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aphorisms and scribbled notes on the history and philosophy of media

Sunday, May 9, 2010

3 Theses on black and white

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Thesis One: that the opoposite of black is white: a surface which reflects all wavelengths equaly, as a black surface absorbs them all. When...

Vector Politics and the Aesthetics of Disappearance

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From a chapter drafted for John Armitage (ed) Virilio Now To build a new future is the greatest of challenges. When Virilio forces us to loo...
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Friday, March 5, 2010

DECE and the cloud

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The cloud adds mobility and interactivity to thin client computing, making it more energy and resource efficient to maintain than expensive ...
Saturday, February 27, 2010

A couple of things I never knew about the Red One

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The Red Corporation's Red One camera – the most widespread of high-def pro cameras – employs a Super-35mm CMOS chip which, through a st...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Further notes on the history of invisibility

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The characteristic cultural formation of the capitalist epoch was realism, and its characteristic visual form geometry, specifically the geo...
Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Old and the New

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Apple launch the iPad with fanfared agreements with publishers, and a buzz as to whether this will be the saving of the news and magazine tr...

two black swans

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two black swans westering at twilight I looked up lazy white-pinioned wing-strokes , a herringbone of light not only human, this passion ...
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