There is a nice article in Herald Tribune about the information we have/ going to have more in the future through our cellphones and their potential consequences.
It talks about software systems like Jaiku’s which is based around the location of friends and family. One researcher from UCLA Danah Boyd puts a good alternative criticism of [...]

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Huy la pasamos delicioso… primero el Shabbat, luego llego Jorgito… Adorables!!! Esther, Ariel, Ava y Lea son encantadores, que maravilla de personalidades. It was great to see my friends Thierry and Agnes 20 years later… when we first met, they w…

Rodrigo! I adore him, we’ve known each other for 10 years… He was 17 when I first met him. Diego and Rodrigo just got the same tattoo inked on their arms, a quantum physics formula that states the multiple possibilities of a wave to exist or not… S…

We had lunch with Sandra, then went to meet Giovanni and Clemencia. We went to Chapinero to buy my new glasses - yes, the U$ 5 ones… - and of course, I had to try those fabulous boots I saw in a window… Then came back to Giovanni’s house and did a …

I don’t like this whole naming style of the web 1.0, 2.0 etc. Then I was shuffling around articles from Kurzweilai when I read the third generation one. I remember I came across to the same debate couple of weeks ago. Here I came across to it again and I thought I’d share. I don’t [...]

The great thing about celebrating xmas eve and not xmas day is that you get ot eat a lot, and do some house hopping… party after party after party… I left my mom at home, changed my shirt and ran to the party that Ross’ friend Len had at his place….

Yes, my mom is wearing a coat… No it was not freezing. My brother got it for her in Argentina… we had a great time, playing princess with Juanita and singing. Really nice. Pipe is almost an inch taller than me, and he’s only 12!!! I got some really…

This blog became something in the back streets of my mind. I started to collect everything on a wiki rather than a blog. Also the time to document things kind of forgotten in the sake of building the projects itself.

Interesting, as always. Even Chipouras is amazing, handsome and brilliant. What a life story…I texted, sent emails, browsed the web, checked my email, checked my messages and cheered when the very few students I knew were marching on the podium…

Yes, I went to see Charlotte’s web after the solstice celebration. I was the only person in the theater. And just like when I was 4 years old I cried throughout the entire movie. This time, they did not take me out of the theater. I don’t know why, bu…

The equinox celebration at Susan’s place. We all wrote on a dry bamboo leaf what we wanted to get rid off this year and what is it that we wished for in the coming year. I did not write a lot, I was very specific. I wante to close some doors with my pa…

Mahaffey Theater, St Pete. I needed a dose of good music. I managed to see Jon Chisholm in the choir. Powerful performance, really worth it.

Gary and Gary threw a fab xmas party at their home… a victorian mansion in Seminole Heights… the house looks like a museum! I did not dare to pee in the bathroom, it was so pretty I could simply not do it! It looked like a room in a museum! The coo…

There are two very beautiful souls at UT. Corey is one. he is our life saver. Mr knows it all when it comes to technology, a real generous wizard He got the employee of the month. He looks much better in reality than in this picture :-)The second o…

This world is so small… who would have ever thought when I met Larry back in 2003 that I would end up living in the same city as his parents? They have been adorable with me, Pat and Ted, and I finally met Larry’s sister, Elizabeth and her husband. A…

Chris got a new apartment, great place, great location. He threw a fabulous party, beautiful people, and a lot of fun. Christina, as always, was just the gorgeous queen of the night! It was great!

Motion Theory gets 2006 Award of Excellence from Communication Arts 47th Annual Design Exhibition for the HP HANDS spots. Hooray for Motion Theory! Hooray for Communication Arts! Hooray for Goodby!

Motion Theory gets 2006 Award of Excellence from Communication Arts 47th Annual Design Exhibition for the HP HANDS spots. Hooray for Motion Theory! Hooray for Communication Arts! Hooray for Goodby!

ITP WINTER SHOW A two day exhibition of interactive sight, sound and physical objects from the student artists of ITP. This event is free and open to the public. Sunday December 17, 2-6, Monday December 18, 5-9 PM.Currently exhibiting: “The Ravezooka …

Okay. So we just got renter’s insurance, which is very reassuring and covers all of our computer equipment, including laptops. Mike just asked a very good question, though: what about DRM’d media? Let’s just say (hypothetically speaking) that I bought…

REVOLUTIONARY WEALTH| Alvin and Heidi Toffler argue that more and more economic activity takes place through processes that do not involve the exchange of currency. The rapid rise of this nonmonetary wealth system has major implications for both the gl…

Dynamic control panels are becoming more readily available in smart homes being built today. Mobile phones that have internet accessibility are prevelant in the marketplace today. What does this mean?
People can use mobile phones to control their home appliances! (using Arduino, Xport, J2ME, PHP & XML)
Why would you do something like this?
Maybe someone wants to [...]

i just bought the latest street and bus map for beijing. In addition to being surprisingly useful and up to date for a beijing publication, there is documentation of the most insane highway interchanges I’ve ever seen. I have negotiated these from the ground, and trust me, they are a total f*#king mess, but from above they are insane, yet beautiful. it’s as if the civil engineer had “heard” there

just got a tip (thanks jon campbell!) that the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China, Xinhua News Service, has posted pics of Ho Fatso on their news website. The best part is the title which reads:

Spoof nude sumo popular in Beijing

no other explanation, no photo credits, just photos of me and some friends wearing the fat suits. the images are in a photo

It was late and I couldn’t deal. The subway, I knew from uptown would take at least forty minutes, what with the local, and waiting for the train. So for the first time in awhile I decided, cab. After standing on the corner of Amsterdam and the mid-nineties for at least three lights finally a cab with it’s light on! though there were many, one stopped.

I got into the cruiser like back seat.

“The Village, 3rd and 6th” Which obviously is a north bound intersection from either broadway or seventh. After hashing this out for way longer than I should mention, we were on our way down broadway.

I was on my way home. I lulled back into the seat to let this extravagance sink in. Somewhere we switched over to Fifth, which wasn’t a big deal, since our start in Broadway had led us there fifth was acceptable, not the fastest, but alright. At fourteenth we made a turn, headed back to broadway assumably. I didn’t balk because cabbies know their job, right? Who am I to say Seventh to Vickery would be any faster, surely, or even to stay on Fifth. So I took the jog, he was driving. But then we ran into what I assume was a broadway pile, mainly what always happens at an artery. The cabbie continued on fourteenth. What?

Why, I am not sure. At Second avenue I reiterated my destination which didn’t sit well with the over caffeinated foreign speaking cabbie, then down to third. A cut across at this point was easy, but involved legitimately lights the whole way. So I directed to Houston.

The cabbie was visibly shaking. I’m not sure if it was the end of his shift or he wasn’t downtown often, more likely the latter. As we moved across town the cabbie suddenly became unsure of my destination, he took a right onto waverly and began screaming. At bleeker I knew the situation was dire. Somehow we had caught every light across town. It was at this point I called his bluff and said I only had ten dollars. The meter was clearing twelve as I said it.

If there is a final straw, and how that connects with camels, and my driver I will leave to you, but at this point the driver turned ballistic. A decision he made that cause him to miss third in an acceleration frenzy of rage. At this point we were forced to continue to ninth, take a left and head down fifth, a point I might mention that was not far from where we had started this errand. Meanwhile the cabbie was screaming at whoever he was talking to in a language that resembled his demure.

On fifth he nearly hit some walkers and caught the light. I took this moment to remind him of my ten dollar shortfall. This is when he lost it. He was going to take me to an ATM first so that I could pay him. He asked me where my bank was. I then pointed out his complete lack of driving ability as the clear choice from where we started was seventh, or even fifth as we were then still close to his second mistake being fourteenth.

As per our progression we caught the light at the arch, the meter was now near twenty. I was sticking to my ten spot, but the likelihood of it happening was dwindling. I actually began to wonder if I was in fact in danger because the driver was now ready to haul me into the street.

It was at this point I remembered the pint of grey goose I had for some reason in my pocket, I never carry, but tonight I was. I took it out and came upon an idea. Amidst the screaming to both me and whoever was on the cabbie’s bluetooth I retrieved a napkin from my pocket and inserted into the pint. The cabbie, by some chance at this same moment happened to decide that all rules were off and was lighting a cigarette. I asked him for a light.

The napkin wick sparked to life as I stepped out the door. The light changed and the cab sped off, I presume the cabbie had not seen my exit. The flask ignited as he made the corner.

I kept my ten dollars and his lighter.

will be performing A Train Wreck for My Comrades, a video audio mix with my buddies Frank and Neema at D-22 in Beijing thursday (Dec 7). If anyone is in town, feel free to stop by.

too much going on since the last post. not sure i should try and summarize. suffice to say that all is good. we’re in production/hibernation mode in beijing. it’s cold, but we’re not leaving the house unless we

I just hacked out my first piece of custom MediaWiki interface: adding custom tabs next to the standard “Article,” “Edit,” “Discussion,” etc. tabs. I was surprised that there was no existing documentation on how to do this. So I decided to write my own for the benefit of other amatuers like me. Here’s how you [...]