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  1. Watch them experience a recurrent epiphany—(the hard way…): mlkshk.com/r/FSJ0
  2. Watch me perform excerpts from "The Xenotext" at MIT: is.gd/45RnRB
  3. "Conceptual art—(like feeding hay to a piano…)"—(MT @chompaway).
  4. Remember: the word "neologism" was once a neologism….
  5. Listen to me perform excerpts from "The Xenotext" at MIT—("The Perfect Malware" begins at 43:00…): goo.gl/f3H1T
  6. Lectures from the syposium "Unbound" at MIT have been posted online—(via @amaranthborsuk): goo.gl/arDL6
  7. Watch them win a prize by reciting an excerpt from "Chapter I"—(RT @piv_lvp): bit.ly/KOkq7T
  8. They design a line of guitars, inspired by "beautiful thinking"—(sheesh…): goo.gl/MoRAu
  9. "Free as in Speech and Beer" by Darren Wershler (@alienated) is downloadable (PDF)—(Conceptualism is not apolitical…): goo.gl/PtNKf
  10. They discuss "glitches" in the Matrix: goo.gl/cQ1ou
  11. Listen to me perform "Ubu Hubbub"—(just a reminder…): goo.gl/XeeBt
  12. I must strive harder to set "The Xenotext" in Stapledon-Woolf space—(via @bruces): goo.gl/oqObI
  13. They explore the visual poetry of QR codes for the urban nomad—(RT @bruces): goo.gl/IWU2q
  14. I have finished writing my poem "Genetic Engineering" (which features translations of Virgil, alongside Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark…).
  15. Excerpts from "Doom" by Natalie Zina Walschots (@nataliezed) are downloadable—(PDF): goo.gl/fEslv
  16. "Trigonometric Delights" by Eli Maor is downloadable (PDF)—(via @fadesingh, and the #Zetatrek): goo.gl/pkOQY
  17. They compose dance-music that recounts a science-fiction myth about "The Scythe of Orion"—(free MP3): goo.gl/d2Fqk
  18. They invent a quantum space-drive—(RT @bruces, @moleitau): goo.gl/r1dac
  19. Finished reading: "Doom" by Natalie Zina Walschots (@nataliezed)—(envious, totally awesome…): goo.gl/QeOVt
  20. Wiki News—"The Novikov Principle": goo.gl/XcYMK