sunspeck
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I am an ecological designer in Santa Cruz, California.
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Comment · 11 years ago
Haven't tried it out yet, but looks nice.
Surprised to see that this wasn't authored by Mario Klingemann, creator of the very clever LowpolyBot:
Comment · 12 years ago
The TRON/Lightcycle genre is at its very best as a PvP(xN) game. Haven't logged in for years, but there used to be dozens of very active servers running Armagetron Advanced, and it looks like it's still going:
http://armagetronad.org/index.php
A very fun, fast paced, social, arcade-like gaming environment for someone not invested enough in gaming to delve into the likes of WoW or similar.
Comment · 12 years ago
Have you considered a chloropleth[1]? Similar effect to a heat map but likely much easier to implement.
Just shade each of your already defined regions by [sightings/area].
Comment · 12 years ago
I take this article to be an argument against snake-oil panaceas, just broadly overstated in its phrasing. Not a generally useful piece, but a healthy rebuttal to the woo reductionists.
Comment · 12 years ago
I am also interested to see what comes of this, but it's been pointed out that is paper is somewhat suspect with seemingly little input from Nahuatl language experts or prior literature on the Voynich manuscript.
Here is a refutation by one of the leading "hoax" proponents: http://hydeandrugg.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/hoaxing-the-voyn...
In it, he explains the prevalence of half-baked origin theories as a function of several psychological and probabilistic phenomena:
* Pareidolia * Confirmation bias * The birthday problem
This is an interesting discussion, as it provides a generalized and broadly applicable framework for why we often see things where they don't indeed exist.
Comment · 13 years ago
Far cleverer RapGenius growth hack exposed:
RG has seemingly generated a unique URL w/<title> for each line of each of each song listing. Google slurps these up and gives them prominent SERP rankings, though the links are all just doorways redirecting to the main song page. (Albeit, redirecting to an anchor at the lyric queried, with highlighting effect and annotation popup to boot. Pretty friendly UX.)
Eg. http://rapgenius.com/9208/Ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/Today-i...
Thus one song with a remix or two might become 469 search results: https://www.google.com/search?q=And+if+I+hit+the+switch%2C+I...
Comment · 13 years ago
Thanks. It was an exhausting and inspiring day, and your support builds the inspiration. I've slapped together a blog with some photos for now, and more info to come. http://growquad.tumblr.com/
I'll be documenting this project such that this sorta endeavor is more easily replicable at other secondary schools. Spreading the word would be awesome.
If you're able willing to donate, it would be well appreciated. We are totally unfunded at this point: minor expenses thus far have been covered out of pocket by the organizers (schoolteachers and gardeners). But we will need need flora, irrigation equipment, and building materials in the near future... I've put a WePay link on the blog.
You can find my email through my profile if you have any questions.
Comment · 13 years ago
Like the whiz-bang Lawton stuff? Any other good ones? Nice idea. I'm not much of a videographer, but I'm trying to document this project with some footage as well.
Comment · 13 years ago
If you're referring to physical/material kits, that'd be difficult, as the elements of life don't package well.
If you're talking about packaging informational materials, that's an interesting idea, as I've been developing much of the design and theory on a voluntary basis. I don't see this as a commercial project, but Kickstarter funding might be appropriate.
Interested to hear what you think such a kit would include?
Regardless, I'll be documenting the project at http://growquad.tumblr.com/
Comment · 13 years ago
I just slapped together http://growquad.tumblr.com/ with some photos from today's first work day. Will be posting more updates about design, implementation, and progress.
Comment · 13 years ago
A biodiverse, edible forest garden in the center of an public high school. We are breaking ground with a team of students in about an hour.
This is (very) cool because it will expose adolescents to a variety of concepts, perspectives, and phenomena that are severely lacking from most urbanized places.
Comment · 13 years ago
f.lux http://justgetflux.com/
As much a brain hack as a Mac hack. #1 recommendation.
Comment · 13 years ago
This guy basically brought the internet to our little seaside town decades ago.
Looks like he's now trying to foster a startup culture here just over the mountains from the Valley.
Comment · 14 years ago
Treeshruggers