A scrapbook, mainly photos and videos.I blog at Preoccupations.Tumblr (3.0; @preoccupations)http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kti8efBYfi1qz4egdo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I was travelling from Innsbruck to Munich a couple of years ago and saw these (see next/previous item). Impressive — but seen and gone too quickly for me to catch them. I can’t now find the source of these photos on the web, but they appeared for a while in a thread in a discussion forum.</p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/252899676http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/252899676Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:44:39 +0000<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kti8dqTQRt1qz4egdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I was travelling from Innsbruck to Munich a couple of years ago and saw these (see next/previous item). Impressive — but seen and gone too quickly for me to catch them. I can’t now find the source of these photos on the web, but they appeared for a while in a thread in a discussion forum.</p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/252899438http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/252899438Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:44:14 +0000<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kti66ntPl01qz4egdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/12foot-fork-in-the-road-designed-as-birthday-prank-might-become-art-in-pasadena.html" target="_blank">18 foot fork, Pasadena</a> (photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wakitu" target="_blank">wakitu — Flickr</a>)</p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/252869623http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/252869623Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:56:00 +0000<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktbuefh7TN1qz4egdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>T S Eliot’s typewriter</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8365799.stm" target="_blank">BBC NEWS | Technology | Digital world has feet on ground</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/248896100http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/248896100Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:56:38 +0000“I don’t know exactly what the future will look like, but I’m not too worried about it. This sort of change tends to create as many good things as it kills. Indeed, the really interesting question is not what will happen to existing forms, but what new forms will appear. The reason I’ve been writing about existing forms is that I don’t know what new forms will appear. But though I can’t predict specific winners, I can offer a recipe for recognizing them. When you see something that’s taking advantage of new technology to give people something they want that they couldn’t have before, you’re probably looking at a winner. And when you see something that’s merely reacting to new technology in an attempt to preserve some existing source of revenue, you’re probably looking at a loser.”<br/><br/> - <em>Paul Graham, <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/publishing.html" target="_blank">Post-Medium Publishing</a></em>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/244722010http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/244722010Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:09:00 +0000<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt5900LqZ71qz4egdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>Maurice Weiss / OSTKREUZ.</i><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,659577,00.html" target="_blank"><br/>SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco: ‘We Like Lists Because We Don’t Want to Die’</a><i><br/></i></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/244631157http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/244631157Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:28:00 +0000<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks8l0b65Ve1qz4egdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2009/10/the-story-behind-our-photo-of-grieving-chimps.html" target="_blank">NGM Blog Central - The Story Behind Our Photo of Grieving Chimps - National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/226093063http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/226093063Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:07:22 +0000<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krvydnKXdc1qz4egdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.macminicolo.net/state2009.html" target="_blank">The State of the Mac mini October 2009</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/219415143http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/219415143Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:27:19 +0100<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krgbu8uJYL1qz4egdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://trendsmap.com/" target="_blank">Trendmaps</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/211913159http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/211913159Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:56:32 +0100<object width="400" height="312"><param name="movie" value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2Fdigitalrevolution%2Fmedia%2Femp%2Fplaylists%2Fcharles%5Fleadbeater%5Ftelephone%5Fshort%2Exml&config_settings_showFooter=true&" /><embed src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="312" flashvars="playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2Fdigitalrevolution%2Fmedia%2Femp%2Fplaylists%2Fcharles%5Fleadbeater%5Ftelephone%5Fshort%2Exml&config_settings_showFooter=false&"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><b>Charles Leadbeater: generation gaps</b></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/205996341http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/205996341Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:38:50 +0100<object width="400" height="312"><param name="movie" value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2Fdigitalrevolution%2Fmedia%2Femp%2Fplaylists%2Fcharles%5Fleadbeater%5Feducation%5Fshort%2Exml&config_settings_showFooter=true&" /><embed src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="312" flashvars="playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2Fdigitalrevolution%2Fmedia%2Femp%2Fplaylists%2Fcharles%5Fleadbeater%5Feducation%5Fshort%2Exml&config_settings_showFooter=false&"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><b>Charles Leadbeater: learning with the web</b></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/205995796http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/205995796Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:37:50 +0100<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqmmlsxD8X1qz4egdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://cache0.bigcartel.com/product_images/2974282/modernart900eq.png" target="_blank">cache0.bigcartel.com</a>, via <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/plugimi/statuses/4414782693">plugimi</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/198219284http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/198219284Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:01:04 +0100<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqip647zEz1qz4egdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hilt Fitting (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/finds" target="_blank">portableantiquities</a>), from <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8272058.stm" target="_blank">The Staffordshire Hoard</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/196473543http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/196473543Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:06:00 +0100<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp8o7eCMov1qz4egdo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Die Bauhausmeister auf dem Dach des Bauhausgebäudes, 1926.<br/>Foto: Unbekannt, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin.</p> <p><a href="http://www.modell-bauhaus.de/index.php?en_concept" target="_blank">Bauhaus. A Conceptual Model | Concept</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/176188439http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/176188439Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:35:00 +0100<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp3rw3H3BR1qz4egdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/can-do/">Maira Kalman, <i>NYT</i></a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/174132333http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/174132333Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:07:15 +0100<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp3r6ndyYm1qz4egdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kk.org/ct2/2009/08/social-media-venn.php" target="_blank">Conceptual Trends and Current Topics</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/174122621http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/174122621Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:51:59 +0100<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp3qwgaaJu1qz4egdo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pentacene as you’ve never seen it before (Image: IBM and Science).</p> <blockquote> <p>The IBM researchers believe their technique may open the door to super-powerful computers whose components are built with precisely positioned atoms and molecules.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17699-microscopes-zoom-in-on-molecules-at-last.html" target="_blank">Microscopes zoom in on molecules at last - tech - 28 August 2009 - New Scientist</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/174119144http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/174119144Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:45:00 +0100<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp314cGdF51qz4egdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i><a href="http://www.sojournertruth.org/_Photos/003.htm" target="_blank">I sell the shadow to support the substance</a></i></p> <p><a target="_blank" title="Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth">Sojourner Truth</a>. <a target="_blank" title="Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_I_a_Woman">Ain’t I a Woman?</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/173762415http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/173762415Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:28:59 +0100<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp1gjjrBgo1qz4egdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://datamining.typepad.com/data_mining/2009/08/the-human-journey.html" target="_blank">Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media: The Human Journey</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/172988357http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/172988357Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:06:54 +0100<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koz2ol55XG1qz4egdo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2009/08/gartner-hype-cycle-version-20.html" target="_blank">Geek And Poke: Gartner Hype Cycle Version 2.0</a></p>http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/171961086http://preoccupations.tumblr.com/post/171961086Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:12:00 +0100