I’m surprised how few people know of The New
Spirit of St. Louis and the $10 million X Prize. John Carmack has a fun
team and the Canadians are already selling
tickets, but Paul Allen’s favorite seems to be in the lead.
Yearly Archives: 2003
X PRIZE
December 29, 2003 – 12:00 am
Phi
December 29, 2003 – 12:00 am
My favorite number is 1.618033988749894848204586834365638117720309179805762862135448622705260462818902…
Back when I first learned of the Google
calculator, the first “magic constant” I tested for recognition was Phi. Sure, e is exponentially cool, and everybody loves pi, but Phi not only golden, but really, really irrational.
mediaARTS
December 29, 2003 – 12:00 am
Whatever happened to mediaARTS? The video wall still broadcasts away from the A.D. Brown building, but the memory
wall would be even better.
Hoosierweight
December 28, 2003 – 12:00 am
My father took me to the South Broadway
Athletic Club for Hoosierweight Boxing last night. It was quite an experience, culminating with Thomas Crone losing the World Championship title he won from organizer Steven Fitzpatrick Smith in Smith’s backyard.