12 November 2002

Rudy Rucker notes for As Above So Below: a Novel of Peter Brueghel Great notes and an interesting look at how someone begins to construct a novel. Psychically Bruegel anticipated color reproduction. His color paintings reproduce so well. He knew about this because of having done so many drawings for engraving. 12:57:12 AM     comments

Smart paint creates, repairs chameleon tanks US spends many millions a year repainting military vehicles. Nano-paint might help. 12:56:31 AM     comments

US elections 2002: comments on usability of electronic voting systems - a B+ report: Touch screen voting machines a hit - and a C- report. Kind of related: BBC tells us why websites are getting easier to use. 12:51:30 AM     comments

Hidden messages in Telegraph illustrations got Joe MaGee sacked And it's great work too. [via BoingBoing] 12:43:19 AM     comments