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New Aesthetic Watch: Google Image Dictionary
LOS ANGELES — Sometimes, the best way to find information about a subject is not simply to Google it, but to Google Image it.
AX Mina
AX Mina is an artist and culture writer exploring contemporary spirituality, technology and other sundry topics. She co-produces Five and Nine, a podcast about magic, work, and economic justice, and serves on the board of the Rabkin Foundation.
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Building Networks Between Europe and Asia
MyPeople Project attempts to help connect artists around the world with each other.
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A Visit to Caine’s Arcade
It's always a strange feeling when you meet the internet in person. This past weekend, I had the great pleasure of visiting Caine's Arcade, a young boy's makeshift cardboard arcade out in East L.A. that became an internet sensation.
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New Aesthetic Watch: 8-Bit Pop-up Cards
LOS ANGELES — Open source cards that bring a bit of the virtual to the real world.
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A Step Closer to Defying Gravity
A new technology demo'd by MIT researcher Jinha Lee is pretty exciting.
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The Accidental Art of eBay Photos
LOS ANGELES — Oh, eBay. The few times I've tried to sell something on eBay, I remember the emphasis they placed on selecting a good image (or series of images) to properly show what you're trying to get rid of. It makes sense and I always noticed that the best eBay sellers tended to have the best ph
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Wait for the Bus, Charge Your Phone
Design consultancy Pensa's new video concept explores on-the-go charging stations for our gadgets.
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See the Web Without the Words
LOS ANGELES — For all their problems, white walls in galleries make sense sometimes. But it's not always easy to get an image in isolated on the web anymore.
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Visualizing and Auralizing the Rhythms of Twitter
LOS ANGELES — What on earth is Twitter talking about? It's easy to find out: check your stream, scan some words and ta-da, you know what your friends are saying and doing.
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The Stellar Fucking Growth of Fuck Yeah Tumblelogs
LOS ANGELES — Got a brilliant Tumblr idea? Would it fit the Fuck Yeah mold just right? Your blog would be just one of 100 new Fuck Yeah tumblelogs created each day since the meme began picking up in 2009.
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Psychedelic Cherry Blossoms in a New Photo Series
LOS ANGELES — Spring is upon us, and cherry blossoms are blooming around the world. It's hard to take a bad picture of a cherry blossom, known as sakura in Japan, so how do you take a better one?
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Nap For Change: It's Good for Creativity
LOS ANGELES — In kindergarten, we learned that sharing is caring, 1+1 is 2, and napping after lunch is a good thing. Most of those lessons from our youthful years still apply, except for that latter one.