From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #16: Strange Worlds, clocks and immortality
Find the most interesting corners of the Internet this month below!
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The sixteenth edition yet! Wow, isn’t that just awesome! This month I’m playing tag (https://twitter.com/taggythegame) throughout the Netherlands and while I’m writing this, one of my opponents is sitting on the opposite of me! Oh the suspense, I hope this edition is just as good! Oh, and could you help me out by sharing this newsletter with friends? That would be great! http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| Share (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|: |URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| Tweet (http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|: |URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|&mini=true&title=|URL:MC_SUBJECT| Share (http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|&mini=true&title=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|) https://plus.google.com/share?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| +1 (https://plus.google.com/share?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) |FORWARD| Forward to Friend (|FORWARD|) For this edition, I have 17 interesting corners: * How far would you go in pursuit of a dream (http://www.thebasementsatellite.com) ? * I’ve finished a bachelor degree in chemistry, seeing a new type of bond (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chemists-confirm-the-existence-of-new-type-of-bond) announced is kind of a big deal! * Much like Cubans, the Amish are quite good at inventing (http://kk.org/thetechnium/2009/02/amish-hackers-a) and hacking things. * Internetopia (http://internetopia.squarespace.com) the biggest online artwork made by crowdfunding. * Don’t you love a god synth (http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/22/7868157/teenage-engineering-pocket-operator-synthesizers) ? Teenage Engineering is an awesome company that makes low-cost pocket synthesizer. * Woah, I program, but I never wondered how it would be like when your blind (http://blog.freecodecamp.com/2015/01/a-vision-of-coding-without-opening-your-eyes.html) . The speed is amazing! * I receive a hourly artwork based on L-Systems, made by a twitterbot (https://twitter.com/LSystemBot/) . * I read a lot of science-fiction and sometimes think about writing. Turns out, it’s quite a strange world (http://www.wired.com/2015/01/geeks-guide-sci-fi-workshop) after all..
- The former El Bulli Chef is thinking about creativity (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/business/ferran-adria-the-former-el-bulli-chef-is-now-serving-up-creative-inquiry.html) .
- The next time you hear someone talking about algorithms, replace the term with “God” and ask yourself (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/the-cathedral-of-computation/384300) if the meaning changes.
- Turns out we have special octopi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7CFzDepXfM) here in The Netherlands.
- Fascinating that there’s a city in Canada that just consist of one building (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begich_Towers) .
- Millions long for immortality (http://www.brainpickings.org/2013/05/24/the-philosophy-of-immortality) who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
- A clock, exposed (http://techno-logic-art.com/clock.htm) .
- I love these interfaces for making the unthinkable, thinkable (http://worrydream.com/MediaForThinkingTheUnthinkable/?utm_content=buffercc992&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer) .
- A suspended (http:/jaccuzzi.ch/html/affichjacc_264_e.html) jacuzzi.
- Exoplanets discovered by Kepler, now have their own posters (http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/media_categories?category=6) !
Thanks for reading. If you have any things you would like to see me add on the next edition, let me know by emailing (mailto:jsplattel@gmail.com?subject=Curious%20Corner%20idea!&body=%20) me! Together with my brother we’re also exploring live sessions!
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