kevin risinger

"General Systems Theory says that each variable in any system interacts with the other variables so..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:45:25 -0500

“General Systems Theory says that each variable in any system interacts with the other variables so thoroughly that cause and effect cannot be separated. A simple variable can be both cause and effect. Reality will not be still. And it cannot be taken apart! You cannot understand a cell, a rat, a brain structure, a family, a culture if you isolate it from its context. Relationship is everything.”

- Marilyn Ferguson, American author, editor, public speaker, and founder of the Association of Humanistic Psychology (1938-2008)

Music industry considers lawsuit against Google over piracy search results

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:10:00 -0500

Music industry considers lawsuit against Google over piracy search results:

notalkingplz:

~~Music industry considers lawsuit against Google over piracy search results.~~

~~Music industry considers throwing tantrum about sitting in the backseat of Google’s car.~~

~~Music industry considers kicking the back of Google’s seat over choosing the radio over of iPod.~~

~~Music industry…~~

EH2.0

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:50:48 -0500

EH2.0

Infinity Imagined: Why is data tracking scary?

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:30:53 -0500

Infinity Imagined: Why is data tracking scary?:

infinity-imagined:

On the small scale, gathering information to sell ads isn’t really that scary. It’s useful for all parties involved, even if it is kind of creepy. However, large scale data mining poses a serious threat to human freedom and the health of our society. When corporations and governments have access…

what is control? (by artisbigshirts)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:55:11 -0500

what is control? (by artisbigshirts)

Welcome To The Machine - Pink Floyd (by blackerton)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:20:14 -0500

Welcome To The Machine - Pink Floyd (by blackerton)

thedailywhat: This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Upon...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:53 -0500

thedailywhat:

This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Upon arrival in Los Angeles, a pair of British buddies were interrogated for hours, placed in separate holding cells for 12 hours, and ultimately sent back to the UK.

Their offense? Jokingly tweeting that they were coming to “destroy America” and “dig up Marilyn Monroe.”

Leigh Van Bryan, 26, and Emily Bunting, 24, say they were locked up with drug dealers and “treated like terrorists” all over a tweet Van Bryan sent to his friends prior to Hollywood trip with Bunting, in which he informed them that he was on his way to “destroy America.”

Van Bryan and Bunting tried desperately to explain to airport officials that “destroy” was slang for “partying,” but to no avail.

“The Homeland Security agents were treating me like some kind of terrorist,” Van Bryan, a bar manager from Coventry, told The Sun. ” I kept saying they had got the wrong meaning from my tweet but they just told me ‘You’ve really f***ed up with that tweet, boy’.”

He was also asked to explain a tweet about “diggin’ Marilyn Monroe up,” which he said was a reference to a Family Guy episode.

The two were eventually put on a flight back home. “We just wanted to have a good time on holiday,” Bunting said. “That was all Leigh meant in his tweets.”

A request for comment from the Department of Homeland Security was not returned.

[thesun / dailymail.]

elledark: Banksy on Advertising“People are taking the piss out...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:20:32 -0500

elledark:

Banksy on Advertising

“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are “The Advertisers” and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”

~ Banksy

Photo

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:35:00 -0500

UGK - Int’l Players Anthem(I Choose You) (feat.Outcast)...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:51:00 -0500

UGK - Int’l Players Anthem(I Choose You) (feat.Outcast) (by G1parc)

TEDxYYC - Kirk Sorensen - Thorium (by TEDxTalks)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:51:00 -0500

TEDxYYC - Kirk Sorensen - Thorium (by TEDxTalks)

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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:23:38 -0500

NATO, G8 In Chicago: Security Groups Ramping Up In Preparation For Expected Protests (VIDEO)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:38:12 -0500

NATO, G8 In Chicago: Security Groups Ramping Up In Preparation For Expected Protests (VIDEO)

hannahspelman: Banksy

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:31:03 -0500

hannahspelman:

Banksy

increase volatility

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:24:00 -0500

born to buy; born to die (by artisbigshirts)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:38:02 -0500

born to buy; born to die (by artisbigshirts)

sloux (by artisbigshirts)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:17:48 -0500

sloux (by artisbigshirts)

playingwithdanger: Spend money. Buy things. Consume. Consume...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:39:55 -0500

playingwithdanger:

Spend money. Buy things. Consume. Consume more and keep consuming because consumption will make you happy and because only truly successful people can consume expensive products, and only by consuming expensive products will you know what true success feels like. Consume even as it becomes painfully clear that the Earth’s resources will not last. Consume because it is what you have been programmed to do.

Sloux Font | dafont.com

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:48:13 -0500

Sloux Font | dafont.com:

I didn’t really design this for Sloux but thought it sounded like a nice name for a typeface. I wanted to design a futuristic looking font with serifs. It’s also going to be used in another Sloux graphic I haven’t posted yet.

Preview:

Beta Version

frag (by artisbigshirts)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:07:05 -0500

frag (by artisbigshirts)