Listening to: Strict Machine [2003] - Goldfrapp

Type geeks are a special breed… may be that was the inspiration for The Typosperma Project:

The main idea of the ‘Typosperma’ project was to create some sort of new transgenic creatures, half (human) sperm, half letter. These imaginary creatures are cloned sperms, that typographic information has been implanted into their DNA.

Listening to: Ready For Love [2000] - India.Arie

… well, on vines. Sorry, and odd thing to post about - but it was one of those “whoda thunk?” moments.

Listening to: Before The Breakthrough - The Mutton Birds

This will be well worth keeping an eye on: http://www.xero.com/

Listening to: Envy of Angels - The Mutton Birds

Arstechnica has a great article about the characteristics of the fashion industry that allow it to thrive even with rampant copying:

…Kal Raustiala of the University of California, and Chris Sprigman, start by observing that the fashion industry has what they term a “low-IP equilibrium,” in which clothing designs enjoy almost no copy protection and designers frequently turn large profits by copying each others’ work. In spite of the lack of IP protection for clothing designs—or rather, because of this lack, the authors argue—the fashion industry remains vibrant and profitable, exhibiting none of the negative effects on creativity that advocates of strong intellectual property (IP) rights would predict in the absence of government-enforced monopolies on creative “content.”

Listening to: Envy of Angels - The Mutton Birds

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Listening to: Wings of Desire - Strawpeople

I remember seeing a video, many years back, of a small child using a Mac to draw a picture. She was three or so years old and was able to turn the computer on, start the relevant apps and start drawing. Here is the Wii equivalent (kids pick up the damnedest things):

Listening to: Lush 3.2 - Orbital

For my own notes: Google TechTalks: Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Biofuels.

• Stanford Experts on Climate Change and Carbon Trading - Thomas C. Heller and Stephen H. Schneider
• Biofuels: Think Outside the Barrel - Vinod Khosla

Listening to: Policies - Pete Yorn

For my own notes: Make your video game for the Xbox 360 with XNA game studio express…

Listening to: The Heater - The Mutton Birds

I found this little treasure over the weekend - In Our Time. Melvyn Bragg hosts a discussion on the history of ideas. This week it was altruism with Miranda Fricker, Richard Dawkins, and John Dupré. Next week it will be the speed of light.

Listening to: Just Might Be OK - Lupe Fiasco Feat. Gemini

onegoodmove has a snippet of video on Banksy in Palestine and LA.