Comments on: Random Ideas http://sweaterproject.org/2005/03/16/random-ideas/ Survival of the Knittist Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:18:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David http://sweaterproject.org/2005/03/16/random-ideas/#comment-1879 David Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=460#comment-1879 Marnie, I think I got part of the idea from reading about a savant whose abilities seem to be based on synaesthesia: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1409903,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1409903,00.html</a> Unfortunately, I don't know how to flick a switch in my head so that I can 1) remember entire books all at once, and 2) picture them as patterns. But I bet I can make a computer do it for me! Hm. I might have to start playing with this for real. Marnie, I think I got part of the idea from reading about a savant whose abilities seem to be based on synaesthesia: http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1409903,00.html

Unfortunately, I don’t know how to flick a switch in my head so that I can 1) remember entire books all at once, and 2) picture them as patterns.

But I bet I can make a computer do it for me!
Hm. I might have to start playing with this for real.

]]> By: Kaetchen http://sweaterproject.org/2005/03/16/random-ideas/#comment-1880 Kaetchen Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=460#comment-1880 Ooh, ooh, Marnie makes a really good point. Oliver Sacks wrote about synasthesia in one of his early books, and I can see how you could fold it in with your imagined software. Of course, that could be because I am exhausted and seeing pretty purple posies around my monitor. Ooh, ooh, Marnie makes a really good point. Oliver Sacks wrote about synasthesia in one of his early books, and I can see how you could fold it in with your imagined software.

Of course, that could be because I am exhausted and seeing pretty purple posies around my monitor.

]]> By: marnie http://sweaterproject.org/2005/03/16/random-ideas/#comment-1881 marnie Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=460#comment-1881 I have to say I think this is pretty nifty. Are you familiar with the phenomenon of synesthesia? (I meant to ask you this the other day, but got sidetracked... look at that chicken!) That's the one where a person experiences a form of sensory stimulation through a sense not normally associated with it (tasting sounds, hearing colors, etc.) I guess that's not exactly the same, but it's sort of random coolness. ;) And as we all know, we moms of preschoolers are all about randomness. I have to say I think this is pretty nifty. Are you familiar with the phenomenon of synesthesia? (I meant to ask you this the other day, but got sidetracked… look at that chicken!) That’s the one where a person experiences a form of sensory stimulation through a sense not normally associated with it (tasting sounds, hearing colors, etc.) I guess that’s not exactly the same, but it’s sort of random coolness. ;) And as we all know, we moms of preschoolers are all about randomness.

]]> By: nod http://sweaterproject.org/2005/03/16/random-ideas/#comment-1882 nod Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=460#comment-1882 You should work for google with an idea like that. It sounds like the kind of stuff they were talking about on 60 Minutes re: a bablefish type translator that actually works. Wow, then you really could judge a book by it's cover! I love this idea. You should work for google with an idea like that. It sounds like the kind of stuff they were talking about on 60 Minutes re: a bablefish type translator that actually works. Wow, then you really could judge a book by it’s cover! I love this idea.

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