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Scale

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Francois Lachance

Begin and end with decisions: The decision about when an analysis has yielded the minimal or simplest elements consonant with the purposes of the analyst demands as much deliberation as the decision where to begin the analysis. writes Alan Pasch … Continue reading →

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Transitions

Posted on February 5, 2007 by Francois Lachance

Adrian Mackenzie from “Transduction: invention, innovation and collective life” Technological change is consistently and emphatically represented in the form of new artefacts or objects, rather than practices, arrangements and ensembles. The focus is usually fixed on new and highly commodified … Continue reading →

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Passages

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Francois Lachance

What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan with engravings by Barry Moser is a tale of a child who must leave her home and as the copy on the back cover indicates “So before they go, she finds a special … Continue reading →

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Central Processing Units as Peripheral Devices

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Francois Lachance

Sometimes analogies break down. Computable is to potable as hardwidth is to bandwidth. Water may flow from the tap but without a host of cups or glasses there is more of a communion trail than joyous toasting. Further: to taste … Continue reading →

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Aphorisms

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Francois Lachance

Marquee screen saver words scroll left to right for months on end: Nuance shades into meaning and to be replaced by the following crawling across screen at the same tempo: Attention is a reservoir of force Sometimes sequels take a … Continue reading →

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Sorting

Posted on January 27, 2007 by Francois Lachance

Going through boxes of notes and came across a single page date 19/05/90 written in French about a Quebecoise author, Louky Bersianik giving a reading and ending the reading with a poem from an anthology about a killer’s rampage that … Continue reading →

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Miracles

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Francois Lachance

wine – vinegar – tears – laughter – water Wine leads to laughter which gives rise to tears interpreted as water. Wine ruins laughter and without bypass runs to tears and hence water. Water into wine goes by way of … Continue reading →

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Call & Response

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Francois Lachance

olden silence        golden guilt And so for day 42 25.01.2007

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Litter Transitions

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Francois Lachance

The i before the c The i after the c ici here here And so for day 41 24.01.2007

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Runs

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Francois Lachance

waste knot       loose ends And so for day 40 23.01.2007

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