Feb 04
Art, maybe just a translation of raw nature. Brilliant Noise by Semiconductor: Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt Avaliable on DVD! with 12 alternate soundtracks semiconductorfilms.com/WorldsInFluxDVD.html Brilliant Noise takes us into the data vaults of solar astronomy. After sifting through hundreds of thousands of computer files, made accessible via open access archives, Semiconductor have brought together some …
Jul 21
Well, we might not have this anymore . . . But at least we still have the Bible. And astrology and all that shit to explain the universe and our place in it. Fucking barbarians.
Apr 30
pc nicked from here By 2015, Japanese business group SOHLA, hopes to put a humanoid robot on the moon. They plan to use a bipedal robot but it’ll be pretty tough. Even on Earth, bipedal robots are clumsy. So why go to the trouble? SOHLA board member Noriyuki Yoshida explains: “Humanoid robots are glamorous, and …
Aug 20
YouTube – The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D. Via Rad Geek People’s Daily
Jul 20
Today is the 40th anniversary of a human setting foot on the moon. We might do that again, we might not. It all happened a long time before I was born. My defining impression of spaceflight is Challenger. Nuff said.
Oct 23
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4aU9j5tMMY] Humans are looking to colonize mars, not with organic matter fired into space via giant penis rockets, but with colonies of tiny robot ants developed in a EU Funded Project called I-SWARM. They will arrive on the red planet and build the infrastructure the humans need. The humans will follow them and then . …
May 12
Sadly, the meat and bone that reacts to that name is staying on Earth. I put my name into this “Send Your Name to the Moon” thing. I’m a child. Maybe you are too. They give you a certificate you can print so that’s cool. Right? Anyone? C’mon . . . Your name on the …
Mar 30
There’s basically two types of panel at Ad Astra: The intellectual and the goofy. On the intellectual ones you find the scientists and writers. On the goofy ones, you find the fans. Last year trended strongly towards the intellectual panels but this year was more of a balance. I tried to attend both. On Friday …
Jan 10
When you hear that the Chinese have done something in space, chances are that 96 year old scientist Qian Xuesen is behind it. Aviation Week and Space Technology has paid tribute to this dapper fellow with the wicked portrait by naming him person of the year. Immigrating to the USA at age 23, he was …
Dec 09
It appears that I have a new astrological sign. Scientists have updated the charts– over the past 2200 years, the sun has changed location or something– and I’m now an Aries instead of a Taurus. And looking at the description of an Aries, it makes about as much sense as the description of a Taurus …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
