Dave Pell owns one fascinating mind. I like the way he thinks. He's nailed it in a great post about the ubiquity of connected cameras and what our ability to record everything is doing to our minds. He got me thinking and I would take it one step further.
Once upon a time we relied on our OEM wetware [brains] to record our vacations, birthday parties, weddings and graduations. Then we turned to cameras, which were great. The financial and technological limits imposed by film and development gave us just the right access to a perfect record of an event. We selected what we captured and waited till we consumed it.
As we waited to get the photos back from the developer, our memories ripened and the glossy 4x6 prints became talismans. Bright kodachrome touchstones traced in white scalloped edging served as hyperlinks. Just like hyperlinks,
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
Evening and Morning
Day 1 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
God makes the universe, light, H, He, Li (trace), stars, supernovae, heavier elements, more stars, generations of stars forming, condensing, shining, exploding.
Right after it starts, the universe was a hot, dense plasma of photons, electrons, and protons. It expanded and cooled. Recombination, that is the formation of Hydrogen and Helium from electrons and protons was favored. Dust was made.
God makes the universe, light, H, He, Li (trace), stars, supernovae, heavier elements, more stars, generations of stars forming, condensing, shining, exploding. Right after it starts, the universe was a hot, dense plasma of photons, electrons, and protons. It expanded and cooled. Recombination, that is the formation of Hydrogen and Helium from electrons and protons was favored. Dust was made.
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