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Because Money Is Liberty Coined
I really love these redesigns of the US Dollar: There’s a contest, and I like these designs by Michael Tyznik the most. On a graphical level, they look like money. He’s integrated micro-printing, aligned printing (that $5 in the upper left corner, it’s really hard to print so it works when you look at light)…
Read More Because Money Is Liberty CoinedEarth, from the surface of Mars
This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission. (March 8, 2004) Credit: NASA Goadard’s flickr stream.
Read More Earth, from the surface of MarsParkour Generations Video
I could pretend to tie this to information security, talking about risk and information sharing, but really, it’s just beautiful to watch these folks learn to play:
Read More Parkour Generations VideoMakeup Patterns to hide from face detection
Adam Harvey is investigating responses to the growing ubiquity of surveillance cameras with facial recognition capabilities. He writes: My thesis at ITP, is to research and develop privacy enhancing counter technology. The aim of my thesis is not to aid criminals, but since artists sometimes look like criminals and vice versa, it is important to…
Read More Makeup Patterns to hide from face detectionAlbion
Courtesy of the BBC.
Read More AlbionThe Spectacle of Street View
Street with a View is an art project in Google Street View, with a variety of scenes enacted for the camera, either to be discovered in Street View, or discovered via the project web site. via David Fraser.
Read More The Spectacle of Street View"Oh, my God! Look at that picture over there"
41 years ago: Story: BBC Photo: NASA/Bill Anders
Read More "Oh, my God! Look at that picture over there"Visual Notetaking
I’m a big fan of the book “Back of the Napkin” which is all about using pictures to help with problem solving. Yesterday, I was introduced to a related concept “visual notetaking” where you use images to support other notes you are taking during a meeting. I’m at a two day workshop and we have…
Read More Visual NotetakingThe Presentation of Self and Everyday Photographs
With the kind help of our awesome readership, Amazon and Glazer’s, I’ve acquired a camera, some books, a tripod, a prime 50mm, a flash diffuser, a polarizing filter, a graduated neutral filter, and some other random photography toys tools. You might question this, but I can quit anytime. Really! I even offered to loan my…
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