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Portishead and The Octopus Project

Both bands are amazing and I hope if anyone checks them out they enjoy them as much as I do.

The Octopus Project is experimental psychedelic indie rock, so it’s pretty much one of the coolest bands I’ve found lately. I’ve been looking for music like theirs for a long time and I’ve found similar artists, but this is what my musical palate has truly been craving.

Portishead is a slower alternative rock. A lot of the music would be good for slow dancing at a nighttime party. I really enjoy woman vocalists and I feel like Beth Gibbons makes the music exactly what I want it to be. I’m entranced by The Octopus Project right meow so I can’t give much praise to Portishead. Portishead has an interesting style that is similar to other bands I’ve heard, but it’s worth a listen.

matthen: If a mathematician wants to cross a road, they will think carefully about their optimal path. The total distance of the path should be minimised, but they prefer walking on the sidewalk to the road. If there is no extra discomfort from being on the road, the best path is a straight line, but as it increases it is better to cross the road more directly.  The resulting path is exactly the same as a ray of light refracting through a block of glass [with relative refractive index equal to the ratio of these ‘discomfort levels’]. Fermat’s principle says that light will want to spend less time in the glass (on the road), as it actually travels more slowly in the glass. [video] [code] [more]
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matthen:

If a mathematician wants to cross a road, they will think carefully about their optimal path. The total distance of the path should be minimised, but they prefer walking on the sidewalk to the road. If there is no extra discomfort from being on the road, the best path is a straight line, but as it increases it is better to cross the road more directly.  The resulting path is exactly the same as a ray of light refracting through a block of glass [with relative refractive index equal to the ratio of these ‘discomfort levels’]. Fermat’s principle says that light will want to spend less time in the glass (on the road), as it actually travels more slowly in the glass. [video] [code] [more]

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