Shimmering Glitters

An article in the Star Tribune today describes the growth and change in 4-H clubs nationwide (i.e. it's not just about agriculture.)

http://www.startribune.com/local/north/56426422.html

I just found this cool open mic session between Will Wright and E.O. WilsonWill Writght  is the amazing creator of Sim games ( SimCity, SimAnt  - Spore) and says he's read all of  E.O.Wilson's books and that Wilson inspired SimAnt his first simulation+game. 

When you begin typing a search query into Google, it attempts to complete the search with popular search terms. It is an interesting look into what the world wants to know:

This is a great TED Talk with implications beyond business (ex: education!)

This was just brought to my attention; I had never heard of TEDxTC before, but of course I had heard of TED (and his most excellent adventures.)

This should be a TED-esque event, complete with sweeping hand gestures, grandiloquent statements, and designer eyeglass frames.

I think we need to get some museum speakers, right *Keith*? There may be more info on their Facebook and Twitter pages.

Update: registration is free at http://tedxtc.eventbrite.com/, password is tedster

Another college friend of mine (who also helped with the previously-posted Mujik app) has made "Itch", a visual, Scratch-like programming language for the iPhone.

It's fantastic.

Make Magazine posted a link to Julie Yu's page of Science activities ( all are PDF)

http://www.exo.net/~jyu/

Very nice work.

At the bottom is a link to The Science of Art- Summer 2008 workshop activities.

My college friend made an iPhone app, it will be available within days.

It lets you make (good!) music, it looks beautiful and unlike any other piece of music software, and also it's awesome.

Mujik:

Two more videos after the break....

from prezi.com

I'll be going to this workshop at the Walker (crocheting! knitting!) hosted by the infamous Institute for Figuring.

Will I see you there?

Thursday, July 30, 2009
Workshop: Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab, 5–6:30 pm.
Lecture: Walker Cinema, 7 pm.