Tag Archives: libraries

href weekly | Apr2-Apr8 2023

Bits

void extrusion is a prototype exploring both digital signal processing and 3D printing. The algorithmic composition is built around two ever-evolving sequencers programmed on a Daisy Seed, with a Nano Every driving the 32×8 LED matrix, changing patterns and colors based on musical cues. https://eirikbrandal.com/space-cat-01/

“a secure backup facility for the world’s crop diversity” https://virtualtourcompany.co.uk/GlobalSeedVault/index.html

Arts

A document of the last days West Coast punk rock #film https://vimeo.com/234722907

Much of the plot setup and some of the dialogue in Martin Scorsese’s excellent 1985 film After Hours—a significant portion of the movie’s first 30 minutes, in fact—were brazenly lifted from “Lies,” a 1982 NPR Playhouse monologue by Joe Frank https://andrewhearst.com/blog/2008/05/the-scandalous-origins-of-martin-scorseses-after-hours

Photos

A day off to roam the coast

Politics & Economics

Chinese people are moving from the invested into the investors, from the subjects of global capitalism to its protagonists. https://www.noemamag.com/chinas-fifth-star-rises/

The question is: what kind of agriculture do Canadians want? Growing land inequality undermines the social, economic and environmental sustainability of https://thenarwhal.ca/prairies-farming-investors/

The American Association reports that during 2021-22 there were more than 2,500 book bans in 138 different U.S. school districts and libraries, spread across 32 states covering four million pupils.” https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/libraries-richard-ovenden-1.6785115

href weekly | Mar26-April1 2023

Bits

scrapeghost is an experimental library for websites using https://jamesturk.github.io/scrapeghost/

“I’ve stuck around because, well, I’m dogfooding it. I am using it. It’s my daily driver and I have a home feed that I look at every day.” https://www.theverge.com/23658648/mastodon-ceo-twitter-interview-elon-musk-twitter

“a knitwear project exploring the benefits and costs of technological progress” great poster from the Teaching, Learning & Research: Student Showcase https://libguides.vcc.ca/StudentShowcase/2023Posters

Sound & Music

When Farkas buys a robot to help him get rid of the musicians of Faffner Hall on Make a New Sound Day, the gang borrows some parts from the robot to construct a synthesizer so they can make all kinds of new sounds. Fughetta doesn’t understand how a synthesizer works so the Wild Impressario turns to his best source, Thomas Dolby, to explain it to her. https://youtu.be/dR-Qf1vwd28

Automatonism is a modular that runs in the open source programming language Pure Data. https://www.automatonism.com/the-software

Politics & Economics

The pearl clutching over after 15 years of social media

are more than the customer service departments for corporate database products. For democracy to thrive at global scale, libraries must be able to sustain their historic role in society—owning, preserving, and lending books. This ruling is a blow for libraries, readers, and authors and we plan to appeal it. https://web.archive.org/web/20230326093647/https://blog.archive.org/2023/03/25/the-fight-continues/

Through predatory tactics, the dollar chains are killing off grocery stores and other local businesses, leaving communities with fewer jobs, diminished access to basic goods, and dimmer prospects for overall well-being. https://ilsr.org/report-dollar-store-invasion/