LemonodorA mostly Lisp weblog by John WisemanTrevor Paglen at Machine Project- May 23, 2008 “Unmarked 737 at ‘Gold Coast’ TerminalLas Vegas, NVDistance 1 mile10:44 pm” “A geographer by training, a conspiracy theorist by instinct and an investigative reporter by avocation”, and “radical geographer, muckraking author and outlaw artist”, Trevor Paglen will be talking at Machine Project in LA tonight. He's been one of my biggest inspirations ever since his article in the Village Voice, “Planespotting: Nerds with binoculars bust.http://lemonodor.com/archives/2008/05/trevor_paglen_at_machine_project.html uWink: A Cold Greasy Plate of Fail- May 2, 2008 JoAnne and I had dinner at uWink last night. uWink is Nolan Bushnell's new high-tech restaurant concept, where every diner has their own touch screen for ordering food and playing games. The concept may not be so bad, if your goals include minimizing (almost removing) interaction with waitstaff and adding opportunities to interact with other diners, but wow right now this is a terrible realization of that concept. From the perspective of a customer it was ridiculously terrible. As a...http://lemonodor.com/archives/2008/05/uwink_a_cold_greasy_plate_of_fail.html |