Dave's Materialistic Wish List

Books

• H. R. Giger Collections
  • Retrospektive
  • New York City
• The New Cognitive Neurosciences - 2nd Edition edited by Michael Gazzaniga
• The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks by Michael Arbib
• The Dennett Quartet by Daniel C. Dennett
• Neural Codes and Distributed Representations edited by Laurence Abbott and Terrence J. Sejnowski
• Unsupervised Learning edited by Geoffrey Hinton and Terrence J. Sejnowski
• Graphical Models for Machine Learning and Digital Communication by Brendan J. Frey
• Who Is Rational? Studies of Individual Differences in Reasoning by Keith E. Stanovich
• Beyond the Cognitive Map by A. David Redish
• The Emergence of Language edited by Brian MacWhinney
• Cambrian Intelligence by Rodney A. Brooks
• Connectionism: Theory and Practice edited by Steven Davis
• Introduction to Connectionist Modelling of Cognitive Processes by Peter McLeod, Kim Plunkett, and Edmund T. Rolls
• Cognitive Dynamics edited by Dric Dietrich and Arthur B. Markman
• Knowledge Representation by Arthur B. Markman
• Introduction to Neural and Cognitive Modeling by Daniel S. Levine
• The Autonomous Brain by Peter M. Milner
• Connectionist Models of Social Reasoning and Social Behavior by Stephen J. Read and Lynn C. Miller

CD Music

• Rush
  • Exit ... Stage Left
  • Hemispheres
  • All The World's A Stage
  • Caress Of Steel
  • Fly By Night
  • Rush
• Hootie And The Blowfish
  • Cracked Rear View
• Laurie Anderson
  • Talk Normal: The Anthology...
  • United States Live
  • Home of the Brave
  • The Ugly One With the Jewels

DVD or VHS

• Carl Sagan's Cosmos - Enhanced Edition on DVD (I already have the original version on VHS.)
• James Burke TV shows (any - I have After the Warming, Connections 2, & Connections 3)
• Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man
• Star Trek: First Contact (DVD)
• View Askew Productions
  • Clerks
  • Mall Rats
  • Chasing Amy
• Rush (any - I have Chronicles and A Show Of Hands)
• Kate Bush
  • Live At The Hammersmith Odeon
  • The Single File
  • The Whole Story

Clothes

• Cool pendants - abstract is good (no yellow metal, please)
• Computer Key Rings - "Ctrl" for me, "Esc" for Jeanne?
• Gaff's Overcoat (as seen in Blade Runner)

Misc

• Mo' Time
• Mo' Money
• Handkerchiefs monogrammed "N" or "DCN"
• Skull Checks
• Prints from Robert Longo's "Men in the Cities" Series (I already have a print of Gretchen prone.)
• Better luggage - black and soft sided - Tumi's 22" Deluxe Duffle (266966), perhaps in leather.
• Keyboard (for playing music) - Probably should delay this one until I have more time.
• Towers of Hanoi (if you don't know, don't ask)
• Weights & Measures (a 1 kg block of metal, etc.)
• A cool portrait of myself.
• Two drawer lockable metal filing cabinet - dark gray or "granite".
• Nicely bound copies of my dissertation to give as gifts.
• A Real Human Skull