Archives for April 2014
застывшие
13 April 2014 | Art | No Comments
чудесные скульптуры Великобритании. не пропустите, если будет возможность.
the winter of our discontent
11 April 2014 | Games, Philosophy | No Comments
натуральный постмодернизм:
RIOT is a riot simulator based on real events that have been influencing the western civilization in the past few years.
многоплановая игра, ага:
RIOT is made of two game genres. If the player chooses to play as the rioters, he will find a game that is strategic, but it is mostly about fast-pace reactions to the situations happening all around him. What I mean by that is that there will be very little time for planning, and it will mostly be about responding. This is does not mean that the strategic component is cut out, but just that the response time will have be short. This section of the game will be about controlling a chaotic (but not random) mass of people.
The second genre belongs to the policemen. When played through this faction, the game becomes more similar to a strategy game. It is more organized, orders are sent through an actual “button-y” user interface (instead of the gestures used for the rioter), and the game is more focused on planning rather than fast response. Both component are still present, but the policemen faction is more organized and logical.
штампы
11 April 2014 | Art | No Comments
например, принципы и работы художественной группы “Стиль”, — это к мгновению о фильме, — без сомнения, исключительны, интересны, должны быть изучаемы. а, допустим, этот задыхающийся пластик, жизнь мертворожденных?
где-то здесь и разница, да? в том, что действительно могут сказать авторы — если вообще.
одинокий голос человека
10 April 2014 | Art, Economics | 1 Comment
с другой стороны, на пару с artsy.net следует, наверное, помнить еще и такой вот удобный инструмент. как говорится, если не картины[1], то хотя бы инвестиции[2].
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где та грань, что превращает краски в событие? не помню, рассказывал ли когда-нибудь о замечательном фильме “Boogie Woogie”, но все равно, задумайтесь, как искусство по форме может застыть чудовщной же скукой, а пошлость и обыденность вдруг стать шедевром? где ответ, средь каких мгновений? ↩
on avatars
9 April 2014 | AR, Technology, Wine | No Comments
In some ways, the biggest competitor to virtual reality might be a bottle of wine.
Chris Dixon, an investor at the venturecapital firm Andreessen Horowitz,
which led a $75 million investment in Oculus VR in December.о, да!
в движеньи
8 April 2014 | Art | No Comments
к слову за анимации, — вот целый список.
уверен, даже только на приведенных работах, каждый с легкостью найдет себя.
черты империй
7 April 2014 | Geography, History | No Comments
новости из Нью-Йоркской библиотеки:
The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division is very proud to announce the release of more than 20,000 cartographic works as high resolution downloads. <...> The maps can be viewed through the New York Public Library’s Digital Collections page, and downloaded (!), through the Map Warper.
eyes wide shut
7 April 2014 | Internet, Privacy, Security | No Comments
Unless we start building personal trust networks (exchanging and verifying public/private keys) and encrypting our email, then we should probably give up on email privacy. When communicating in plain text over the public Internet we should assume that our messages are being read by third parties.
It doesn’t matter if we self host, pay a dedicated Email host with a simple privacy policy or use a giant advertising-supported technology company’s Email service for free. Email privacy without encryption and trusted, verified identity is an illusion.
коммуникации в сети — это то, что не дает мне покоя практически беспрерывно. и действенный компромисс между удобством и надежностью пока так и не обнаружен.
Keyser Soze is behind you
6 April 2014 | Cinematograph, Television, Theatre | No Comments
отличное интервью Кевина Спейси:
At that time, Spacey was touring the world in a Mendes-directed stage production of Shakespeare’s Richard III[1], which turned out to be ideal preparation for the House of Cards character. “I had 10 months of looking into the eyes of audiences all over the world and seeing how much they f—ing loved it,” says Spacey, noting how much more rewarding it is to directly address the audience on a stage than it is on a TV set. “With House of Cards, I’m looking down the barrel of a lens. It’s incredibly disconcerting because quite often there’s a glass, and I have to f—ing see my own face, which is incredibly annoying.”
и, конечно же, танцы, — трактир все-таки:
One of the unusual things about Kevin Spacey is that he has a tendency to turn into someone else, without warning. “You know,” he begins, as we turn into the tennis center, “when I was on the air, ‘streaming was something we did when we pulled the car over to take a leak on the side of the road.” Well, hello there, Johnny Carson[2].
and “Richard the Third is about the nature of power”, as they put it in the trailer. ↩
greatest hits
5 April 2014 | History, Television | No Comments
20 лет назад Курт Кобейн одним выстрелом отправил на тот свет и себя, и MTV.