Dave Slocombe’s inspiration
Transformers
At the risk of sounding totally geek - i have to put transformers, when else do i get a chance! I have to credit a large part of my obsession with technology and design to transformers - no not the new plastic ones - but the edgy die cast originals (ok scream jet in plastic was great too). Everyday objects, especially transformers that were actual reproductions (like the mini cassette picture) that transformed into powerful techno-beings with shades of good and evil in them all, awesome. Mask, Thundercats, TMHT, Zoids - all great toys but not nearly as legendary as Transformers. I chose the tape as I have to combine the toys with the Audio Cassette tape of Transformers the Movie (that I got in a birthday bag on my 7th birthday). It is dark, very dark, the evil synth soundtrack must have been influenced by some abstract Austrian electronica. I can still hear the distorted whale call whines in the echoing expanse of space.
At the risk of sounding totally geek - i have to put transformers, when else do i get a chance! I have to credit a large part of my obsession with technology and design to transformers - no not the new plastic ones - but the edgy die cast originals (ok scream jet in plastic was great too). Everyday objects, especially transformers that were actual reproductions (like the mini cassette picture) that transformed into powerful techno-beings with shades of good and evil in them all, awesome. Mask, Thundercats, TMHT, Zoids - all great toys but not nearly as legendary as Transformers. I chose the tape as I have to combine the toys with the Audio Cassette tape of Transformers the Movie (that I got in a birthday bag on my 7th birthday). It is dark, very dark, the evil synth soundtrack must have been influenced by some abstract Austrian electronica. I can still hear the distorted whale call whines in the echoing expanse of space.
The Long Now
Civilization is revving itself into a pathologically short attention span. The trend might be coming from the acceleration of technology, the short-horizon perspective of market-driven economics, the next-election perspective of democracies, or the distractions of personal multi-tasking. All are on the increase. Some sort of balancing corrective to the short-sightedness is needed-some mechanism or myth which encourages the long view and the taking of long-term responsibility, where 'long-term' is measured at least in centuries. Long Now proposes both a mechanism and a myth. It began with an observation and idea by computer scientist Daniel Hillis...follow the URL to read more...
Civilization is revving itself into a pathologically short attention span. The trend might be coming from the acceleration of technology, the short-horizon perspective of market-driven economics, the next-election perspective of democracies, or the distractions of personal multi-tasking. All are on the increase. Some sort of balancing corrective to the short-sightedness is needed-some mechanism or myth which encourages the long view and the taking of long-term responsibility, where 'long-term' is measured at least in centuries. Long Now proposes both a mechanism and a myth. It began with an observation and idea by computer scientist Daniel Hillis...follow the URL to read more...
Link: The Long Now Foundation
