December 2008
Top 10 Improbable McDonald's Items from Around the... →
Japan’s Ebi-Filet-O, a shrimp burger. Photograph from Tavallai on Flickr
1. In Malaysia, Bubur Ayam McD is congee (rice porridge with the consistency of thin oatmeal) with sliced chicken. Bubur Ikan, congee with fish, was also served for a short time.
2. McDonald’s seafood offerings don’t begin and end with the Filet-O-Fish. In Norway, the McLaks, a salmon sandwich, was...
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Global Consciousness Project →
The Global Consciousness Project collects random numbers from around the world. These numbers are available on the GCP website.
This website downloads those numbers once a minute and performs sophisticated analysis on these random numbers to see how coherent they are.
That is, how probable it is that the numbers are generated as they are. The theory is that the Global Consciousness of all the...
WatchDigital Decay
This quote is taken from Douglas Davis’ essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction,” which argues (in part) that unlike analogue signals, which are like waves crashing upon a beach and losing clarity with every ebb of the tide, digital bits “can be endlessly reproduced, without degradation, always the same, always perfect.” This video...
