Tag Archives: Dirigible

Dreaming of Fake Tokyo

By alex | Published: 1/6/2016
Some people remember their dreams and they seem to be somehow cohesive narratives. This happens only extremely rarely for me. Instead, I have recurring half-remembered people, buildings, events and especially places. Many of these dreamed places map strangely to real places. There is dream version of Tokyo, an amalgam of an imagined Tokyo and the […]
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Dirigible Avatars

By alex | Published: 5/16/2011
Not quite Blade Runner, but I like the idea of presenting myself in physical spaces as a giant airbag…
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Alter Career

By alex | Published: 12/3/2009
Thanks in part to Prof. Eco, and the model of the Pillow Book, my blog needs more lists. Careers I might have enjoyed (and may yet), instead of being full-time faculty: 1. Inventor / Engineer 2. Architect / Urban Planner 3. Astronaut 4. Novelist 5. Stunt man 6. Ship’s captain 7. Actor 8. Intelligence analyst […]
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Fishavator

By alex | Published: 11/26/2009
Near-neutral-buoyancy + Goldfish crackers = fun!
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