Mad Quickies
Mad Quickies 4.10
- Listen to the first 760,000 years of the universe – an auditory representation of the Big Bang. {via Surly Amy}
- “We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.” Joan Didion on keeping a notebook.
- Grant Snider’s Definitions of Genius is, of course, genius.
- Here’s something we’ve been waiting for. DC introduces the first transgender character into mainstream comics.
- It was only a matter of time. Finally: long exposure photos of a Roomba’s path. And… omigosh- there’s a
Flickr pool of Roomba Art! - This will make you recall what you liked about The Onion: Guy With 10,000 Tweets, 15 Followers About Ready To Hang It Up. Vid. {via Amanda D.}
- This is a wonder of a tiny interior: a 130-square-foot Parisian micro apartment. C’est minuscule!
- Zsuzsanna Slezak has won an award for her anit-racism poster. Excelent! {via Daniela}/li>
- Katie McKissick examines the pros and cons of putting happy faces on molecules.
- Speaking of molecules, this is a little reminder to check out MolecularMuse’s jewelry. Raven is an erstwhile contributor to Mad Art Lab.
- SFMoMA’s Chef Caitlin Freeman created the Modern Art Desserts cookbook. From the Piet Mondrian-inspired chocolate ganache to the Avedon Parfait, this is quite inspired.
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From gnarly bay productions:
Sarah DiNardo. Tape Artist.
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Tears in Space
Astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrates the physics of tears in space.
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Featured image is an excerpt from IBR Roomba Swarm in the Dark IV.
from the page
“Part of a “Roomba Art” picture series produced by Tobias Baumgartner, Marcus Brandenburger, Tom Kamphans, Alexander Kroeller, and Christiane Schmidt of the IBR Algorithm Group and Braunschweig University of Technology.”
“We had a swarm of seven Roombas, each with a differently colored LED on top. The roombas are operating at the same time — can you spot the collisions?”
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