010The way fungus-like slime moulds grow could help engineers design wireless communication networks.
TechSmith’s Morae now supports 3rd Party Plug-Ins (Usability News)
Monday, January 25th, 2010TechSmith’s newest release of Morae allows third party plug-ins, deeper and faster analysis, and more polish on presentations.
Artist Daniel Arsham to Take Paris by Storm with Solo Exhibition (Art Daily)
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Daniel Arsham, Kangaroo. PARIS.-
Technology use increasing in Children as Parents lose ground (Usability News)
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010A new study that shows children ages 8 to 18 devote an average of seven hours and 38 minutes a day consuming some form of media for fun.
Still a way to go for Local Authority and Government websites (Usability News)
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Local authority and government websites are the most difficult to use, followed by financial services and retail and ecommerce websites, according to new findings released this week.
New Folklore album predicts future bugs (The Red and Black)
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Click here to stream “The Ghost of H.W. Beaverman” According to Jimmy Hughes, the future of humanity is bleak. In fact, he believes that humans themselves may even give way to post-apocalyptic bugs. So goes the theme he devised for the new Folklore concept album, which the band will play tonight at the Caledonia Lounge. “This [album] is [...]
Nokia presents Symbian^4 User Interface Concept proposal (Usability News)
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Nokia has submitted its Symbian^4 user interface proposal to the Symbian Foundation.
Wireframe Prototyping Tool: Designers sought for Testing (Usability News)
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Justinmind is launching ‘testing contests’ for the beta version of its wireframe prototyper. Enter to win free licenses.
Why You Should Care About (Post) Human Factors (Usability News)
Saturday, January 16th, 2010Because technologies affect society, it is worthwhile to be aware of how they are designed to work with – or in failures, against – people. And ‘people’ may one day include post-humans.
Graduate expresses technological worries in song (The Santa Clara)
Friday, January 15th, 2010It has become apparent that humans have thoroughly deterred from the path that our evolutionary lineage laid out for us. Every day, technology commandeers a little more of our functionality in an effort to make our lives easier; the result, whether intended or not, is marketable theft. Previously, the intent of technology was to broaden our abilities with creations that functioned outside of our …
‘The Book of Eli’ movie review: Denzel finds god, Gary Oldman in post-human wasteland (The Star-Ledger)
Friday, January 15th, 2010Warner Bros. Pictures Denzel Washington stars as a drifter protecting a sacred text in the post-apocalyptic thriller “The Book of Eli.” “The Book of Eli” Movie Review — The landscape is gray and barren. Civilization has given way to anarchy…