A publication in this month’s BMJ Case Reports, a peer-reviewed publication of the British Medical Journal, offers a “proposal for phylogenic plastic bag clip classification”. Contributing authors include John Daniel of the Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group (HORG). Over 20 cases of accidental ingestion of plastic bag clips have been published. Known complications include small bowel…
The External World, A Surreal Lo-Fi CG Animation by David O’Reilly
At this week’s London International Animation Festival I caught “The External World“, a surreal lo-fi animation by David O’Reilly. The 17 minute short won a spot in the coveted Best Of Festival Sunday show.
“Meta Cookie” & The Brave Future of “Cross-Modal Gustatory Display”
I’ve just returned from Siggraph 2010 in Los Angeles, where a poster presented by four researchers from the University of Tokyo breaks new ground in human/computer interaction. While most HCI research and development has been in display devices operating with visual (monitor), auditory (sound card), and less common tactile (braille,haptic) output, “Meta Cookie” describes an…
WTF Podcast with Marc Maron
Marc Maron is a comedian who’s been doing stand-up comedy since the days of Sam Kinison, but I don’t know him from his comedy work. I know him from “WTF“, his biweekly podcast that started in September 2009. It’s a mixture of political rants, personal introspection frequently bordering on TMI therapy, meta-commentary on his attempt…