re-learning to talk

Taking the long view (at JPL Mission Control)

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:39:49 -0700

Taking the long view (at JPL Mission Control)

Data streaming in from, y’know, satellites in,...

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:39:14 -0700

Data streaming in from, y’know, satellites in, y’know, real time (at JPL Mission Control)

The color palette, mounted on its back, that Discovery uses to...

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:37:51 -0700

The color palette, mounted on its back, that Discovery uses to periodically recall recalibrate its camera settings. (at Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Discovery has holes in the tires so the dust can fall out. As it...

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:28:16 -0700

Discovery has holes in the tires so the dust can fall out. As it drives around, these holes are visible in the tracks the rover leaves behind. These markings can be used to visually determine distance travelled. Originally the holes spelled out J-P-L. This didn’t go over well with NASA, so now it’s Morse Code that spells out…J-P-L. (at Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Discovery (at Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:18:17 -0700

Discovery (at Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

SPACE FLIGHT OPERATIONS FACILITY (at JPL Mission Control)

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:22:56 -0700

SPACE FLIGHT OPERATIONS FACILITY (at JPL Mission Control)

“The slope of this curve is the slope of our...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:30 -0700

“The slope of this curve is the slope of our forgetting.” (at Beckman Auditorium)

It’s really nice to see Golan Levin again! (at Beckman...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:59 -0700

It’s really nice to see Golan Levin again! (at Beckman Auditorium)

“We started off making a data visualization framework for...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:01:19 -0700

“We started off making a data visualization framework for analysis and wound up enabling Lady Gaga’s twitter tracker.” (at Beckman Auditorium)

I’m talking this afternoon at a Caltech/JPL/Arts Center...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:24:00 -0700

I’m talking this afternoon at a Caltech/JPL/Arts Center event on data visualization. And pinching myself. (at California Institute of Technology)

Hi JFK

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:51:29 -0700

Hi JFK

"Go Yahoo it."

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:48:25 -0700

“Go Yahoo it.”

- said by no one, ever (via asucar)

I’d originally thought of these as flower petals (and will...

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:03:56 -0700

I’d originally thought of these as flower petals (and will probably still pursue that) but now that I made it they look more like party balloons, which is a whole other angle to consider. (at Stamen HQ2)

Grr (at Adobe Bookshop)

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:14:10 -0700

Grr (at Adobe Bookshop)

A putsch! (at Stamen HQ2)

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:59:00 -0700

A putsch! (at Stamen HQ2)

I’ve been usurped! (at Stamen HQ2)

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:58:31 -0700

I’ve been usurped! (at Stamen HQ2)

spazieren: Don't talk art.

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:47:54 -0700

spazieren: Don't talk art.:

bopuc:

LEVENDIS: On Friday the 11th of October, he lay in his own filth on the sidewalk outside the British Embassy in Rangoon, holding begging bowl. He was half-hidden by the angle of the high wall from sight of the military guards on post. A woman in her fifties, who had been let out of a jitney just up the street, having paid her fare and having tipped as few rupees as necessary to escape a strident rebuke by the driver, smoothed the peplum of her shantung jacket over her hips, and marched imperially toward the Embassy gates. As she came abaft the derelict, he rose on his elbow and shouted at her ankles, “Hey, lady! I write these pomes, and I sell ‘em for a buck inna street, an’ it keeps juvenile delinquents offa the street so’s they don’t spit on ya! So whaddaya think, y’wanna buy one?” The matron did not pause, striding toward the gate, but she said snappishly, “You’re a businessman. Don’t talk art.”

Best book I ever read (at Point-Reyes-Station-By-The-Park)

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:07:55 -0700

Best book I ever read (at Point-Reyes-Station-By-The-Park)

It’s just too easy. Happy Easter, everybody.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:49:08 -0700

It’s just too easy. Happy Easter, everybody.

Hey look we had a happy hour at @stamen and @drewbeck came and I...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:30:09 -0700

Hey look we had a happy hour at @stamen and @drewbeck came and I made him a martini from the secret stash (at Stamen HQ2)