December 2010
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Senior Essay
Just thinking aloud here. I’m in the Urban Studies track of the Architecture major, so I get to write a senior essay. I initially thought I would write something about housing issues in the developing world, which was part of the reason why I traveled to India in the first half of summer 2010. Fast-forward to now. I think I’m going to use my senior essay as an opportunity to...
Dec 31st
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“I wonder if the tyranny of primary texts can withstand rational appraisal....”
–  Simen, Ideas via (Daily Meh)
Dec 28th
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Warren Ellis' SUPERGOD
(Above: Malak, the Iranian experiment.) It took 3 months for my five-set collection of Warren Ellis’ SUPERGOD to make it to my mailbox, and it was worth every second of of the 90 minutes it took to read all of them. How best to describe this series? The official description from Avatar Press comes close: “South-east Asia is on fire, an artificial angel whose brain is a faulty radio...
Dec 27th
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Current jam
Hello - Beyoncé
Dec 27th
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Dec 24th
We need to stop designing
stripesandplanes: as a response to what we have, and start designing for what we want, proactively. Architecture is a form of activism.
Dec 24th
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marchstudent asked: Haha, box.

Half kidding.

Anyway, do you love architecture more, less or the same after your first semester as an arch major (that's what this past semester was, right)?
Dec 23rd
Ask box →
Finally activated my ask box. Say hello!
Dec 23rd
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“The sense of fulfillment, of a real aesthetic experience unalloyed by a feeling...”
–  Austin Grossman, Notes from a Video Game Developer (via The Smart Set)
Dec 22nd
Dec 17th
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Ask box?
This might be the end-of-finals-euphoria talking, but I’m considering activating my ask box. Yay or nay?
Dec 16th
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Humble Bundle 2 →
The Humble Bundle guys have struck again. Visit the site and pay what you want for bundle of five amazing indie games: Braid Machinarium Cortex Command Osmos Revenge of the Titans I’ve heard very good things about both Braid and Machinarium; I’m excited to try them out for myself.
Dec 14th
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“DDoS attacks: the internet equivalent of a sit-in/civil disobedience or an...”
– http://personaldemocracy.com/pdfleaks
Dec 11th
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“Within the context of a digital democracy, how do I show legitimate civil...”
– http://personaldemocracy.com/pdfleaks
Dec 11th
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watch pdfleaks live →
soupsoup: an impressive array of thinkers discussing where we go in a post-wikileaks world Stimulating conversation. I really should be cramming for my final but I can’t look away.
Dec 11th
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The New Memory Theater →
Nathan Schneider asks “Forget what constitutes a ‘book’. What will be the new ‘bookshelf’?” “Picture a library, in flames, overlooking the city in ruins below — the Library of Alexandria under Caesar’s assault all over again … Everything is lost with them. Right? Or, on the other hand, might we instead laugh and cheer? … Isn’t...
Dec 10th
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