• Crab Nebula

    One of the most beautiful images of the Crab Nebula, (the remnants of an exploded star), that was recorded by the Chinese around 1054 AD.

  • Goldman Sachs Fraud: Only survivor, the fabulous Fab

    Around 10:30 AM ET, Goldman Sachs shares plummeted as the SEC announced that they were charging Goldman Sachs with fraud. It has been no secret that Goldman Sachs was involved with the demise of the housing market, and the financial crisis, yet it was unclear exactly how they were involved.

  • Apple’s use of Apps will shift the search paradigm.

    Apps (applications on the iPhone and iPad), are about to change the way we access information on the internet. During a presentation on the new iPhone OS4, Steve Jobs discussed this transition, during his introduction to iAd, their new mobile computing advertising platform.

  • The iPad: Steve Jobs’ Gestural Glass

    With the iPad, Apple has created a new platform for viewing the world. It is like an old Xray film which the technician pulls out of a sheath allowing us to peer into our bodies and what lies beneath our skin. But in this case, we hold the film outward to envision and construct the world around us. The form of it is simple, visual and gestural, like a stroke in calligraphy.

  • The Beauty of the Vortex

    A well designed vortex-making machine, using CD’s, magnets and water. I am always looking for methods which allow you to recreate a natural phenomenon. Although the science may be interesting to some, I am more interested in the mobility of natural phenomena from one context to another, where beauty creates an opportunity for questioning.

  • A Beaultiful Way to Interact with Data.

    John Underkoffler, is an interface designer, who recently spoke at the TED conference. He is the Chief Scientist at Oblong Industries, the developer of the g-speak spatial operating environment, a human-computer interface. They have produced a video of their environment; it is something to consider

  • The limits of language and understanding

    Today I came across a quote from Karen Armstrong that I feel exemplifies the substantial and enduring in any religion: “… religious discourse should not attempt to impart clear information about the divine but should lead to an appreciation of the limits of language and understanding.” Armstrong, Karen. The Case for God. Knopf: 2009

  • Map Memory Library

    Recently, over several days, I have spent time in the past. I often think of the past or memories like a personal library. It is something that periodically, we need to visit. While there we need to wander the aisles, pick up a book, and read a few lines. At the end of our visit, we walk away refreshed. But most importantly, we walk away with a kind of map, showing us how points in the past are consistent with current directions.

  • A Transliteration: A War, A Language

    We often think of images as illustrations of things, or as “things” themselves. But we forget that in times before the written word was so prominent; images were complex symbols, used as a form of transmitting and preserving concepts.

  • Bill Ackman is Human

    On Thursday, Bill Ackman's long fought proxy battle with Target, ($TGT), ended, and he did not reach his goal of obtaining a seat on the board. I was a little surprised, as I have learned to expect him to always succeed. After the vote, he addressed the audience. It was reported on CNBC that he… Continue Reading

  • It is not the architecture.

    Marcy Frantom is a scholar, who researches cemetery material culture and has a masters degree in English with a Folklore emphasis. She lives in northern Louisiana. She created this audio piece in 2003, about finding a bone of an astronaut in her garden, after the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia: Marcy Frantom reading Her… Continue Reading

  • Antony Hegarty

    I am grateful for this work; very full of light, thought and lack of emptiness. An article on the visual art of Antony.