blog. (by vanessa)

Random post of random fun things.

computer poetry. these guys in my digital media class gave a presentation on computer artificial intelligence. they showed us this book called the policeman’s beard is half constructed, which was entirely written by a computer. here is an excerpt that i really appreciated, a poem on love … by a computer:

At all events my own essays and dissertations about love and its endless pain and perpetual pleasure will be known and understood by all of you who read this and talk or sing or chant about it to your worried friends or nervous enemies. Love is the question and the subject of this essay. We will commence with a question: does steak love lettuce? This quesion is implacably hard and inevitably difficult to answer. Here is a question: does an electron love a proton, or does it love a neutron? Here is a question: does a man love a woman or, to be specific and to be precise, does Bill love Diane? The interesting and critical response to this question is: no! He is obsessed and infatuated with her. He is loony and crazy about her. That is not the love of steak and lettuce, of electron and proton and neutron. This dissertation will show that the love of a man and a woman is not the love of steak and lettuce. Love is interesting to me and fascinating to you but it is painful to Bill and Diane. That is love!

perfect. i love it.

new math. redblackbrown is a blog i follow religiously because it is a group of designers who post some pretty cool things. a couple days ago they posted about craig damrauer’s new math series. i am obsessed. here are my favorites:

i don’t have anything to write about. candace next week! hooray! oh and i updated my calendar on this blog.