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Manhattan-based artist Katinka Matson is featured in this short CBS news feature, FLOWERS by Katinka Matson. The article briefly touches on the development of the flatbed scanner, (I didn’t realize Ray Kurzweil was … Read more
Here’s a fascinating photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope that shows many thousands of galaxies, including two that are apparently close to colliding, and many others that are almost as old as … Read more
Some real details (gps used, program used, etc.) about how this was accomplished would be interesting, but it’s a neat photo nonetheless. If it wasn’t done as described in the caption, then I … Read more
just spinning, spinnin free, Dizzy with eternity. Yeah, I know, I was burned out on that song myself. Still, Throwing Stones is a powerful, still relevant song, and the imagery conveyed by the … Read more
One of the few things I miss about the midwest (besides family) are the late spring and early summer thunder storms. Towering clouds, building up all day, explode with a blindingly bright, deafeningly … Read more
Just the thing for Monday: an exploration of The Principles of Artistic Illusions. This site, enriched with many illustrative examples, reviews a few classic Escher works as well as exploring the general topic … Read more
From Tom comes word of yet another example of the limitless creativity and cleverness which serve as hallmarks of the human race. To be honest, I’m not 100 percent convinced this isn’t a … Read more
This would be bad: I remember these from when I was a kid: We all love turtles: See larger images of all the above, plus many, many more at crackerpacks, a site devoted … Read more
It seems that there isn’t a topic or concept that isn’t represented on the web. That’s a good thing; a technological ark in some ways, it seems to me. Here’s the latest such … Read more