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Fall 2005

Columns

Colors / Silver

Priscilla BeckerA little night music

Inventory / Peel, Pucker, Pinch, Puncture

Louise Harpman & Scott SpechtThe efflorescence of American drink-through lids

Ingestion / Why Architects Look Sick at Building Dedication Ceremonies

Mark MorrisThe edible complex

Leftovers / A Revolutionary Aim?

Barbara PennerOut of the water closet

Main

Looking Forward

Paul MaliszewskiKing Camp Gillette and the dream of Metropolis

Artist Project / Events

Moyra DaveyMusical notation

Evolving out of the Virtual Mud: An Interview with Ed Burton

Margaret Wertheim and Ed BurtonThe imaginary Galapagos of sodaconstructor

Artist Project / “Inspyre” and “Love”

Kevin Okada a.k.a. KevinoSodaplay structures

Extraordinary Voyages

Christopher TurnerThe first daredevils of Niagara Falls

Harnessing Niagara Falls

Sasha ArchibaldLighting the Path of Progress

Artist Project / Reconstructions (Middle East)

Caitlin MasleyThe city and the city

The Difference Engine

Samantha HuntCharles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the birth of the computer

The Old Curiosity Shop

Peter ThomashowThe philosophical instruments of Benjamin Pike Jr.

Chance

Rolling the Dice: An Interview with Jackson Lears

David Serlin and Jackson LearsLuck in America

Artist Project / Accidental Graffiti

John Colle RogersTrace elements

Stumbling Over/Upon Art

Dario GamboniChance as a creative ally

A Machine for Constructing Stories: An Introduction

CabinetWhat’s the deal?

Breakfast

Francine ProseTemperance, The Star, The Hanged Man, Four of Wands, Ace of Pentacles, Ten of Cups

Beelzebub Radio—The World Has Been Saved

Denis JohnsonThe Devil, Ten of Cups, Strength, Nine of Wands, The Empress, Two of Pentacles

Nevada’s Most Unwanted

Christopher TurnerThe story of the gambling capital’s Black Book

Cherry, Cherry, Cherry

Marshall FeyHow the slot machine got its fruit

Why Ask Why?: An Interview with Alison Gopnik

Courtney Stephens and Alison GopnikThe origin of the idea of chance in children

Interstitial Image

The Language of Birds

Dale PendellSome notes on chance and divination

Bet the House

Javid SorianoThe Assinoboine game of Cossoo

What’s Luck Got to Do with It?

Sasha Archibald and Courtney StephensThe genius of cheating

Artist Project / Some Letters from Bookmakers

James PeelDon’t bet on it

Notes On Structure

Erik Henriksen and René MoralesSphish-packing, gestalt sensations, and the wonders of buckminsterfullerene

Be Ready!

Nicholas HermanThe existential prerogative of the Go Bag

Editor-by-Chance!

CabinetWin dominion over two pages in Cabinet’s Summer 2006 issue

Chance, Intelligence, and Humor: An Interview with Gianluigi Buffon

Mariana Castillo Deball and Gianluigi BuffonBetween two sticks

Buffon’s Needle

Mariana Castillo DeballPi charting

And

Postcard / Victoria Falls

Julian GanttAn unnatural wonder

Bookmark / From the Archives of Chance

From our accidental colleagues

Back Cover

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