Mushroom John
My travels to Seattle have led me to the trail of Mushroom John. An elusive web presence and word of mouth descriptions are all I have for now, but the dedicated surfer can, if sufficiently interested, scramble through his site for such clues to the inner workings of his mind like Drool Donkey, and the [...]
Sterlac
So. I’m cruising GIGOMACHINE which is a tumbler by a video artist in Austin Texas, Ivan Lozano when I see a string of posts about Sterlac, an australian based performance artist. The site is worth a visit if you enjoy early web design or horrible navigation systems. Or you can make the jump for a [...]
DNA Radio
Via Ray Kurzweil’s Blog
Two German biotech experts are converting the entire human genome to audio and streaming it to the Internet, 24/7. “It will take about 23.5 years until all code has been distributed over the Internet,” they say.
They’re also making images of it. Above.
This is Your Brain on Physics
So this guy Garret Lisi is a surfer that dabbles in theoretical physics. Most experts think he’s a crackpot. Some think he might be a genius. The New Yorker wrote a great profile of him. And the New Scientist produced a video (above) of what his theory looks like. Sweeeeeet.
[Via Jason]