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Stefano’s Linotype » The screen mimics the sky, not the earth

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:35:17 +0000

"The screen mimics the sky, not the earth. It bombards the eye with light instead of waiting to repay the gift of vision. It is not simultaneously restful and lively, like a field full of flowers, or the face of a thinking human being, or a well-made typographic page. And we read the screen the way we read the sky: in quick sweeps, guessing at the weather from the changing shapes of clouds, of like astronomers, in magnified small bits, examining details. We look to it for clues and revelations more than wisdom. This makes it an attractive place for the open storage of pulverized information – names, dates, library call numbers, for instance – but not so good a place for thoughtful text."

Tags: #earth #screen #sky #typography

Damn Interesting - The Gravity Express

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:33:01 +0000

"One interesting property of the Gravity Express is that its transit time would always be very, very close to forty-two minutes regardless of the distance travelled."

Tags: #earth #nifty #science #train #travel

Damn Interesting - How Bacteria Nearly Destroyed All Life

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:34:01 +0000

"the cautionary tale catalogued in ancient rocks warns us that the environment is certainly not impervious to the actions of those living in it."

Tags: #biology #earth #environment

CNN.com - Be worried, be very worried - Mar 26, 2006

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:17:46 +0000

"No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet takes ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth."

Tags: #earth #environment #politics

New Scientist News - And life created continents...

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:57:03 +0000

"Life might, in the end, be responsible for the presence of continents on Earth."

Tags: #biology #earth #evolution #geology #science

jwz - not a simulation!

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:46:30 +0000

"It was 270,847 miles (435,885 kilometers) away from Earth - farther than the Moon's orbit - when it snapped the last image on Aug. 3."

Tags: #earth #nifty #space #video

Solar wind to shield Earth during pole flip

Tue, 18 May 2004 02:38:02 +0000

Tags: #earth #space