Author Archives: Jedd Haas

Soul Rebels Bring the 504 to London Bridge

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Jedd Haas

Them folks in London don’t seem to get it, but the Soul Rebels are still sounding great as they remix Gnarls Barkley, second-line style.

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Archeology of a Floppy Disk

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Jedd Haas

These ancient rubbings, circa 1990, show a primitive means of data storage used in the prior millennium. According to recollections passed down through the years, these disks were once ubiquitous; the means of transport for data in the late 1980s … Continue reading →

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Why does Twitter Following and Search break so easily?

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Jedd Haas

A simple test. Create two twitter accounts, A & B. Set A to follow B; B to follow A. Follow a bunch of other users on both accounts to simulate typical account activity. Now start tweeting. Do all of A’s … Continue reading →

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Typesetting in 1989

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Jedd Haas

Up until the early 1990s, books like the one shown above were commonly used in typesetting. The (long gone) agency where I obtained this book had several operators. They’d type rapidly on green-screen terminals, inputting both the text and the … Continue reading →

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The Fractal Nature of Everything

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Jedd Haas

Looking at things we didn’t see, imagining things we can’t see: those things that are intermediated, whether it’s the microscope, the copy machine, the fax, the scanner, the digital camera; and so many other means of reproduction in the current … Continue reading →

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