Sketch in progress, 2012-02-18. View high resolution

Sketch in progress, 2012-02-18.

What is Generative Art? A 7-Minute PBS Micro-Documentary

Milstein Hall at Cornell University / OMA

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Milstein Hall, the new 25,000 sqf flexible studio space at Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) in upstate New York, was opened last month for…

Medical Caricatures

Sampling from :::Medical Caricatures, 1736-1932:::
{Lowcountry Digital Library}*


engraving of old person sitting in chair
The Prevailing Epidemic
“Ah! you may laugh, my boy; but it’s no joke being funny with…

Best statistics question ever

Best Math Question EVAR

By way of Raymond Johnson, the best statistics multiple choice question ever written on a chalkboard. Try not to think too hard. [via]

The Important Field

I hear in some places, you need one form of ID to buy a gun, but two to pay for it by check. It's interesting who has what incentives to care about what mistakes.

Class B7

Activities and uses in buildings are classified alpha-numerically, B1 for offices etc but whatever you do stay well clear of Class B7 because it allows for this:

Breeding maggots from…

serge salat: beyond infinity immersive installation

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nice fractals

the immersive, labyrinth-like installation, now traveling throughout china, interweaves mirrors, light, music, and fractal art in an architecture…

Stud Finder

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my stud finder also detects live wires. There’s a server farm worth of cables in my walls, apparently.
According to every stud finder I've tried to use, my walls contain a rapidly shifting network of hundreds and hundreds of studs.

Cyclepedia: An Homage to the Beauty of the Bicycle

A brief visual history of innovation in bicycle design.

It’s no secret I’m a longtime lover of the two-wheel life. Now, a new book brings two of my great passions — bikes and design —…