Litany of protection (excerpt), made from the words that will get your research flagged at the “new and improved” National Science Foundation, per the Washington Post. There’s a link in the replies if you want to run it on your device.

I’ve been making these little fidget songs lately. Just little phrases that jump out at me. It’s kind of comforting to tap them out. I’ll make you one for your phone if you want, drop a phrase in reply or DM.

Had a wonderful time revisiting past digital humanities work with NYU Cinema Studies + DH students yesterday — the occasion made happier still since digging thru my archives uncovered this high FPS clip of The Knotted Line in action, haven't seen it running like this in a while! knottedline.com

Couldn't get the whole piece working unfortunately, but nevertheless was very happy to see Ruffle bring this bit of Flash magic from The Virtual Window Interactive back to life...

More about the piece here: erikloyer.com/index.php/pr...

Crashing into the edge of the moon on a DEC GT40. Light pen input and vector display 😍

And, a real Space Shuttle overflying real South Los Angeles.

Virtual Space Shuttle overflying virtual South Los Angeles. (The map is an historic one, showing the TMZ or “thirty mile zone” considered local to Hollywood, allowing studios to film at reduced costs as an incentive to keep production close to Los Angeles.)

VR play with the Eagle and Moonbase Alpha from Space: 1999.

If I hold up the right ship I can feel it triggering impressions as I turn it this way and that, but since I don’t have childhood memories of Space: 1999, it’s the clever post-lunar design language that has the greatest impact.

The STELLAR GOURD, the first spaceship seen in Conundrum Luna, is not a peopled vessel at all, but a medium for communication. The craft carries a gift from its extraterrestrial authors: a reality-bending instrument called a conundrum, in the shape of the Moon.
#conundrumluna #shiptember #scifi