Sep
4th
Thu
4th
Aug
27th
Wed
27th
one can spend an entire lifetime correcting a flawed paper published in [a] reputable journal and still loose the battle if people like the basic idea
— Victor Hamburger via Pasko Rakic — PNAS
Aug
22nd
Fri
22nd
“The application works by assuming a constant viewing angle (35-45 degrees), typical for when the device is placed on a tabletop. The 3d scene’s perspective is warped using anamorphosis, the same technique used in Hans Holbein’s painting The Ambassadors. This application does the exact same but updates dynamically.” David OReilly - BLOG - Animation, Ideas, Information etc (via mhegge
I think that if more researchers were independent (not tied to someone else’s lab) and if they spent less time grant-writing, we’d see more open collaborations. Right now the biggest barrier to openness is centralization
your pictures need to tell you what you are interested in
Aug
20th
Wed
20th
Scientists have just built the world’s biggest supercollider, and they’re doing experiments to see what makes up protons. I hope that if the experiment’s successful, the whole of our reality will dissolve, and a big sign will up come that says: LEVEL TWO.
— Frankie Boyle
Aug
16th
Sat
16th
I don’t think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day
— William Eggleston via Liz Kuball | On format
Aug
10th
Sun
10th
Don’t expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live. Your life is over as of today.
What does this mean for you? It is good that your life is over. Since your life is over, you are free. Let me tell you the many wonderful things that you can do when you are free.
The most important is this: do not work.
Work is anything that you are compelled to do. By its very nature, it is undesirable.