Squirrel Highways
Nervous squirrels, afraid of an attack on the ground, use the phone and television cables as highways wherever the tree canopy’s broken. Birds rest on the power lines.
Image and caption copyrighted Denis Wood & Siglio Press reproduced with permission. (via Brain Pickings | Kirstin Butler)
- Water, 1400
- Land, 1840
- Gold, 1850
- Wire, 1880
- Air, 1900
- Celluloid, 1920
- Plastic, 1950
- Space, 1960
- Silicon, 1980
- Networks, 1990
- Data, 2000
A compendium of interviews with the incredibly talented speakers from this year’s Eyeo festival. There’s also one with me.
Alexander Chen constructed an interactive music box of Bach’s Prelude from his first cello suite. Check out the live version at Baroque.me. (by Alexander Chen)
“ The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed. ”
William Gibson (via ninedaysoff)
