Thursday, October 22, 2009

Now Let's Just Hope They Don't Become Self Aware



I found this video about Siftables a while ago, but just figured out how to code video for this blog and still think these things are really cool; I would love if this is the direction human/computer interfacing is going. For computers to be able to communicate with us through physical actions beyond point and click is a pretty amazing concept; if they can understand the difference between "pour" and "stack," learning physical empathy like "hug" vs. "punch" may not be far behind. Maybe. Either way I want a set, mainly because, as I'm sure was this guys original intention, they definitely have untapped potential to be a really fun drinking game. Its also crazy to think how fluent and comfortable our kids will be with computers if these are these Legos of the next generation. Just watch it already. Enjoy.

Lazy Poem Post #2

Yet again, I punish myself for neglecting my blog by forcing myself to publish yet another of my questionably publishable poems. Be gentle.

the last two nights


I spent the last two nights breathing steam
Careening past the outer trees in the lower field
Where I got lost that once watching stars
I remember fireflies, and remember not remembering
Seeing them until a moment at dusk
When all of a sudden we were surrounded.
Maybe they were there all along, darkened
Like a thousand lights of a city under siege
Waiting for a lull or a breeze
To catch your hair and make us watch
Until we lost them against the fading
Light where it sank blinking between
Branches and leaves.

No leaves now. Grass is somewhere, buried.
We could dig that landscape, but now we’re bundled
Padded and separate, bouncing off each other
Into opposite corner pockets.
And though it might be quieter now,
Muffled, with drifts piling,
I glance and still see shaded by your coat
The moon of a smile, so I settle
Into our step, the familiar bob and weave.
I can roll with the punches, I think
Until this all melts
Down around me like an old coat
Melts and flashes again.