holograms

May be of interest to somebody.Strikes me that nobody really knows how to use this technology but I've been wrong before.

homophily

Learnt a new word this weekend in the Guardian Weekend :) 

It is a word that describes the human tendency to seek out and find others most similar to ourselves.The article is quite amusing and questions the notion of sticking to what you know.One of the reasons I like the radio and television live broadcast is the potential for the random encounter, other spaces that come to mind are fleamarkets and carboot sales.I find the collaborative filtering as used on Amazon can be as irritating as predictive texting.

The article also made me check out the unsuggester .

check this radio show out too.

heaviest snowfall for 18 years

January blues

It's official this January has been the coldest since 1996.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

I've just heard the sad news that Jan Kaplicky died last night in Prague, news made more poignant by the fact that it was an hour after the birth of his daughter. He was a family friend and will be missed . A personality who was strongly opinionated and passionate, begrudging, and generous at the same time. Respect.

"Take your pleasures seriously." - Charles Eames

Hello,went to the Tate for the last day of the Bacon exhibition.It was packed but worth it and naturally there was the regret that I didn't make the effort earlier. Some things just need to be seen in the flesh and painting and architecture demand that effort is made. I rather like Bacon's studio which was a tip or as Ollie would say,'a fine mess'. Room 6 was particularly interesting as it exhibited material found in his studio after his death. We all want to know the how and why but like any good act, it must seem effortless even if it was laboured. 

The skin and flesh of building fabric.

From 1600 on the 08.12.08 a series of speakers will be speaking on the subject.

01.Prof.Robert Kronenburg, Liverpool University

02.Mark Williams, Arup Facade engineers

03.Jan Wurm, Arup Facade Engineers

This will be the last in the series hosted by Simon Herron and will take place in the Anatomy J Z Young Lecture Theatre,UCL.