Monthly Archives: October 2009

30 Oct

on Chicken with George

on Chicken with George

George: Hello. 8′: Hello George. George: Hello interrogator. 8′: How do you feel about kung pao chicken? George: It’s beautiful. 8′: Where is the beauty in kung pao chicken? George: Why …

 
By eightprime
Filed under: George, misc., words
Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Comments: Add a Comment
30 Oct

SWARM activity

SWARM activity

On October 17th SWARM played a second Work Less Party party at the Japanese hall to an enthusiastic audience. The show was a variation on …

 
By eightprime
Filed under: SWARM, misc., music
Tags: , , , ,
Comments: Add a Comment
13 Oct

what is the head inside of?

what is the head inside of?

The discipline of cybernetics developed by Von Neumann and Weiner (and extended by Beer!) has given rise to many further schools. Among them a method …

 
By eightprime
Filed under: misc., robot, tech
Tags: , , , ,
Comments: Add a Comment
12 Oct

unfathomably awesome science

unfathomably awesome science

Recent nobel prize news has been on my radar since I woke up to find (astoundingly) that this year’s peace prize had gone to president …

 
By eightprime
Filed under: misc., science
Tags: , , , , , ,
Comments: Add a Comment
08 Oct

Quantum signatures of chaos in a kicked top.

Quantum signatures of chaos in a kicked top.

Theorists have speculated that the onset of chaos will greatly increase the degree to which different parts of a quantum system become entangled. The quantum version …

 
By eightprime
Filed under: science, tech
Tags: , ,
Comments: Add a Comment
08 Oct

upheaval

upheaval

I found this walking in the foggy early morning with the Dog, having sent the Missus on her way to work. Dearest Wife was feeling …

 
By eightprime
Filed under: images, misc.
Comments: Add a Comment
07 Oct

day light

day light

One of the good things about a steady diet of graveyard shifts is that it brings a steady diet of dawns. Left to my own …

 
By eightprime
Filed under: images, misc.
Tags: , , , , , , ,
Comments: Add a Comment
05 Oct

night light

night light

I have a lot of time available after dark – soon it will be the only time I have available for a while. Fortunately I …

 
By eightprime
Filed under: images, misc.
Comments: Add a Comment
04 Oct

cement

cement

some arterial concrete infrastructure

 
By eightprime
Filed under: misc.
Comments: Add a Comment
01 Oct

things to see

things to see

I have new photos on flickr – including shots of a chunk of Vancouver made up like a chunk of Mexico.

 
By eightprime
Filed under: images, misc., output
Tags: , , ,
Comments: Add a Comment