Michael Mayes @ Circaviso

thedailywhat: Badassery of the Day: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:38:23 -0400

Badassery of the Day: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sneaks an expletive into letter vetoing random infrastructure financing bill proposed by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano.

SFist thinks Schwarzenegger’s word play “could be in response to Ammiano’s recent outburst at the Governor during the Democratic County Central Committee gala. If you recall, the Assemblymember shouted to Schwarzenegger, among other things, to ‘kiss my gay ass.’”

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:43:21 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Architecture school these days

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:29:32 -0400

Wow. Times have changed since I graduated from UVA in 1999. Check out what’s going on in Grad School at Harvard:

Projective Representation in Architecture
GSD 2102, Workshop, Fall, with Cameron Wu

Historically, certain kinds of reciprocity between geometry and architecture have been used to bring about rational causes and practical means of formal innovation. Today, the digital medium is having unanticipated effects on this reciprocity. The results are profound innovations not only in the realm of form as such, but also in the process of translating abstract geometric concepts into building construction principles.

Between the excesses of curved geometries and the economic constraints of building construction lies a seemingly incommensurable disparity. On the one hand, the digital medium affords the architect a means to model three dimensional forms that are entirely free of planarity. On the other hand, it aids the ongoing industrial production of materials according to the geometric extrusion of linear and flat components and surfaces. To operate in this breach, it is necessary to acquire a geometric vocabulary that operates between oblique and curved forms and the economically determined mechanical constraints of building assembly. This vocabulary, derived from projective and topological geometry, constitutes an auxiliary system of order, one which can ultimately serve to discretize curved surfaces into flat units, and thus translate complex surfaces into forms constructible at an architectural scale. Such an application of geometry produces a continually expanding repertoire of three-dimensional architectural form. Among the most far reaching effects is the recalibration of the long standing relationship between the part and the whole in architecture.

Lectures tracing the lineage and technical bases of orthographic and perspective projection, projective geometry and topology will provide the foundations for the development of a vocabulary. Workshop exercises will apply these principles to particular problems of surface redefinition. The rendition of curvatures according to the logic of different patterns will demand critical assessment. The overall course objective is to provide the tools and critical instruments to imagine and represent with precision, dexterity, and virtuosity a continually expanding repertoire of three-dimensional architectural form.

How To Go To MIT For Free

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:46:14 -0400

How To Go To MIT For Free:

meghanasha:

MIT courses are entirely open to the public; they post the entire curriculum online for free. You won’t be able to get an official degree, but you will be able to select from 1900 courses, all from the comfort of your computer. No applications. No cramped dorms. No school loans. You can be an MIT educated brainiac without breaking the bank.

johncarney:

A lot of you have probably heard me put down going to college or graduate school. Well, this is the exception. In fact, it’s so exceptional that you really have no excuse not for taking MIT’s courses regardless of whether you are in high school right now or already in the workforce.

Also, I explain how to overcome common objections like (a) lack of a peer group and (b) lack of an alumni network.

Finally, degrees are way overrated. You don’t need one now, and in the future they will be even more worthless.

I’ll add one other thought: your real alumni network is formed after college, from friends you meet at bars and parties, and folks you meet at work. In my experience, at least, these are the most valuable people to your career.

The future of your professional resume

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:43:49 -0400

The future of your professional resume

Instead of more cowbell, I'm switching to more #barneyfrank

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:42:38 -0400

Instead of more cowbell, I'm switching to more #barneyfrank

how to make a macworld cover

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:42:08 -0400

how to make a macworld cover

Coachella 09 in 4min time lapse

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:41:37 -0400

Coachella 09 in 4min time lapse

Just watch this. You’ll like it.

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:22:36 -0400

Just watch this. You’ll like it.

Free Turbine show @ bklyn bowl!

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:16:39 -0400

Free Turbine show @ bklyn bowl!

tanya77: winstonwolfe: 9/22/1982-5/14/1989 Gone too soon...

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:52:56 -0400

tanya77:

winstonwolfe:

9/22/1982-5/14/1989

Gone too soon

You guys are whacked.

:)

So, to sum up: Two reporters working for Al Gore's Current TV trespass on North Korea

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:17:48 -0400

So, to sum up: Two reporters working for Al Gore's Current TV trespass on North Korea:

which arrests them and sentences them to 12 years hard labor. Al Gore keeps quiet publicly, working to get them free. North Korea, desperate for star power, asks for Bill Clinton to come “negotiate”. Gore asks Clinton to do him this solid; Obama’s people are all like “Whatevs, we’re calling it a ‘private mission’, aiiight?”, and Clinton went, and didn’t smile when that murderous dictator hoped he would for the photo op, and Clinton said “Are we good? If so, I’m taking my journalist friends home, fucker,” and he did, and we’re good.

(via topherchris) (via inothernews)

Hall & Oates - Rich girl (via lickystickypickyme) Groovin....

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:07:00 -0400

Hall & Oates - Rich girl (via lickystickypickyme) Groovin. Was this song always this good?

Delicious skyline view as Pool Party backdrop

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:43:08 -0400

Delicious skyline view as Pool Party backdrop

Pool Party scene w Dirty Projectors at 8th/Kent

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:29:34 -0400

Pool Party scene w Dirty Projectors at 8th/Kent

I’m having a Dark Castle kind of day (via gruzless)

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:38:53 -0400

I’m having a Dark Castle kind of day (via gruzless)

Design Genius: Split-Ring Key. The latest simple brilliance...

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:51:05 -0400

Design Genius:

Split-Ring Key.

The latest simple brilliance from conceptual artist Scott Amron: A blank key that doubles as a keyring. Cut it to fit the key you use most, then attach all your other keys to its hollow bow.

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Thanks MJ! We miss you.Robert Randolph & The Family Band -...

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:26:54 -0400

Thanks MJ! We miss you.
Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Billie Jean
1.12.04 - Europe

Great morning doing crossword on the porch

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:03:35 -0400

Great morning doing crossword on the porch

Highline walk opens - Finally some hot new architecture/design...

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:57:43 -0400

Highline walk opens - Finally some hot new architecture/design for NYC