2012

two thousand & twelve

Life 🧍, Year End 🎆

the last few years i have done an end of year roundup thing on twitter. but it’s been a bit of a crazy year, so i wanted to document it somewhere a bit more concrete. Contents :: edgeryders :::: the thought menu :::: growstuff.org :::: resiliencemaps.org / scim :::: surviveth.is zine :::: i bought no…
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December 31, 2012
auto-tune the muse

Culture 🏛️, Software 👨‍💻

comparing auto-tune to instagram is problematic for me as the two are associated with different mediums and the two are not completly analogous. so we can only really speak in aesthetic subjective terms. by ragesoss (own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via wikimedia commons there is an important difference between the way an instagram filter is applied…
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December 11, 2012
programmable robots are now cheaper than human beings

Notes 📝

:: this is a lazy video dump/post with a few thoughts from me trying to pull them together. it is public thinking. feedback welcome :: meet baxter – the robot with common sense who’s younger siblings will probably make 100m chinese workers unemployed. he might look a bit stupid & slow now, and im also…
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November 24, 2012
moolah over marin – space programs, drug cartels & bitcoins

Blockchain ⛓️, Dimensino 👾

cryptographic keys in space are the killer app
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October 11, 2012
burning man 2012 :: hexayurt density map

Announcement❗, Notes 📝

Burning man 2012 hexayurt density map
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September 15, 2012
8 months with a straight razor

Life 🧍

Shaving with a straight razor is fucking terrifying
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August 26, 2012
young mechanical turks

Notes 📝

so it appears i completely failed at blogging every week but ah well. i’ve been super busy. at the thoughtmenu in july we were lucky enough to have james bridle speak at the second event where he gave a brief talk introducing the idea of ‘Young Mecanical Turks’ due to our 10min talk rule he…
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August 8, 2012
soapless

Life 🧍

I haven’t washed my hair with shampoo or conditioner since the 1st of January 2010.
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July 9, 2012
000: seems simple enough

Life 🧍, Writing ⌨️

its july 2012 and i turn 27 this month. i thought maybe its about time i started a blog..
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July 3, 2012

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