- ARCHIVE / Just Blogging
- Ars Electronica 2010
I spent a couple of days in Linz, Austria, visiting for the first time the Ars Electronica centre and the related festival which is happening these days. It’s an impressive event, lots and lots of things to see, spanning from the latest technologies used in scientific research to the most visionary art installations. The city […]
- Listen to the RainForest at Kew Gardens
If you happen to be going to London’s Kew Gardens, make sure you don’t miss this nice sound installation by Chris Watson. The installation is on till September 5th and it’s called Whispering in the Leaves: Whispering in the Leaves features two sound pieces – Dawn and Dusk – composed by Chris from memory using […]
- Bernstein’s Mass at Royal Festival Hall
The other day I went to a concert at the Southbank Centre in London, as part of the Leonard Bernstein season. Its the Mass by Leonard Bernstein. A bit hard to follow, maybe because of the mix of latin and english in the lyrics, but the musics and the theatrical bits were quite entertaining. (wikipedia […]
- Gong – How To Stay Alive video clip
Never really listened to Gong before, although I knew they’ve been part of that british psychedelic movement that includes, among others, Ozric Tentacles… well I really loved the clip below, looking forward to know them better.
- Il Fatto Quotidiano online is available
Il Fatto Quotidiano, practically the only newspaper in italy which is not subsidized by the state through the political parties, is now running online with a new and constantly improving website. Needless to say, it’s good news for the (poor) freedom of press in Italy. Here’re some international articles mentioning ‘il Fatto’ when it initially […]
- Ozrics back on the road!
Good news, mythical Ozric Tentacles [official website] are going to have a number of gigs in the UK in the coming fall. All the dates are available at allgigs.co.uk . They’ll play in London on Thu 28th Oct 2010 at the Islington Academy, it’s only 25 quid, get in touch if you want to join […]
- PLOrk @=> Spring 2010 Concert
I just watched online a number of very inspiring performances from the the Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk), as part of the their recent Spring Concert. I usually do livecoding on my own, so I’m really impressed by the results an enseble of livecoders can get! Some of the performances I liked: N. 5. Middle Passage, […]
- Back to iMovie HD …
Have you ever edited a movie using the new iMovie 7 or 8? Well I tried a couple of times, and it’s a dreadful experience. I’m not the only one who noticed it.. (actually probably among the last ones). This article from the NY Times is from 2007… Last week, Apple released a new version […]
- Creativity and personal mastery
By Srikumar S. Rao, who can be found also on TED talks. His class syllabus, Creativity and Personal Mastery is also an interesting read. Here’s an excerpt (which is actually a quotation from Anthony De Mello): “Recall the kind of feeling you have when someone praises you, when you are approved, accepted, applauded. And contrast […]
- Victim of the Brain
If you’ve heard about the ‘brain in a vat‘ thought experiment but never had the time to read more about it, this movie is a quite pleasant dramatisation of the argument! Victim of the Brain, 1:30:14 – 1988 [wikipedia article] Victim of the Brain is a 1988 film by Dutch director Piet Hoenderdos, loosely based […]
Parerga und Paralipomena / At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded – Wittgenstein
