Author Archives: RA

An artist or designer is someone…

Posted on 2013/01/10 by RA

An artist or designer is someone who feels that God has the best job in the whole world, the most humbling and the most satisfying, against which no other career can suffice.

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Science, Art, Technology, Design

Posted on 2012/12/12 by RA

The difference between science and art is that artists must always accord two truths: things as they are, and things as ought to be. Design expresses what must become — technology is science expressed as poetry.

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Book Review: Processing 2: Creative Programming Cookbook, by Jan Vantomme, PACKT Publishing, 2012

Posted on 2012/11/30 by RA

At a Glance Jan Vantomme’s Processing Cookbook bills itself as “Quick answers to common problems.” In this regard, the author nicely succeeds in accomplishing that goal. The book is well organized, quite readable, and filled with many useful entry points … Continue reading →

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Bus-Tops Contest — My work selected!

Posted on 2012/03/08 by RA

Woot! My entry for the London Bus-Tops contest was selected! See http://bus-tops.com/ and http://www.openprocessing.org/collection/1337 and http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/53626

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Pinnacle of Civilization

Posted on 2012/01/16 by RA

I sometimes wonder that if humans ever reach the pinnacle of civilization, it will be to discover that we finally have the freedom to do these things: eat, sleep, mate, play, and discover. In other words, to do pretty much … Continue reading →

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Processing Portfolio

Posted on 2011/11/04 by RA

Finally put together a portfolio on OpenProcessing.org. Drop by and leave a comment. If you see anything you like, click the “like” button. Also added 5 new sketches to my collection here on Rariora.

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Translated!

Posted on 2011/06/08 by RA

“Nearness” has been translated into Spanish and German by Carina Reinhardt: http://entrenandoaikido.blogspot.com/2011/06/proximidad.html http://wirtrainierenaikido.blogspot.com/2011/06/naehe.html

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Wisdom

Posted on 2011/05/20 by RA

Wisdom is to intelligence what intelligence is to knowledge, what knowledge is to information, what information is to data.

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Note to Self:

Posted on 2010/12/14 by RA

Call the plumber to have the toilette looked at. I need someone who can figure out how to find and disable the button that causes the phone to ring every time I sit down in the bathroom.

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Fiction

Posted on 2010/11/28 by RA

Scientists have been speculating for a while now what function dreams may serve. I’ve recently started wondering if it isn’t dreams per se that matter, but dreaming. Imagine a new species on the planet with a newly developed form of … Continue reading →

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