Google maps is an impressive way to look the world. Like when the childs point a finger random on the globe, and dream about it.
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A random place in the world: Carnarvon Rd, Hong Kong
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The odd tag
#contemporary #change #future @Venice area (Italy)
Tagged with technology …
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An adventure of the eye and mind
Nelle osservazioni di Jonathan Jones sul telescopio Hubble come avventura dell’occhio e del pensiero ritrovo un filo con quello che pensavo girando per Venezia questa estate. L’arte contemporanea mi interessa se è un modo di vedere per conoscere. Internet mi interessa se – oltre ad essere aiuto nella vita quotidiana – allarga il pensiero. L’arte contemporanea, internet per sè non mi entusiasmano più. Mi sa che sto invecchiando. Va assolutamente bene così.
txt: Art: the final frontier – guardian.co.uk
The Hubble space telescope has brought about a visual revolution, more significant than any recent work of art in transforming the way we see ourselves and the cosmos. And shouldn’t we be starting to admit that it was more important than Apollo? The moon missions were based on Newtonian science and confirmed a Newtonian model of the universe (planets in orbit, trajectories, everything very mechanical). The Hubble has revealed to the eye a cosmos that is far more poetic, mysterious, and fluid.
Source: Hubblesite.org
2000-2009: A downhill decade (and now?)
txt: Current Decade Rates as Worst in 50 Years – PEW
The internet – perhaps the seminal technological development of recent decades – continues to be widely seen in a favorable light. About two-thirds (65%) say the internet has been a change for the better, while just 16% say it has been a change for the worse; 11% say it hasn’t made much difference while 8% are unsure. This largely mirrors the balance of opinion at the close of the 1990s – the decade that saw the widespread adoption of the web. In 1999, 69% called the internet a change for the better and 18% called it a change for the worse.
34Gb of what?
via Roger Bohn’s Blog.
Of course, gross averages like this hide a multitude of differences. For example, TV consumption among teenagers is lower than among old people. (Excuse me, “seniors” — since I’m getting up there myself I don’t need euphemisms.) About half of the 34 GB come from computer game playing, but gaming is highly diverse. 80% of us play games in some form, but most of the bytes come from high-end PCs with powerful graphics cards and dedicated players. And so forth.
