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Models of Everything

“The About page contains detailed descriptions of the project….” — The Illustris project on constructing a model of the universe For the mathematics of a simpler traditional Chinese model…

Wrinkles in Time

Rivka Galchen, in a piece mentioned here in June 2010— On Borges:  Imagining the Unwritten Book  "Think of it this way: there is a vast unwritten book that the…

Like a Bee

From a Log24 search for “Boxing Day“— (Click image for some commentary.) From The New York Times — Correction: Jan. 16, 2006 “An obituary on Dec. 27 about John Diebold,…

Wall Power

For the title… See Punch  (Dec. 15, 2010) and Obituary  (today):

Meanwhile, in São Paulo…

This post was suggested by last night’s posts on conceptual art (in São Paulo) and on a quarter-to-three story. From this journal on May 31, 2012: Matrix Problem: Click image for…

A Little Story…

… at quarter to three: See also Stephen King and Steam in this journal.

Conceptual Art

Yesterday’s online New York Times  has the following quote: “The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.” — Sol LeWitt For instance, some conceptual art not  by…

Fictions

From The Ninth Element  website: Cover of a Norwegian author’s forthcoming novel: For some Norwegian non-fiction, see an Oslo artist’s Instagram page.

Public Relations

Click image below for the source. “Together in heaven” — Phrase quoted in Norwegian, Piper Laurie, 1958 “As a little child” — Biblical phrase “Cool.” — Phrase suggested by this morning’s weather:

For the Irish Jesuits…

Wikipedia on Autodesk Maya: “The product is named after the Sanskrit word Maya (माया māyā), the Hindu concept of illusion.” See also the poem in this year’s Easter…