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DANCE OF THE MUSSELS
(Video courtesy of Johan van de Koppel.)
It’s a lousy dancer who steps on his partner’s foot, but groups of mussels use a similar foot game to form intricate patterns in a newly discovered underwater dance that benefits all involved.Scientists in the Netherlands have for the first time shown how individual mussels, acting seemingly independently, naturally […]
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Science, Video, Writing
NASW INTERVIEWS
NASW ADVICE from Main Sequence on Vimeo.
Here are some writing tips from Emily Sohn, a freelance journalist who frequently writes for Science News for Kids, and Andy Fell of the egghead blog and UC Davis News Service. Emily and Andy were both speakers at the 2008 NASW Conference in Palo Alto and were gracious enough […] -
Video, Writing
TOXOPLASMOSIS
A talk by Stanford primatologist Ropert Sapolsky from this year’s NASW conference. He talks about parasites that can hijack your mind, sort of like Money Mark. Well…technically they hijack rat brains, making them less afraid of cats.
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Audio, Experiments, Portfolio, Video, Writing
WORK
WORK from Main Sequence on Vimeo.
pause from the work
and turn to the hill
a stark silhouette against the burning sky
the Master stands with two clenched fists
in his left a bottle, to harvest the idle essence
in his right a shotgun, to guarantee the next year’s crop
his price is power
mine is protection
i return to work
and pulverize
the last remaining […] -
Audio, Portfolio, Science, Video
POLITICS AND SCIENCE
I just got back from the National Association of Science Writers conference in Palo Alto. We saw many interesting talks on a variety of subjects. I’ll be posting the audio and video of a few of them over the next couple of days. To kick things off, here is one of Obama’s science advisors, Sharon […]
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Experiments, Music, Portfolio, Video
HOUSE v1
Here’s a short experimental documentary my friend James Boyda and I made last summer. We’re looking for feedback on what works and doesn’t work. Please leave a comment or shoot me an email with your thoughts!
HOUSE from James B on Vimeo.
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Drafts, Experiments, Music, Video
NO SHORTAGE OF CROWS V1
NO SHORTAGE OF CROWS V1 from Main Sequence on Vimeo.
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Drafts, Experiments, Music, Video
OIL FOR FOOD v2
OIL FOR FOOD V2 from Main Sequence on Vimeo.
Next draft. It got longer and the video has more going on…but just barely. This is of course a process, wouldn’t want to take large steps. Now’s the time when I say that the first beat has samples from BBv2 in it and the last beat, the […] -
Ableton, Audio, Experiments, Music, Portfolio, Video
MIT GRADUATE ARTS FORUM
Did a fun talk/experiment tonight at MIT. I was very fortunate to join David Gauthier and Richard The, both of the Media Lab for an evening of presentation and discussion of art in the digital realm. Rebecca Motola-Barnes of the MIT arts office organized the event, which was hosted by Jay Scheib.
Instead of giving a […]
HOT OFF THE TWEET
Making life saving inventions out of household materials. #MERCH
My first album The Ownership Society is available for download here or, for a CD go here. To listen to a few tracks, go here. Thanks!
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