A brief history…

by | Monday, February 15, 2010

… um… pretty much everything, rendered as a 2100 page-long flipbook.

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Topics related to this post: Art | Biology | Comics | Creativity | Evolution | Fun

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Pi Day

Pi Day

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The gullibility of experts

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Design & the Creation of artifacts

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New media, new genres

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