When Mushrooms Attack

...al device that allows him to communicate with plants, as one does. Daisuke uses the device to communicate with mushrooms (I know, not a plant, but stay with me here). Handed such a device, let me just say that my first impulse would also be to communicate with the mushrooms to just ask them, like, what the hell are you all up to? Daisuke, unfortunately, gets prodded by a bunch of hoodlum teens to eat one of the mushrooms and a seriously bad trip e...

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Pepper’s Ghost

...eB4kup3oKY0?si=Lp8HuYnto3B3_gH1 Looking for an easy Halloween display that uses stuff you might have at hand? In this video Joshua Ellingson shows you how to create the 19th century Pepper’s ghost effect using an iPad, some plastic film and a glass container. YouTube is full of pre-made Pepper’s ghost videos so you don’t even need to shoot anything. If you want to go deeper there’s a free version of a video DJ type program called VDMX that you can...

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Tools for Conquering Internet Addiction

...the day and two Chrome-based apps, Stay Focused and Strict Workflow (which uses a Pomodoro timer, an enforced 25 minute work period I’ve found helpful). In the past I’ve found limiting email and social media to two brief periods a day, in the morning and late afternoon, really enhances my productivity. The problem is that I’ve fallen off this wagon. I’m hoping that these apps will get me back into this twice a day communications habit. I’m also th...

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Sorting the Digital Photos of a Digital Pandemic

...ery much occupy the “meatspace” of digital cloud storage, an industry that uses immense amounts of power, occupies countless technicians, programmers, HR departments, outsourced content moderators and janitors and eats up land in the from of massive warehouses, power stations, undersea cables and telecommunications stitching facilitates. The hidden physical reality of computer space is realized and satirized in eXistenZ in the virtual world of a v...

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Saturday Tweets: Dogs, Land Use, Kale and Rocket Cats

...Efk — Joe Parris (@KTVBJoe) August 3, 2018 Fascinating look at how America uses its land https://t.co/H1eP86WWXq — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 2, 2018 This project proves that a better world is possible: https://t.co/lmj0mFzqd1 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 1, 2018 Holy Kale, what is going on? https://t.co/8FYmqzkSMh — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) July 30, 2018 My co-editor @Jenny_L_Davis has a write up of the three of the most important...

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