Tag: Radiolab
[vatow] Project proposal
by Greg on Feb.24, 2011, under ITP, Video and the Open Web
I have been working with video and animation at my job and on my own for the past four years, so it came as a surprise how difficult it was to come up with a project for Video and the Open Web. It stems from how limited my understanding of what video is; something that someone exports into a “final” product and is transportable but not mutable. In the past, I felt that programs like Nuke and After Effects were the keys to unleashing media and playing with their content. Online communities like YouTube came one step closer to what the web does so well: improvisation and sharing. However, both seemed similar to other forms of media creation, where the last exported file tends to be the last stop of the media and bringing new life to it is available to the few who have the expensive tools and the knowledge.
Radiolab: after birth and the formation of self
by Greg on Aug.25, 2009, under Science Life
I haven’t done a Radiolab Saturday in some time, but don’t worry, i will be posting more segments i find interesting in the Fall. Weekends have been packed with events and summer lounging. I wanted to write about this particular Radiolab short though, because it is linked to the current book i am trudging happily through: Metzingers’ The Ego Tunnel. So far, it is as mind blowingly disorienting as Jim told me. The concept that the self — the subjective point of view that humans use to interact with their environment– is a myth is not an easy understanding. But i think i am getting there, and this Radiolab, an extra morsel from their really compelling hour long show on the afterlife, starts to make me understand what it is like to develop ones ego tunnel, or sense of self.
Radiolab Saturday and delaying enjoyment
by Greg on Jul.25, 2009, under Science Life Musing
I have never read the works of Frank McCourt (author of popular books like Angela’s Ashes), but because he often graced my media staples like NPR, i had learned to appreciate and enjoy his take on America’s decadent persona. It is sad to see him and his insight go. He really put old cranky dudes like Andy Rooney to shame. I didn’t see his schtick reflect longing for the american idea of yesteryear (born in brooklyn, he grew up destitute in Ireland), but more of an indictment of materialism and its promise of easy joy.
Here is an interview i heard on NPR’s Studio 360 from McCourt on his ideas on how Americans raise their children. It’s a great listen: (continue reading…)
is laughing human?
by Greg on Jun.09, 2009, under Science Life
and it reminded me of an old 2008 episode of Radio Lab which goes much further in understanding if laughing is a universal animal kingdom reaction, and if so, what’s so funny? Listen to the RadioLab episode here and a Radio Lab Extra video of more animal laughing after the break. (continue reading…)
Radiolab Saturday
by Greg on May.02, 2009, under Science Life
It’s not often that scientists are thought of as investigators or detectives in the public’s eye, but they really are the worthy heirs to Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Logic, the reasoning of deduction and induction, hypothesis, experimentation, one could argue that scientists are more investigator than a reporter or a law enforcer. Radiolab has an episode titled detective stories that chronicles interesting stories of investigation. Last Radiolab Saturday, i posted one segment on garbage and how burrowing through it shows us how messy the facts of history actually are. This week, it is the surreal detective story of titled goat on a cow. It really has to be heard to be believed.
Radiolab Saturdays
by Greg on Apr.18, 2009, under Science Life
Wednesday is yet another Earth Day, but something feels different about this one for me. Maybe it’s the things i finally did this year to change a wasteful lifestyle. Maybe it was educating myself more, or getting rid of my car and taking public transportation more. Or maybe its the feeling that the government is starting to address climate change. Ninly.net was telling me of his new garden and compost in his new backyard and it made me jealous. Garbage has just been on my mind. (continue reading…)Radiolab Saturdays: Bugs in your skull
by Greg on Apr.11, 2009, under Science Life

