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The Psychology of Computer Programming (1971)

Tomopterids are pelagic polychaetes (segmented worms) with paddle-like parapodia that propel them through the water column. They are relatively common in the midnight zone and can live down to about 2,500 meters (8,200 feet). Many Tomopterids are only a centimeter or two long, but some can also get to be quite large—up to 30 centimeters (12 inches!). They are voracious predators, using their speed and agility to capture and consume a variety of midwater organisms. ⁠ ⁠ Females of this group produce a pheromone that attracts males and signals them to shed sperm into the water. This, in turn, signals the female to release her eggs—a behavior called swarming.

Well, at least we managed to avoid this so far.

"We implemented a short, voluntary, neutral (compared with engaging people to sell something, for instance) and simple interaction task, which consists of having IRL-0 autonomously engage people in a public setting to get them to pick up a baseball cap lying nearby on the floor (3 to 4 m away) [see final photo]." – Sorry to Interrupt, But May I Have Your Attention? Preliminary Design and Evaluation of Autonomous Engagement in HRI, Vincent Rousseau et al.

brand new biodiversity preserve on a rogue trader's ship

Shinjuku, Japan 2014

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IBM Executary 224 Portable Dictation System, 1960

Planetluke.com, the graphic arts alter ego of Luca Lozano provides the fourth in Klasse Wrecks’ KFAX zine series. KFAX4 is a follow up to the record label logo collection of KFAX3 and is manifested via a 70 page, 10x14cm risograph printed, red glue bound booklet. For this collection, Planetluke.com has delved deep into the obscure and unlikely field of computer software company logos of the 70s and 80s. A burgeoning and undeveloped scene, the 300+ logos are often naive and amateurish in quality and look and provide the perfect follow up to the similar logos in the previous zine. Be sure to back-up that brain as halfway through the zine gets ‘hacked’ and overtaken by logos and graphics from the underground hacker and warez scene!! Measuring at 7x10cm and printed on 70 g/m² EOS bible print paper and with red glue binding.

Rémy Van den Abeele (1918-2006) — Paysage Surréaliste [oil on canvas, 1969]

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