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2009-11-30

…but it's still a seriously weird example of what you can do with digital post-processing.

Anonymous said...: Jag blir nojig av sånt här! Tacka vet jag tiden då det var ett riktigt slugt grepp att retuschera bort Trotskij från nån propagandabild. Nu kan man ju göra prexis vad som helst!; 15:05

Recently read

Sonification Design: From Data to Intelligible Soundfields D Worrall. I thought this was the work of an eager and recently graduated PhD, not a well-established professor.
Physics for Cats T Gauld. About “science”, but nothing specific.
Fighters in Service—Attack and Training Aircraft since 1960 K Munson. Right at the start when current air forces were equipped.
The Sonification Handbook T Hermann, A Hunt & J G Neuhoff (eds). I wish I had read this when it was released, but it’s still relevant.
Games User Research A Drachen, P Mirza-Babaei & L E Nacke (eds). Urgently needed.
Avro Lancaster, Lincoln and York in Post-War RAF Service 1945–1950 M Derry. Refreshingly honest.

Places I keep track of

IPMS Stockholm One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
Hyperscale More modelling stuff.
Occasional kvetch Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
Another CyborgManifesto Small and large, always with alarming skill.
Aardvarchaeology What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
Arkland Archaeology and random bits.
Pharyngula Biology, politics and atheism. And eight-legged animals.
Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.

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