Stephanie Rothenberg: Introduction to Basic Divination 3 pm at SP Weather Station http://tinyurl.com/3wbt6f croquet and hanging out to follow (watch out for the 7 train) … [Read more...]
Travel alert!
If you are coming to the SP Weather Station Guest Lecture tomorrow, Sunday at 3pm, please note that the 7 train is not running between Manhattan and Queensboro Plaza! The best way to get to the lecture will be to take the G or E to court square and walk west on 46th avenue, almost to the water. this googlemap shows where the side entrance is for our building - we'll have a … [Read more...]
a different kind of “weather” map
WikipediaVision is a visualization of edits to the English (and the German, French, Spanish, Swedish) Wikipedia, almost the same time as they happen. The idea came after seeing flickervision and twittervision, both created by Dave Troy. WikipediaVision, however, was designed and implemented by László Kozma. http://www.lkozma.net/wpv/index.html … [Read more...]
GUEST LECTURE Cross Current Resonance Transducer knows which way the wind is blowin’
At SP Weather Station last Sunday, LoVid (Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus) and Douglas Repetto spoke about their collaborative project Cross Current Resonance Transducer. As one of the founders of SPWS, I thought the talk was particularly well-timed: we are wrestling with some of the same issues that drive the CCRT investigations. As SPWS begins to invite Guest Interpreters … [Read more...]
Weather Permitting
WEATHER PERMITTING Weather Permitting investigates the phenomena of weather, from tornadoes in trailer parks to drifting ice shelves in the Antarctic. The project focuses on the culture and technologies of communication that are used to capture and transmit weather events. Conducted by Kathryn Yusoff and Jennifer Gabrys, two researchers with experience in geography, … [Read more...]