March 2009
67 posts
“The metaphors we use to think about changes in media have a lot to tell us about...”
– stevenberlinjohnson.com: Old Growth Media And The Future Of News
“But with only 320,000 people on this frozen rock in the middle of the Atlantic,...”
– Vanity Fair’s Fishy Tales From Iceland — Daily Intel — New York News Blog — New York Magazine
“You have to understand,” he told me, “Iceland is no longer a country. It is a...”
– Wall Street on the Tundra | vanityfair.com
Abandoned Mansion Of Mike Tyson ~ www.popgive.com →
Pictures from the abandoned mansion of former boxing legend Mike Tyson ((This is exactly as weird as you think it might be))
Clinging to the Edge of History →
Everywhere I go, I carry a pen and a stack of 3×5 index cards held together by a binder clip. It’s a Hipster PDA 1.0, from before all those apps got installed.
On one of these cards…
“We have reached the point of civilization like the Incans reached when they had...”
– socalled - These are the Good Old Days
“The Egyptian government has sought to dispel rumours that a mobile phone text...”
– Warren Ellis » Lede Of The Day
“Retired defense department scientists working to impress Bill Gates have used...”
– Overkill: scientists building laser system to kill mosquitoes. But wait, there’s more!
Jonathan Coulton » Blog Archive » Payday →
So then extrapolate what happened with this song across my entire catalog, across all the things sold that make up my income, across the past and present and future, across all the internet radio stations and file sharing networks and Facebook pages and Twitter posts and the whole wild and wooly internet - you will never know HOW it works, but I can tell you that for me it does.
Open Data: Help Migratory Bird Observations Fly... →
Stored on 6 million note cards stretching back to the 1880s, the records of migratory birds were created by a network of thousands of volunteers who recorded birds’ comings and goings, then carefully shipped their observations to the government. All that irreproducible, paper-based data now sits in a basement in Virginia. Short on cash, a group of biologists is taking a page from...
In Detroit, Artists Look For Renewal In... →
Then they set their sights on the foreclosed house down the street — a working class, wood frame, single family house that was listed for sale for $1,900. The house had been trashed by scrappers who stole everything, including the copper plumbing, radiators and electrical lines. Still, they decided to buy it and turn it into what Cope calls the “Power House Project.” “Our idea —...
WatchMichael Tamblyn - 6 Projects That Could Change Publishing for the Better
“First, make the monetary cost of choices visible. Second, enlist social norms;...”
– Eco-Gadgets: Exploiting the Shame Meter: Scientific American explains an idea I first heard about from Bruce Sterling 9 years ago.
The Big Takeover : Rolling Stone →
((An explanation of AIG. It starts out surprisingly angry. By the end, you understand why.))
Park 4DTV - 24/7 art stream - Raudio Specials -... →
‘9 Beet Stretch’ is a recording of Ludwig van Beethoven’s ninth symphony stretched to 24 hours, without pitch distortion.
Your Idle Computer Could Help Calculate Global... →
((Does the calculation take into account the extra carbon spewed by my computer no longer idling? I kid, I kid, this seems like a neat idea.))
Alain Samson vs. Selective Quotation
UPDATE: I’ve been in contact with Dr Samson and he’s pointed out that in an interview with the journalist, he offered several different points of view on what the signs could mean. The journalist in question chose to highlight one particular point which, taken out of context, seems pretty idiotic to me. In the context of a bunch of different ideas, it might not have seemed so out of...
Canada Bars ‘Infandous’ British Politician,...
As Britain’s Press Association adds, Mr. Velshi also called Mr. Galloway an “infandous street-corner Cromwell.”
Sue Turton of Channel 4 News called Mr. Velshi to find out more about the thinking behind the ban and what led him to use the long-obsolete word “infandous” — which the Oxford English dictionary defines as a word that once meant “Unspeakable, not to be spoken of; nefarious,” but...
touchatag starter pack →
The touchatag starter package, together with the touchatag service on http://www.touchatag.com can be used to create your Internet of Things. With touchatag, objects can be made smart and applications can become accessible via a simple touch.
Usage: From linking your toddler’s toys to Internet websites towards creating or customizing your own loyalty or renting service, the applications of...
WatchFinal project of Interaction Design Master about using Augmented Reality for new gaming experiences. (via PicoCool - Augmented Reality Toys)
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WatchTED Blog: How to survive a nuclear attack: Dr. Irwin Redlener on TED.com
“Good design is durable. It is nothing trendy that might be out-of-date tomorrow....”
– Good design: The ten commandments of Dieter Rams
Catalog of Exoplanets | The Planetary Society →
Ever since the first exoplanet was discovered in the mid-1990s, we’ve had an explosion of discoveries, revealing hundreds of strange worlds orbiting faraway stars. Slowly but surely, as detection techniques improve, scientists are closing in on the exoplanet we are all waiting for: a world like our own, a distant “Earth” orbiting an alien star. In order to share with you all that has...
“Not every Internet address was a dotcom. In fact, dotcoms showed up pretty late...”
– What Bruce Sterling Actually Said About Web 2.0 at Webstock 09 | Beyond the Beyond from Wired.com
The Brand Graveyard - Salon.com →
The Brand Graveyard is where brands go to die. Did we miss one? Send suggestions to mschone (at!) salon (dot) com.
“I remember Thompson saying something to the effect of “When a 14 year old kid...”
– Clay Shirky
Twitter / themediaisdying →
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Not gonna follow this, but interesting (and sad) none the less.
35 newspapers in four states owned by Fargo-based Forum Communications are making cuts : …
A movie ticket and kernel popcorn, scaled to their... →
Shared by Snowmit To which I add “thank god that movie theatres have found a way to charge more to some consumers while keeping the general costs of movies comparatively down.”
“203. Child Caves Conflict: Children love to be in tiny, cave-like places....”
– A List Apart: Articles: The Elements of Social Architecture
“The future is already here, it’s just not well distributed yet.”
– Bruce Sterling - Viridian Design Speech
Three kinds of meetings →
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This is extremely good meeting advice.
Meetings are marketing in real time with real people. (A conference is not a meeting. A conference is a chance for a circle of people to…
This Is Funny, You Should Watch It of the Day →
Shared by Snowmit Elmo: “Where did you lose this Interview?”
thedailywhat:
This Is Funny, You Should Watch It of the Day: Ricky Gervais and Elmo go off-script in these outtakes…
Movable Power by Jeff Carter » Yanko Design →
Shared by Snowmit I love this! The double benefit of being better for carrying (I use a powerbar to be a friendly coffee shopper) and making it easier to fit clunky transformers of all shapes and sizes.
WatchAnd again: the point: DEFINE: “Good Soul Corruption” (Lessig Blog)