The Cameraman's Revenge (1912, 13 minutes) is about infidelity among the insects. You can even find a short video ! ...
[MyResearch] Chat with DKS
Few notes (in french) taken from a chat with DKS nn: jessaie de diriger ma these dans une voie plus "resolution de probleme": comment l'espace est utilise de maniere collaborative pour resoudre des problemes 8et est-ce que fournir des infos sur des spatial features comme location awareness aide a c...
[TheWorld] Pittsburgh Ground Zero Group
PittsburghGround Zero is "an open network of doers, makers and creative people who collaborate on projects focused on Pittsburgh's urban environment and culture." Their manifesto is here (pdf). The intention of the group is to create and sustain a network of resources and information that facilitat...
[Research] Weak Ties
Strong ties: the kinds of relationships we tend to have with familiy members close friends and longtime neighbors or co-workers. Ties of long duration, marked by trust and reciprocity in multiple areas of life. Most people manage 5 to 10 strong tie relationships. Weak ties: theory coming from Mark ...
[TheWorld] Social Capital Index
[modificated after david monroe's smart comments]Robert Putnam wrote about the decline of social capital. I like one of his index to show the decline of community life over the last 50 years. He used the "Bowling Alone" metaphor (it's the title of his book): he found that from 1980 to 1983, league ...
[Weird] Abstinence!
Via boingboing: 100 things to do with your boyfriend or girlfriend... instead of it! 6. Play hide-and-seek in a cornfield... 9. Pray together. 10. Do a crossword puzzle... 21. Watch your favorite Disney movie... 34. Color eggs -- even if it isn't Easter... 100. Wash your parent's cars. 1. Go for a...
[MyResearch] Mental Models
Rouse and Morris (1986): A mental model is a mechanism whereby humans generate descriptions of system purpose and form, explanations of system functioning and observed system states and predictions of future system states Others emphasized the notion of "shared" or "team" mental model, which is the...
[ThisBlog] Post Title/Titre des billets!
It's been almost a week that I chose to put categories in the title of my posts. The reason why I do so is because I find it clearer especially when you read blogposts when using aggregator like NetNewswire or rss4you (made by my fellow weblogger). It's more human readable (altough not machine read...
[TheWorld] Lunar Property
I always find amazing the way people tend to appropriate things. Moon and Mars (it belongs to yemenite I saw somewhere: Three men from Yemen sue NASA for trespassing on Mars) offer a nice potential :Lunar Embassy and its bank Lunar Embassy Bank or Lunar Republic Society... all wants to sell parts o...
[Weird] Bad Photography
Things magazine claims that since lots of people have digital camera, there's more 'bad' photography. I do agree but I like it. Bad Photography is a form of art as product imitation ('ersatz' in french) are often better or much more creative than the original one (I definitely like cereal box toys ...