#assignment week 3

[mooc-homework]

ASSIGNMENT WEEK 3, PART 1

Manuscripts used as examples:

MS 8932 : https://mooc-homework.tumblr.com/tagged/MS%208932 

MS 40: https://mooc-homework.tumblr.com/tagged/MS%2040 

SCA 38 B : https://mooc-homework.tumblr.com/tagged/SCA%2038%20B

MS 45: https://mooc-homework.tumblr.com/tagged/MS%2045 

Voynich Manuscript: https://mooc-homework.tumblr.com/tagged/Voynich+Manuscript

Material used:

stack of prepared papers

folding bone

mechanical pencil

geometry trianglepotato knife

hobby knife (not in picture)

fancy paperclips 

drafting compass (not in picture)

needle

thread

Folding and cutting the pages, making quiniones

My paper was very thick (200 grams/meter) and relatively small. Folding them in quarto already resulted in a small book of about 12 by 16 centimeters (4.7 by 6.2 Inch). Therefore, I decided  not to fold any pages in octavo.

The first step was to decide if I was going to shape my book in ‘landscape’ (left) or in ‘portrait’ (right).

At this point I thought it would be fun to make a fold-out booklet (in which each page would fold out from the middle).  'Landscape' would be better for that, other wise the book would be weirdlt high and narrow.

Then I had to decide wether to cut my pater and make quires, or just to fold the paper and prepare to impose the text. The latter options seemed very complicated to me, and I was pretty sure I’d make mistakes in it. So I prefered to cut the pages in advance

I folded all papers  in half.

Then I cut them with a potato knife.

I had calculated that to make my fold-out book the way I wanted, i would need an uneven number of pages in each quire. I decided to make 5 quires of 5 bifolia, so quiniones. I stacked the papers into piles of 5.

I folded all of the papers through the middle again, creating my bifolia. I restacked them taking into account Gregory's law. Then I temporary fixed each quire in place with the paperclips.

[yanti2k16-blog]

Clean up your mess in social media and digital tattoo

The social media platform that I check daily is  Facebook. Even though I do not often post on my Facebook, I do receive daily notifications that compel me to check and response.  I do not have a lot of posts to be edited or deleted because I generally only post pictures with accompanying descriptions of said pictures.  I do not believe that I need to delete any of my pictures since the majority of my photos are only photographs of family members, celebrations, gatherings, and places that we have been to.  I rarely post any videos and even if I do, they are informational videos that were posted by others that I shared with my family and friends. On other people’s account, I have noticed that people can project a tone that persists on their Facebook profile. For example: on my friend’s account, I perceive a  tone of grumpiness, negativity, and skepticism, complaining about her unit, her place workplace, etc.  However, when we comment on her posts, she does not seem to like it, which indicates that Facebook is merely a platform for her to vent about her “unfair” world. I also have friends who always have grammatical mistakes all over her posts to a point where it is illegible.  There are other friends who always posts about their personal life and their personal conversations justifying it by wanting people to know their life by reading their posts on Facebook. These kinds of posts, I noticed, usually did not get a lot of comments or even “likes.”    For these types of people, yes, they definitely need to do similar exercises, especially if for example they work in a military environment or have a husband who holds an important position in the government. Digital Tattoo This is the first time I have heard about “digital tattoo, ” and I am quite shocked to learn about it.  The idea behind the smart digital tattoo is to interact with everything you touch and at some point control your health.  I am not a fan of anything that will stay permanently in your skin or your body unless it is for medical reasons.  I wear a Fitbit, and I think that is enough to monitor your health. If they want to invent something more useful, they should just extend the functionality of Fitbit to include the monitoring our health.  Besides, creating the digital tattoo, even for the health reasons might kill a lot of medical professional jobs.  A lot of people might not want to visit doctors or clinics for health check-up anymore or decide to treat themselves by using other non-prescription medication or treatment.  This might benefit the economy, but I still do not agree with digital tattoos, I feel like it will make us more like “robots” and can diminish our sense of bond with other people.

[johannesbruder]

WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT

How is aestheticisation used to (re)imagine infrastructure in Single Stream? How does aestheticisation in general potentially transform our environment or help in rethinking infrastructure?

[letmywordslive-blog]

The walk back to their makeshift hospital is quiet and lonely. It’s pleasant. The journey does wonders for Jehan’s headache.

The intense pounding now diminished to a dull ache. If only the sun wasn’t out, if only he could do without the sunglasses late at night. If only he could tell the truth without causing a mutiny within their friends.

The walk seems longer without Feuilly there. It seems to stretch out, it’s a little bit of a relief when he arrives to the makeshift hospital where Joly and Combeferre are working. He walks in just in time to watch them pop a girls shoulder back into place. Jehan can’t help the wince, that sounded painful.

He waves to Combeferre and to Joly. “I’m back if you need any help.”