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Hunger
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I should go back to doing art again. It is one of my greatest hungers. Stay tuned, the day will dawn.
For those of you who haven't noticed. I have embraced bronydom. I don't know yet whether I'll explore that artistically. But really anything is uncertain in my life right now.
For those of you who haven't noticed. I have embraced bronydom. I don't know yet whether I'll explore that artistically. But really anything is uncertain in my life right now.
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Message backlog
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I finally took care of everything in my inbox, going back to August. WTF???
Because racecar.
That's a Superfast Matt citation, now.
Because racecar.
That's a Superfast Matt citation, now.
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Because Racecar
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It's 04:30 AM, still in the garage.
Ventilation is now finally temperature dependant and we've got some more useful displays in the dash panel. All wheel speed sensors work properly, too.
We're almost done for this night. We just need to clean up, now.
Ventilation is now finally temperature dependant and we've got some more useful displays in the dash panel. All wheel speed sensors work properly, too.
We're almost done for this night. We just need to clean up, now.
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Star
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I made a star. Not the best one that was and will ever be made, hopefully even by me, but much better than all my previous attempts.
Of course I'm not talking about a white dot on a black canvas. I'm talking about a blazing ball of fire that almost makes you go blind just by looking at it. I also needed a lot less time than I would have expected.
Of course it's still missing the space around it. I'll have to be very careful not to ruin it.
Of course I'm not talking about a white dot on a black canvas. I'm talking about a blazing ball of fire that almost makes you go blind just by looking at it. I also needed a lot less time than I would have expected.
Of course it's still missing the space around it. I'll have to be very careful not to ruin it.
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27c3 - 27th Chaos Communication Congress
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Congress was awesome. Vastly different from the EuroBSDCon, but similarly amazing.
Nick Farr allowed me to present Iron Sky on the main stage during a break. So I had the opportunity to stand in front of 500 to 1000 people and show them both teasers, which were met with tremendous applause.
Nick Farr was the guy who commanded the stage during a break. Telling people to pass on empty bottles, applaud the helpers and so on. He's pure magic on stage, makes everyone in the room happy to be there.
The people I was travelling with were really swell, one of them, Agnes, held a talk about Bio Informatics. It was very inspiring and somewhere close to the middle of the talk I started putting down notes for a talk about Neuronal Hacking (brain hacking). Now I just have to find a conference that will allow me to present it. I figure the GPN11 might be a good place to start.
If you think I read too much Snow Crash, let me tell you that, though incredibly awesome, I think Stephenson's idea of deep structures is bullshit. The book will blow your mind anyway.
Back to topic, the reason that I consider myself capable of holding such a talk is that I did a lot of reading about cognitive psychology this year. I also dug into some medical papers, but they're a lot less accessible to me. And these medical people seem more interested in mapping functionality, while my interest is in how low level functions of the brain can be used to consciously influence understanding, learning and self-image.
Ere I forget, there's an article on the wired: www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010…
Two of the girls on the picture were in our group (i.e. living with us for the duration of the congress).
The most impressing and frightening talk was also held during the last day. We went to a cyborg themed talk, expecting some fun scifi visions and predictions about social implications. Instead we found ourselves watching a young, pretty girl telling us about performing self-surgery and putting electronics under her skin. She told us that she does not perform anesthesia, because the risk of killing yourself is too high. That you have to put a lot of stuff into your finger tips, because only there the density of nerves is high enough and that the whole thing is so painful that you WILL pass out during the process, no matter how tough you are. She also told us about failed attempts that put her into hospital for weeks.
She was both very impressive and deeply frightening. After the talk I was in a state of shock. I'm talking about a literal shock, the kind you have after a near fatal accident. Where your body reduces the blood flow to your brain and you start occupying yourself with unimportant details. This is the process that can make accident victims place themselves in mortal danger, because collecting glass pieces from the highway somehow seems more important than the threat posed by highway traffic.
Update:
There's an article about her on the wired: www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010…
Nick Farr allowed me to present Iron Sky on the main stage during a break. So I had the opportunity to stand in front of 500 to 1000 people and show them both teasers, which were met with tremendous applause.
Nick Farr was the guy who commanded the stage during a break. Telling people to pass on empty bottles, applaud the helpers and so on. He's pure magic on stage, makes everyone in the room happy to be there.
The people I was travelling with were really swell, one of them, Agnes, held a talk about Bio Informatics. It was very inspiring and somewhere close to the middle of the talk I started putting down notes for a talk about Neuronal Hacking (brain hacking). Now I just have to find a conference that will allow me to present it. I figure the GPN11 might be a good place to start.
If you think I read too much Snow Crash, let me tell you that, though incredibly awesome, I think Stephenson's idea of deep structures is bullshit. The book will blow your mind anyway.
Back to topic, the reason that I consider myself capable of holding such a talk is that I did a lot of reading about cognitive psychology this year. I also dug into some medical papers, but they're a lot less accessible to me. And these medical people seem more interested in mapping functionality, while my interest is in how low level functions of the brain can be used to consciously influence understanding, learning and self-image.
Ere I forget, there's an article on the wired: www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010…
Two of the girls on the picture were in our group (i.e. living with us for the duration of the congress).
The most impressing and frightening talk was also held during the last day. We went to a cyborg themed talk, expecting some fun scifi visions and predictions about social implications. Instead we found ourselves watching a young, pretty girl telling us about performing self-surgery and putting electronics under her skin. She told us that she does not perform anesthesia, because the risk of killing yourself is too high. That you have to put a lot of stuff into your finger tips, because only there the density of nerves is high enough and that the whole thing is so painful that you WILL pass out during the process, no matter how tough you are. She also told us about failed attempts that put her into hospital for weeks.
She was both very impressive and deeply frightening. After the talk I was in a state of shock. I'm talking about a literal shock, the kind you have after a near fatal accident. Where your body reduces the blood flow to your brain and you start occupying yourself with unimportant details. This is the process that can make accident victims place themselves in mortal danger, because collecting glass pieces from the highway somehow seems more important than the threat posed by highway traffic.
Update:
There's an article about her on the wired: www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010…
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