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Don Buchla - Passing the Acid Test.

8 April, 2008 (13:48) | living people, music, synthesizer | No comments

Apparently there is something called “The Red Bull Music Academy” (in Canada), and I have no idea about the what/where/when whatsoever… Nevertheless, I stumbled onto a recent interview they did with one of their lecturers, a certain Don Buchla.
It’s a very long interview, and it takes some knowledge (about this particular scene), patience, […]

Uncanny Valley.

29 March, 2008 (01:28) | WTF?, dead people, living people, technology | 1 comment

You know what the uncanny valley [wiki] is, right ?
Well, ehm, this is uncanny valley. Really.
Urghh. Now I can’t sleep anymore.

No, I’m not.

28 March, 2008 (05:52) | living people, personal | 1 comment

In case any of you were wondering… no, I’m not dead. Yet.
Don’t know what to post. Just busy. Have nothing interesting to say. Bored with blogging.
Just busy, you know.
 
I always wondered why cars had to have yellow headlights in France. Kinda liked that.
And now they don’t anymore. When did that happen ?

Ddh

1 February, 2008 (21:03) | living people, personal | 5 comments

I have three wonderful cousins. Dimitri, the oldest one, Silas, the middle one, and Didah.
Didah - son of caucasian mother (my sis, duh!) and Egyptian father - barely 18, is my favorite person in the world. He’s clever, street smart, shy, funny, witty, and one of The Good Peoples.
Apparently he’s also quite attractive to the […]

Avanisha & Zingaro

23 December, 2007 (01:33) | living people, nature, photography | 2 comments

A couple of years ago, I did a series of photos with so-called Goth girls. I prefer not calling them that, by the way… I found some dear comrades amongst them, although I have to admit not seeing them enough. Which, of course, is entirely to blame on me - being in a different continent […]