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Painting with light

by Ryan Lane on January 21, 2009


Artists Michelle McSwain and Ryan Warnberg (known collectively as MRI) demonstrate how to paint with light. The premise: combine LED lights with long photographic exposures.

MRI also has a blog

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Get Your War On: The Surge

by Ryan Lane on August 25, 2008

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Radiohead Remixes

by Ryan Lane on May 3, 2008

I wanted to share a remix an old co-worker of mine, who goes by the name Umami, of the Radiohead song Nude. I think it’s really good. If you do you too, you should vote for it.

You can also see him perform live at Seattle’s lovely McLeod Residence this May 17.

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Clay Shirky on Cognitive Surplus

by Ryan Lane on May 2, 2008

While I was at the Web 2.0 Expo last week I saw Clay Shirky give a talk on Cognitive Surplus. Out of all the things I learned at the event this one has really stuck with me. You can find the the full transcription online as well.

I need to get his new book “Here Comes Everybody” which is about organizing without organizations. You can watch the interview of him discussing the book on the Colbert Report.

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The Hair Trader

December 12, 2007

Who knew that there is a bustling market of selling hair online. If you take a look at the site – Hair Classifieds, Sell Your Hair & Hair Products you’ll see that people are asking good money for the hair on their heads. I wish I had this site back when I went from hippy [...]

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Trouble with modern day education?

November 11, 2007

I can’t agree more with these people. School wasn’t good for me and that was before the internet, but for many of the same reasons just different tech.

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The Uncanny Valley

July 21, 2006

I find the concept of the uncanny valley very interesting. Having worked with 3D modeling and design, I’ve watched the work of people much more talented then myself create human like characters. I never knew there was a name for it before, but I’ve felt the instinctual feelings that something was wrong with the person [...]

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under construction

March 26, 2006

under construction Originally uploaded by futileboy. This building fascinates me. It’s under construction, yet it’s in use. The lower floors seem to be actively occupied by businesses. I don’t know the story, but I’m guessing this is a great way to fund the further development. Less risky and easier to generate revenue right away. It’s [...]

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