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designcloud: Edgeland House by Bercy Chen Studio

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:13:13 +0900

designcloud:

Edgeland House by Bercy Chen Studio

uncrate: Xbox One

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:44:52 +0900

uncrate:

Xbox One

fastcompany: “The job as we understood it is disappearing.” On...

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:29:36 +0900

fastcompany:

“The job as we understood it is disappearing.”

On Friday, May 24, at 2:00 p.m. EST senior writer Anya Kamenetz will be moderating a discussion with Glen Hiemstra, founder of Futurist.com, about how work will evolve over the next several decades both in America and globally.

Join us: Simply follow this link to register with Cisco’s WebEx software now, and then sign in on Friday to take part. Bring any questions you might have.

"It may seem strange that a site bringing together strangers from points around the globe can create..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:40:18 +0900

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It may seem strange that a site bringing together strangers from points around the globe can create a space for interactions that feel more real than those with people at school and at home, but that’s how it actually is.

Tumblr is so much more than a website at this point. It has grown into such a huge community, one that could be easily destroyed by the sort of reckless marketing that Yahoo must be about to unleash.

”

- 14-year-old Leah Goodman in “My Fear That Tumblr As We Know It Is Ending” on HuffPost Tech (via huffposttech)

Numerical optimizers for Logistic Regression

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:02:21 +0900

Numerical optimizers for Logistic Regression

Source Code Typography

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:51:51 +0900

Source Code Typography:

jxnblk:

When one coworker gives another developer coworker a book on Typography, really great things happen.

matthen: In 1952 Alan Turing, a british mathematician,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:51:41 +0900

matthen:

In 1952 Alan Turing, a british mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist, wrote a paper which remains influential in computational biology today. He explained how stripes might form on a snake’s skin [and other patterns on animals], using the dispersion of two chemicals; an activator [red] and an inhibitor [yellow]. The activator causes the colouration, and the inhibitor inhibits it. Turing wrote a pair of equations which say that concentrations of the activator cause creation of more inhibitor, but that the inhibitor diffuses and spreads out more quickly than the activator. As shown in the animation, this causes the activator to form peaks with surrounding basins of inhibitor. The concentrations of the two chemicals quickly converge to a stripey pattern where the red activator is periodically in higher concentration than the yellow inhibitor. [video] [more] [code]

datavis: Tide Predictions by Joan Ang Design

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:27:50 +0900

datavis:

Tide Predictions by Joan Ang Design

npr: A new rifle goes on sale this week, and it’s not like any...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:26:18 +0900

npr:

A new rifle goes on sale this week, and it’s not like any other. It uses lasers and computers to make shooters very accurate. A startup gun company in Texas developed the TrackingPoint rifle, which is so effective that some in the shooting community say it should not be sold to the public.

— A New ‘Smart Rifle’ Decides When To Shoot And Rarely Misses : All Tech Considered

Photo: Courtesy of TrackingPoint

artnet: Hirst’s Purity “Silver is one of the elements, one of...

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:11:08 +0900

artnet:

Hirst’s Purity

“Silver is one of the elements, one of the building blocks of our material world. Silver used to be mined in Combe Martin where I live. It’s dreamy, otherworldly, but also sensuous and sexy…” - Damien Hirst

Pictured is a highly detailed sculpture of a pregnant woman cast in sterling silver with dark patina by the world famous Contemporary British artist. Part of his The Dream is Dead series, this surreal, scientifically rendered figure depicts the flesh peeled back to reveal the inner muscle, bone, and fetal structure of the woman.

laughingsquid: Wormhole Map, A Handy Guide For Time Travelers...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:57:14 +0900

laughingsquid:

Wormhole Map, A Handy Guide For Time Travelers Returning From the Cretaceous Period

Intellectual Wanderlust: Declarative Data Visualization

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:07:54 +0900

Intellectual Wanderlust: Declarative Data Visualization:

akngs:

The purpose of this post is to provide a live example of DViz, a declarative data visualization library written in Javascript.

I coined the term declarative data visualization to describe a way of embedding visual representations such as sparklines or conventional statistical charts into HTML…

squaremeal: (via Fruit & Yoghurt Tarts - Simply Delicious—...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:43:33 +0900

squaremeal:

(via Fruit & Yoghurt Tarts - Simply Delicious— Simply Delicious)

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Sun, 12 May 2013 18:18:42 +0900

FilmStar Richie: Tom Cruise's Nemesis

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:42:55 +0900

FilmStar Richie: Tom Cruise's Nemesis:

filmstarrichie:

Oblivion

7/10

A mediocare yet though provoking hit from every womans’ dream. Tom Cruise returns to the big screen and allows the audience a glimpse into the secret world of scientology. Oblivion prompts Cruise to step into the role of actor, lover and above all - teacher. Leading us into a…

artnet: World Trade Center Those of you looking for some...

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:42:46 +0900

artnet:

World Trade Center

Those of you looking for some post-work culture, look no farther. Robert Koch Gallery is exhibiting artist Shai Kremer’s Concrete Abstract & Notes From the Edges, a show of haunting large-scale color photographs.

With Concrete Abstract, Kremer offers a look at the reconstruction effort of the World Trade Center—images that render a ghostly passage of time. In Notes From the Edges, Kremer views the city from its edges, emphasizing the dichotomy of destruction and reconstruction.

Shai Kremer: Concrete Abstract & Notes From the Edges is on view at Robert Koch Gallery until June 15, 2013.

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Sat, 11 May 2013 17:40:48 +0900

robot-heart: (via Alicia Bock Photography)

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:49:56 +0900

robot-heart:

(via Alicia Bock Photography)

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Thu, 09 May 2013 21:23:01 +0900

Reblog: Clojure Weekly, May 7th, 2013

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:55:10 +0900

Reblog: Clojure Weekly, May 7th, 2013:

reborg:

Welcome to another issue of Clojure weekly, my small routine blog contribution to the Clojure sphere! These are just a few links, normally 4/5 urls, pointing at articles, documentation, screencasts, podcasts or anything else that attracts my attention. I add a small comment so you can decide if…