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arpeggia: Installations by Esther Stocker Click on each image...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:59:48 -0400

The term "alike" may attract our attention, but in fact means nothing at all. (Frege) 2004, Kunst Galerie Museum Bozen, Photo: Martin Pardat

Untitled, 2011, The Essential Collection, Zürich. Photo: Romy Rodiek

Dirty Geometry, 2011, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris. Photo: Takeshi Sugiura

O.T., 2006, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Photo: Rainer Iglar

arpeggia:

Installations by Esther Stocker

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bakerhi: Baking is methodical: Every measurement is precise, so...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:14:58 -0400

bakerhi:

Baking is methodical: Every measurement is precise, so you need to concentrate on only the baking when you’re doing it - in turn, clearing your head.

Baking takes time: If you dedicate yourself to this activity, you’re setting time aside for yourself indirectly. Therefore creating a safe space where no-one can bother you. This is of course, when you’re like me and you kick everyone else out of the kitchen.

Baking is relaxing: When have you not appreciated the scent of fresh baked cookies in your living space? Really.

Baking is satisfying: Cookie dough? Check. Actual cookies? Check. Let’s be real, sometimes you need to eat your feelings.

Baking is motivational: You can’t just sit and wallow in whatever you’re stressed about when you’re baking. You have 10 minute intervals to sit and contemplate life, the world and everything. (the answer will always be 42 - props if you get this reference)

Baking is satisfying (pt 2): For me, my coworkers adore it when I’m stressed. Not in the “haha, Rhiannon’s life is hard right now” kind of sense, but more the “sweet, I got unexpected breakfast AND dessert in the same day.”

Baking is deceiving: I think I’m an anomaly. I don’t really watch TV, I play video games (when I’m not baking/working) and I’m not a huge fan of cooking. Last night, I made macaroni and cheese, strawberry muffins and monster cookies. Tonight I made my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. It makes people think that I’m on speed, because no one else can “find the time to bake.” It’s really that I don’t really have a lot of hobbies. There, now you know.

Baking is productive: Baking gives you the ability to not only scientifically and mathematically massage your brain, but see a finished product. Hopefully you remembered to put both cups of flour in (speaking from experience here).

Baking is exercise: Okay, so maybe I’m a little biased here, but for me, I try really hard not to use my mixer when I don’t have to, and I remember even as a kid, when you get a good cookie dough going, it gets tough to mix after a while. Reaching for ingredients? Or the fact that you’re probably standing while you’re mixing all these ingredients. Point being: at least you’re not sitting doing nothing. See reason #5.

Baking is good: This blog has brought me a lot of joy, and whenever I feel like I’m less of a person, or like all the effort I’m putting into the things I’m doing is amounting to nothing, I’ll look to this blog for visible proof that I’ve grown and evolved over the past three years, and my followers here appreciate when I post new recipes for them to hate me for making and not giving to them personally. Sorry guys, you know I’d totally bake for all of you! ;)

Bake it out guys.
<3 bakerhi

f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-s: CHRISTIAN EDLER - VISIONARY ART GALLERY

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:42:43 -0400

f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-s:

CHRISTIAN EDLER - VISIONARY ART GALLERY

screenshotsofdespair: via adora

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:35:39 -0400

screenshotsofdespair:

via adora

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Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:02:05 -0400

familyfriendlyurl: my tombstones gonna say “ripped in peace” as i flex forever in my tiny coffin

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:00:55 -0400

familyfriendlyurl:

my tombstones gonna say “ripped in peace” as i flex forever in my tiny coffin

wildography: Cute Little French Bulldog! :3 (Photographer...

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:32:15 -0400

wildography:

Cute Little French Bulldog! :3

(Photographer Unknown)

My video response to A Polynomial Time Algorithm for the...

Wed, 29 May 2013 12:15:02 -0400

My video response to A Polynomial Time Algorithm for the Hamilton Circuit Problem.

Running gource on a git tree

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:10:54 -0400

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deauthier: In La Femme à Paris the author Octave Uzanne...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:13:37 -0400

deauthier:

In La Femme à Paris the author Octave Uzanne dubbed a woman’s clothing ‘her offensive armour’ - but, in reality, fashion seldom offers protection from the violence of the modern world. The clothing adopted when a woman is at her most vulnerable to attack - the heels, furs and jewels of evening attire - actively works against the idea of self-preservation.
Nick Knight sought to challenge this: born from a desire to protect his own two teenage daughters and inspired by the ‘Slutwalk’ movement of women reclaiming the right to dress as they wish without being seen to invite attack, Knight decided to address the notion of self-defence through a fashion shoot. For this, he chose to collaborate with two much-celebrated and empowered female fashion figures - model Lara Stone, and stylist Carine Roitfeld - to redefine the notion of ‘Power Dressing’ for the twenty-first century.
Specially trained for this shoot in the techniques of Krav Maga, a self-defence system developed by the Israeli Defence Forces, Stone defends herself in a series of scenarios whilst modelling a selection of Spring/Summer 2012’s finest fashions, selected by Roitfeld and captured by Knight in stills for V magazine and on fashion film for SHOWstudio. These films serve two functions - showcasing next season’s key styles, and offering instruction to women, a high-fashion ‘how to’ of self-defence.
Pushing the boundaries of fashion editorial beyond aesthetic, and countering the ‘Brutal Chic’ of violent fashion imagery that dominated in the seventies, Knight, Roitfeld and Stone offer a true vision of ‘Power Dressing’ for a modern and truly powerful woman.

Krav Maga - Knife Threat to Body: Prada - Lara Stone and Nick Knight.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 12:21:49 -0400

annimate: chasingcomics: The Man Who Lives Alone My Intro to...

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:50:16 -0400

annimate:

chasingcomics:

The Man Who Lives Alone

My Intro to Comics final about ghosts and love.

CHASE CHASE CHASE IS AWESOME

When the mailing list must make a choice

Thu, 09 May 2013 02:40:36 -0400

runningahackerspace:

thumbcramps: hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:07:36 -0400

thumbcramps:

hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women.

also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it.

anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!!

momgenes: VHDL for DNA I like this.

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:45:38 -0400

momgenes:

VHDL for DNA

I like this.

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Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:44:44 -0400

wilwheaton: vintagegal: Circus clown c. 1930s GPOY

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:40:40 -0400

wilwheaton:

vintagegal:

Circus clown c. 1930s

GPOY

scumblebee: Get rid of your body. Become a Cheerios

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:11:10 -0400

scumblebee:

Get rid of your body. Become a Cheerios

momgenes: I just got this plotting thing to work so now I can finally form my hands into scatter...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:27:56 -0400

momgenes:

I just got this plotting thing to work so now I can finally form my hands into scatter plots and histograms and pull the petrified bones of a dead god from an ocean of data

momgenes: It’s not like you need to let violent, intrusive thoughts bother you Just shrug them off...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:16:29 -0400

momgenes:

It’s not like you need to let violent, intrusive thoughts bother you

Just shrug them off in the same way you’d shrug off any other minor life inconvenience, like heart palpitations or mysterious rashes