semiotics from the edge of time

"Sometimes to move forward you have to go sideways or do somersaults."

insynchification — Sun, 12 May 2013 10:28:26 -0400

“Sometimes to move forward you have to go sideways or do somersaults.”

- Shaping a Culture of Conversation: The Discussion Board and Beyond | Academic Commons

invisiblestories: “Far from being writers -founders of their...

insynchification — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:48:55 -0400

invisiblestories:

“Far from being writers -founders of their own place, heirs of the peasants of earlier ages now working on the soil of language, diggers of wells and builders of houses- readers are travelers; they move across lands belonging to someone else, like nomads poaching their way across fields they did not write, despoiling the wealth of Egypt to enjoy it themselves. Writing accumulates, stocks up, resist time by the establishment of a place and multiplies its production through the expansionism of reproduction. Reading takes no measures against the erosion of time (one forgets oneself and also forgets), it does not keep with what it acquires, or it does so poorly, and each of the places through which it passes is a repetition of the lost paradise.”

-Michel de Certeau, The Practice of Everyday Life (via eideticfields)

"The incomparable A. J. Liebling wrote once that there are three kinds of journalists: the reporter,..."

insynchification — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:57:39 -0400

“The incomparable A. J. Liebling wrote once that there are three kinds of journalists: the reporter, who says what he’s seen; the interpretive reporter, who says what he thinks is the meaning of what he’s seen; and the expert, who says what he thinks is the meaning of what he hasn’t seen.”

- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Lost and Found : The New Yorker

(via Jon Stewart Hammers Red State Laws With ‘Sodomy!...

insynchification — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:47:16 -0400

(via Jon Stewart Hammers Red State Laws With ‘Sodomy! Zygotes! Welfare!’ (VIDEO))

Marina Abramović e Ulay - MoMA 2010 (by MiticoMazz)

insynchification — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:01:23 -0400

Marina Abramović e Ulay - MoMA 2010 (by MiticoMazz)

I like this header: Sweet Tea of Death! (via Sugary drinks:...

insynchification — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:59:38 -0400

I like this header: Sweet Tea of Death!

(via Sugary drinks: The sweet tea of death? | HLNtv.com)

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insynchification — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:01:31 -0400

Light/Dark/Good/Evil/Luke/Vader: DIY (via mmmcrafts: handmade...

insynchification — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:01:47 -0400

Light/Dark/Good/Evil/Luke/Vader: DIY (via mmmcrafts: handmade gifts 2012, part 2)

"I have sometimes dreamt, at least, that when the Day of Judgment dawns and the great conquerors and..."

insynchification — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:01:19 -0400

“I have sometimes dreamt, at least, that when the Day of Judgment dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards — their crowns, their laurels, their names carved indelibly upon imperishable marble — the Almighty will turn to Peter and will say, not without a certain envy when he sees us coming with our books under our arms, ‘Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them here. They have loved reading.’”

- Virginia Woolf, How Should One Read a Book? (via invisiblestories)

The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

insynchification — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:59:07 -0400

The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food: When food becomes semiotics:

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In the process of product optimization, food engineers alter a litany of variables with the sole intent of finding the most perfect version (or versions) of a product. Ordinary consumers are paid to spend hours sitting in rooms where they touch, feel, sip, smell, swirl and taste whatever product is in question. Their opinions are dumped into a computer, and the data are sifted and sorted through a statistical method called conjoint analysis, which determines what features will be most attractive to consumers. Moskowitz likes to imagine that his computer is divided into silos, in which each of the attributes is stacked. But it’s not simply a matter of comparing Color 23 with Color 24. In the most complicated projects, Color 23 must be combined with Syrup 11 and Packaging 6, and on and on, in seemingly infinite combinations. Even for jobs in which the only concern is taste and the variables are limited to the ingredients, endless charts and graphs will come spewing out of Moskowitz’s computer. “The mathematical model maps out the ingredients to the sensory perceptions these ingredients create,” he told me, “so I can just dial a new product. This is the engineering approach.”

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insynchification — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:02:24 -0400

Star Trek Gender Roles: Classic

insynchification — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:49:47 -0500

Star Trek Gender Roles: Classic

The First Amendment Doesn’t Give You a Moral Right to Act...

insynchification — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:47:15 -0500

The First Amendment Doesn’t Give You a Moral Right to Act Like a Sexist and Racist Pig (by outtacontext)

Book machine

insynchification — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:11:53 -0500

Book machine

White Wedding as Political Statement: There are images in the...

insynchification — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:01:30 -0500

White Wedding as Political Statement:

There are images in the world, quite a few of them, which simply leave one speechless, give pause, remain. This is one. (via “KKK Wedding” in Sedro Wooley, Washington, June 16, 1926. Photo: Skagit River Journal)

While browsing Ebay, I sometimes run across items that leap...

insynchification — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:40:53 -0500

While browsing Ebay, I sometimes run across items that leap outside the symbological semiotical bounds. This set of earbob studs is an example of the zombie paranoia mashed up with Leonardo DaVinci. From the same vendor, one could also acquire a set of similar Obama or Sarah Palin earplugs.

(via Pair of Zombie Mona Lisa Plugs Gauges Choose Size New | eBay)

(via neoscenes: network: postcards)

insynchification — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:23:52 -0500

(via neoscenes: network: postcards)

"It is said that Alfred Hitchcock, the great cinematic specialist in the art of frightening people,..."

insynchification — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:02:02 -0500

“It is said that Alfred Hitchcock, the great cinematic specialist in the art of frightening people, was once driving through Switzerland when he suddenly pointed out of the car window and said, ‘That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.’ It was a priest in conversation with a little boy, his hand on the boy’s shoulder. Hitchcock leaned out of the car window and shouted, ‘Run, little boy! Run for your life!’”

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When Hello Kitty meets Jason - paranoia meets media confusion....

insynchification — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:18:03 -0500

When Hello Kitty meets Jason - paranoia meets media confusion. This item is currently available on eBay. (via Hello Kitty Jason Mask 1” Button Dangle Earrings Free Pin USA Seller | eBay)

(via Bring warmth and a homespun feel to your kitchen and dining...

insynchification — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:01:43 -0500

(via Bring warmth and a homespun feel to your kitchen and dining room with wood shakers, bowls and other accessories)