2015: concerts of the year

FKA twigs presents Congregata Oh.  My.  God.  Impossible voice, amazing choreography, undeniable stage presence, mindboggling lights (yes, that’s a laser off a sequined top), show of…

week 138

Back in action. – If you have not read Bret Victor on the climate crisis, do so right now. – In similar heady reads, Kickstarter’s…

week 137

Still on catch-up. – Google has open-sourced their machine learning system.  This is sort of amazing, even if some of my academic pals are not…

week 136

Late, again, but lots to talk about. – Y Combinator is starting a research lab.  Which is interesting in at least six ways.  I, personally,…

week 135

– If you’re not reading James Bridle, well, you can start now. – Mat Dryhurst’s SAGA is super interesting and makes me feel like some…

week 134

– A black American man has applied for refugee status in Canada, citing unjust treatment by the police. – I think I mentioned HOPSCOTCH, a…

week 132

What a time we have, up here in Heaven. – My man Stefan Maier turned me on to the music of Elaine Radigue, which is…

week 131

Once more with feeling! – This Is My Jam is gone, but in the best way.  Big love. – Experiment.com is super interesting, and filled…

week 130

– Stephanie Shirley on women and programming.  Another amazing woman that I didn’t know about. – More places doing the self-hosting thing:  Known and Sandstorm. – Went…

week 129

– XENOFEMINISM.  I mean, that’s an instant click, right? – Some clever bunnies can do really scary good things with synthesizing photos from sketches. – Twenty…