The Art of Victorian Photocollage

...in the exhibit PLAYING WITH PICTURES currently at the Met. Loved this and am inspired to do my own, and just really think everyone should go see it.

Post-mortem retinal images

A lot of articles that look to be worth reading over at Bill Jay's website, but of note on page one of the essays, IMAGES IN THE EYES OF THE DEAD, a comprehensive study of the historically misinformed notion that the final image before death is captured on the retina.

File in the "Extremely disappointing that this phenomenon isn't real" category right next to this debunking of archeoacoustics/paleoacoustics being recorded upon the pottery of antiquity. Well, crap.

However, retinal photography for strictly medical purposes remains a valid field, yielding some incredible images.

The screwed up sounds of THE SINFUL DWARF

"Won't it be funny to see a Danish movie titled The Sinful Dwarf? In a theater?" my friends and I mused, sallying forth towards a midnight screening at the original Alamo Drafthouse.

Well, it wasn't funny. It was really messed up, actually...

Find out what happens here!

Watch the skies!!!

Paul Davies, collaborator with SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has just published a book I really want to get, THE EERIE SILENCE: RENEWING OUR SEARCH FOR ALIEN INTELLIGENCE.

Perhaps in reaction, Stephen Hawking has made a public statement about his concerns for attempted contact with extraterrestrials.

Is it too late? Have we already put the last nail in the coffin with the Voyager Golden Record launched in 1977? Check out it's awesome content on this fantastic site devoted to it.