by Kourosh | Apr 7, 2008 | On Technology
Richard Bartle is a major name in game design. He is likely best known for having created Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) – a precursor to the Massively multiplayer worlds that we see nowadays. He also has an excellent paper where he, I believe, pioneered the...
by Kourosh | Dec 12, 2007 | On Mind, On Music, On Technology
(… somewhere in my mind is a quote whose origins I can’t quite seem to find … something about music reflecting the state of its society … if only I had written it down … but, …) Is technology empowering or destroying music? Have we lost something on the ride into this...
by Kourosh | Apr 15, 2007 | On Music
Please enjoy the new piece of music I have added to the side bar. I have titled it “border” by the method I seem to use for naming pieces. Specifically, I use the first words that come to mind when I am ready to give the piece a title. It may seem an...
by Kourosh | Sep 27, 2006 | On Technology
Video: Studio Life of a Cell Take a look at this beautiful computer generated video based on the inner life of a cell. Clearly someone was able to understand the beauty inherent to the individual cell and render it accessible to a larger audience. Yay, Internet!...
by Kourosh | Sep 24, 2006 | Music Posts, On Music
“Wind, water, and stones”: [audio:https://www.kouroshdini.com/ajjfh33/Wind_Water_Stones-kouroshdini.com.mp3] Music is the channeling of a form of Nature. A musician attempts to create a certain abstract space. Within and of that space, there...
