did i receive the mail because i didn't ring the adbell? well anyhow, sure i would like to take a look at soft cinema: navigating the database", by lev manovich and andreas kratky. the booklet comes with a dvd and the promise

the DVD was designed and programmed so that there is no single version of any of the films. All the elements - including screen layout, the visuals and their combination, the music, the narrative, and the length - are subject to change every time the film is viewed.

i guess, i like those cybernetic guys because they always find a way to surprise me. george kelly

there was a publishing dispute (After George Kelly's death in 1969) in which the two volume set was not available and was being stolen from the university libraries. It could not be reordered any longer. Norton, the original publisher, would not republish both volumes (insufficient demand for a large publisher and the high cost of the books themselves which discouraged sales) but also would not give up rights to the first three chapters (a paperback which was quite popular and profitable as a text book although missing some of Kelly's best ideas).. No one else would republish the whole work without these rights ...

gestern, uni wien, bombendrohung. glasersfeld erinnerte die situation an die 30 jahre: damals standen sie, die ordnungshüter, auch so in der tür. nur, die hatten bereits die armbinde 'rum. ernst von glasersfeld erinnerungen gehen weit zurück. vorher, in seinem vortrag, sagte der alte mann, man darf ihn so nennen mit 88: ich bin kein gelernter philosoph, ich bin ein lumpensammler, der brauchbares aufhebt.

konstruktivismus, so meint er, macht das leben schön, weil es den drang recht zu haben eliminiert. alles, was er sich so ausgedacht hat, sind vorschläge. keine lehrsätze. man muss es schon selbst ausprobieren.

der konstruktivismus legt wenig wert auf substanz. josef mitterers einleitenden worte. bruno de finetti, österreichischer mathematiker, der für glasersfeld früh das richtige gesagt hat.

das skifahren lernte er von hannes schneider