when it’s about all the stuff for which I got into this business: reading, writing, talking about ideas. Highlights of the week included teaching (which is always a highlight), meeting with students about their work. the meeting of an augmented reality working group yesterday (which basically functions like a reading group for the moment), and …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
I’m on a Hot Streak
With new music. I mentioned that I picked up a bunch of stuff while in Pgh. I am in love with the new Boards of Canada. I love the faux-vinyl distortion and studied detuning — they glitch it up and mess it up and it’s still beautiful. As for Pelican, I think I like Australasia …
Mouse Song
Okay, so if you read the paper you’ve probably already seen this, but it turns out that male mice can sing. They just do it in a range outside of human hearing. So what you’re hearing on the recording at the URL to which I linked is . . . pitch shifted mice. Digital audio …
The Night After the Blowout Party
Here’s a pretty cool picture, especially for an amateur like me. Some people brought Jack-o-Lanterns to our blowout Halloween party last night, and this evening Carrie decided to put them on the windowsill and light them up. You can see reflection of the other side of the lantern in the window. You can also see …
The Idea That Things Don’t End
So I’m reading Wired last night before I drift off to sleep and a little blurb catches my eye. It’s about MMPORGs: “I want to see a game that is designed to run for only two years – with a two-year story arc – and a definitive end-date. Much like television watchers are fully aware …
ihateusairways.com and other Pgh stories
I have been urged to “blog the hell” out of my trip and that’s just what I’m going to do. There are several topics worth covering. 1. It’s a good thing someone owns www.ihateusairways.com. Though to be fair to them, their practices are basically standard for US airlines and I’m sure any other carrier would …
Off to Pittsburgh. . .
. . .for Zack’s defense and assorted meetings. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and purchasing some fine American goods while on my trip. I will report back about the recent unpleasantness. If there’s anything to report. Carrie and I haven’t made the shopping list yet, but I imagine it will include: –Penzey’s …