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Resonant Thoughts: Thomas de Zengotita’s “Mediated” (2006)
“Say your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere—the middle of Saskatchewan, say. You have no radio, no cell phone, nothing to read, no gear to fiddle with. You just have to wait. Pretty soon you notice how everything around you just happens to be there. And it just happens to be there in… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Samuel Arbesman’s “The Magic of Code” (2025)
“Enchantment and the belief in nonsense never disappeared in our modern scientific age. Similarly, the worlds of enchantment—or really, wonder—and disenchantment have existed alongside each other in the realm of computing. The utilitarian road of staid and corporate coding has always run beside the path walked by those delighted by the marvels of these machines,… Continue reading
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Same Walk, Different Music
Martyn Heyne, “The Hall.” Occasionally I revisit the Brett’s Sound Picks playlists to listen to great music that I would have forgotten had I not saved it. In this way, a playlist is a way to externalize one’s memory, a way to remember those sonic details that make a music soar. A fine track from… Continue reading
