var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-19506756-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Alexander Light’s blog is a thing made out of words, pictures and digital stuffs. It is not a thing specifically about Alexander Light. However, by virtue of acting as a receptacle for things Alexander Light regards as interesting or of value, it therefore must be a representative artifact of Alexander Light’s current interests or state of mind. alexanderlight used to be a blog at http://alexanderlight.blogspot.com/ which is still there, should you feel the need to go deep. (p.s. I’ve not started routinely talking about myself in the 3rd person, I’m just trying to sort out my SEO rankings). Still here? Here’s a list of people who I like and that I occasionally steal things from: Random Vinyl The Lobster Humidor Iain Gor Meat Asi Nick Mr Lomo rupolarise Nunz Nathan Niles Nick Ryan Cookie Diffraction Lomo-blog Candles Mr MacLynn Esq. Poke London Poke NYC Tumblr (3.0; @alexanderlight)http://alexanderlight.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S6vyb6EsaP0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><h1 class="entry-title"><span>The Tesseract<span></span></span></h1> <p>One day I will manage to visualise a Tesseract - a cube in 4 dimensions. At this point, I will probably wink out of existence and disappear completely…so maybe not quite yet.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/23995820830http://alexanderlight.com/post/23995820830Tue, 29 May 2012 14:48:00 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MN4KC_zlW4g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>So…in other words: a being that could view objects in 4 dimensions would see ALL possible permutaitons of that object throughout time simultaneously.</p> <p>In the same way that a flatlander can only perceive a 2 dimensional, perfectly flat slide through a three dimensional object  - so too can a being that senses in 3 dimensions (like us) only perceive objects in a single temporal state.</p> <p>This also means - I guess - that a creature which could sense and propel itself through 4 dimensional space would seem to us to appear and reappear at will within linear time.</p> <p>What would I look like in 4 dimensional space? A waveform - a cloud of probability on the surface of spacetime? I suppose we’re all just wrinkles on the fabric of spacetime after all :)</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/23996114621http://alexanderlight.com/post/23996114621Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j8ozn5MH1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1 class="entry-title"><span>The view from Opportunity<span></span></span></h1> <p>Totally awesome - a shot from Mars rover Opportunity that is on MARS RIGHT NOW. Imagine waking up to that every day. I want to see this in person before I die. I really do.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/23673012365http://alexanderlight.com/post/23673012365Thu, 24 May 2012 16:07:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hpfj5bmx1qh63uqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hpfj5bmx1qh63uqo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hpfj5bmx1qh63uqo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h1 class="entry-title"><span>Smog Globe<span></span></span></h1> <p>Depressing toys to give my child. Welcome to the world we made for you, little one.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/23669877302http://alexanderlight.com/post/23669877302Thu, 24 May 2012 14:24:00 +0100<a href="http://www.blueseed.co/">Blueseed</a>: <p>A floating J G Ballard novel.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/23549072653http://alexanderlight.com/post/23549072653Tue, 22 May 2012 17:38:28 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KDoTvNlCdbQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><h1 class="entry-title"><span>SpaceX Dragon launch success<span></span></span></h1> <p>Well done guys! I think the first commercial launch and docking with the ISS deserves a beer. Wait till the Dragon capsule deploys solar panels and listen to the entire company going batshit in mission command. So great.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/23544438678http://alexanderlight.com/post/23544438678Tue, 22 May 2012 15:26:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ejopB8OV1qbnhg2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h1 class="entry-title"><span>Lunar cycle<span></span></span></h1></p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/23535798939http://alexanderlight.com/post/23535798939Tue, 22 May 2012 09:34:00 +0100<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xYDG---h8Fo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The literal stuff of nightmares.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/23289420858http://alexanderlight.com/post/23289420858Fri, 18 May 2012 14:46:20 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Iv2vjtxUZbE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Really interesting TedX here with (a quite nervous) Tony Andrews - founder of Funktion 1 audio. Great honesty around digital music technology.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/23041223394http://alexanderlight.com/post/23041223394Mon, 14 May 2012 16:52:36 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3bntxgfS61qc0s10o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://alexanderlight.com/post/22184642505http://alexanderlight.com/post/22184642505Tue, 01 May 2012 10:15:42 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3awn61Oxu1qa4e8zo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h1 class="entry-title"><span>3 Years of Kickstarter<span></span></span></h1> <p>Interesting to see the average funding values are still pretty low, despite a few breakthrough projects like DoubleFine raising the bar. Having seen a couple of my mates not get their <a href="http://breakfastny.com/projects/2011/instaprint/">Instaprint</a> project <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breakfastny/instaprint-the-location-based-photo-booth-for-inst">funded</a> I’m still pretty close to the hard reality of most projects on Kickstarter, which never take off - especially if you can’t afford to promote them or don’t have a huge fanbase already.</p> <p>Kind of makes it important to have that massive Facebook community ready to fund your stuff now doesn’t it ;)</p> <p>Read the full article <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/30/technology/three-years-of-kickstarter-projects.html">here</a>.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/22127832848http://alexanderlight.com/post/22127832848Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:33:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3atgiiNMJ1qa4e8zo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3atgiiNMJ1qa4e8zo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3atgiiNMJ1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3atgiiNMJ1qa4e8zo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3atgiiNMJ1qa4e8zo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h1 class="entry-title"><span>Starry Night: Light Installations by Lee Eunyeol</span></h1> <p>Simple, inspirational, nice work.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/22124849342http://alexanderlight.com/post/22124849342Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:24:00 +0100<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/40940686" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><h1 class="entry-title"><span>Small world<span></span></span></h1> <p>Interesting visualisation - the idea of the Anthropocene period is quite nice…the time of human beings. Where do we go next?</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/22115366394http://alexanderlight.com/post/22115366394Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:46:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33vm20M6B1qa28ffo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1 class="entry-title"><span>The Long Drop<span></span></span></h1> <p>If I could build my own home, it woud be full of oddities like this. I still dream of having a swimming pool with a glass floor, with a dining room beneath it. The dining room would be filled with moving, filtered light and the pool would be thrilling to swim in - diving down to see people moving below, in the gas phase.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/21905028948http://alexanderlight.com/post/21905028948Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:13:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2y5s5IdOw1qzdvhio1_r1_500.png"/><br/> Just Imagine city set (1930)<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2y5s5IdOw1qzdvhio5_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> Just Imagine city set (1930)<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2y5s5IdOw1qzdvhio2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Hugh Ferriss, The Metropolis of Tomorrow<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2y5s5IdOw1qzdvhio7_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> Hugh Ferriss, The Metropolis of Tomorrow<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2y5s5IdOw1qzdvhio8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Hugh Ferriss, The Metropolis of Tomorrow<br/><br/> <blockquote> <p><br/>Fritz Lang’s Metropolis</p> </blockquote>http://alexanderlight.com/post/21710411985http://alexanderlight.com/post/21710411985Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:44:20 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mf31hcNA1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Burt Ward & Adam West and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/harald-haefker/tags/1966/">more</a> wonderful, wonderful images.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/21263514675http://alexanderlight.com/post/21263514675Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:11:25 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1lrixr0SB1qa4e8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This Feb Gorilla vs. Bear mix totally kills it: <a href="http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2012/02/29/february-2012-mix/">http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2012/02/29/february-2012-mix/</a></p> <p>I never ever thought I could love an Usher track. MY MIND, RE-DEFINED. Thank you.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/20065333196http://alexanderlight.com/post/20065333196Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:08:57 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rklGn6Ml7U0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Err, have I missed something? Why aren’t we more excited about this?! It’s a WORKING COMMERCIAL LIGHTFIELD CAMERA! Switch plane of focus after you’ve taken the shot? HELL YES!</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/20007229749http://alexanderlight.com/post/20007229749Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:28:01 +0100<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WTpldq3myV0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is totally brilliant…I am also looking forward to the chimps at London Zoo being issued with iPads.</p>http://alexanderlight.com/post/19777064907http://alexanderlight.com/post/19777064907Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:21:59 +0000<blockquote> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lan3bbV74a1qbowx0.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lan3bhPcUz1qbowx0.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lan3bolUxa1qbowx0.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lan3buMOxj1qbowx0.jpg"/></p> <p><em><span>The river is made of<strong> hydrogen sulfide</strong>. As <strong>hydrogen sulfide</strong> is much denser than water, it stays at the bottom and creates its own river. However, hydrogen sulfide is classified as a <strong>level 4 in the MSDS</strong>, and is very dangerous. Definitely not something you want to go take a dip in.</span></em></p> </blockquote>http://alexanderlight.com/post/19726392107http://alexanderlight.com/post/19726392107Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:31:34 +0000