January 2010
52 posts
Google's 'Don't Be Evil' Mantra is 'Bulls**t,'... →
John C Abell / Epicenter: Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is ‘Bulls**t,’ Adobe Is Lazy: Apple’s Steve Jobs — After a big public announcement of the sort Apple had this week…
Can Flash be saved? →
Let’s go back a few years to when Firefox was just coming on the scene. Remember that? I remember that it didn’t work with a ton of websites. Things like banks, ecommerce sites, and others….
Hulu Gets The NFL Network (DIS, GE, NWS) →
Hulu just announced its added the NFL Network.
Shows now available online include highlights for every team and:
America’s Game
Hard Knocks
Greatest Games
Game of the Week
…
Unikeys →
Wanna impress the hell out of your friends with your badass set of keys? This ain’t gonna do it, but they do make your keys look like pretty pink unicorns! OMG. Contribute: Add an…
Academie Wirebound →
I do a lot of sketching and art of various kinds and in various mediums, such as pencil, chalk, Copic markers and ink. For this I need a good quality paper, but don’t want to spend a lot of money;…
The iPad Has An Evil Sword Form? →
Alex Payne and a number of others are worried that the iPad is evil, in some interesting ways.
- Alex Payne
For years, me and thousands of other techies have been wondering what comes after…
Will The iPad Cause The Return Of Long-Format... →
- New At Pentagram, Five Ways the iPad Will Change Magazine Design
Pentagram’s Luke Hayman, designer of, among others, Time, New York, and Travel + Leisure, was asked how this new…
Multi-touch interactions on the iPad →
For all you UI nerds out there, a four-minute video collection of some of the multi-touch gestures and actions on the iPad from Wednesday’s event. Here are the annotations. (via @h_fj)
Steven Frank on the iPad and a generational shift... →
the single smartest essay I’ve read about the iPad yet
Urban outfitters makes me feel all american... →
You may or may not have noticed but, Urban Outfitters has stepped up their game on the catalog front and created a pretty sexy come hither look feel. Very American Apparel.
thedailywhat:
Meta Mindfuck of the Day: In a... →
thedailywhat:
Meta Mindfuck of the Day: In a recent Newswipe segment, Charlie Brooker poked fun at the tediously derivative visual language habits recycled ad nauseam by reporters…
Brandon Boyer asks indie game all-stars about the... →
new music apps, cocktail-style gaming, and more complex game genres
Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing... →
CUPERTINO, CA—Claiming that he completely forgot about the much-hyped electronic device until the last minute, a frantic Steve Jobs…
Ginger Kid Will Never Die →
As usual, some NSFW language, guys, so headphones UP!
Oh man. We are clearly watching the evolution of a human being. Although he continues to lash out at the world around him, the…
Alan Kay: With the Tablet, Apple Will Rule the... →
Computer pioneer Alan Kay isn’t known for buying into hype. Credited with inventing the concept of the laptop back in 1968, Kay has been lambasting computer makers for not maximizing…
Picture of the Day →
Banksy speculates on Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts.
via, streetsy
Artists in Action #558 →
Kurt Cobain turns his back to the Word of God
The Internet: The Picture →
If there is an afterlife, I hope that it looks something like this. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: Via Reddit
Avatar Sparks New Interest In The Strange Visions... →
Now that we know Avatar’s floating mountains were based on China’s rugged geography, the Chinese have decided to rename a mountain in Hunan province “Avatar Hallelujah Mountain.” And artists are…
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The iPad: The Shift From Mouse To Touch
Like many of you, I was swept up in the hysteria of the iPad event yesterday. It’s always exciting to see new technology and when you’ve got the track record of Apple, it’s can feel like getting a peek into the future. Even better, before the actual announcement, it can feel like you’re shaping the future yourself by guessing/designing your own version of whatever product...
No-Knead Bread →
Bread is my favorite food, but I’m no baker. I hadn’t been one, at least, before a friend showed me the well-known New York Times video of Jim Lahey going through the remarkably simple steps of…
Andy Warhol on MTV →
I kept hearing that Andy Warhol had a show on MTV in the late ’80s called Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes, but I’ve never been able to find it (promo). Much younger versions of Jerry Hall, Grace Jones,…
You just got Screeched. (Boo ya.) * →
You just got Screeched. (Boo ya.) *
Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson →
*I had to wonder if the two had ever met. Yup.
“Robert Louis Stevenson and I, sitting in Union Square and Washington Square a great many years ago, tried to find a name for, the submerged fame,…
Is Damon Dash Today's Andy Warhol? →
Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash has fallen from grace and reinvented himself as the host of a Tribeca salon where artists and artsy people do artistic things and smoke weed. Does…
Girls →
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Online PR dos and don'ts →
Lindsay Robertson’s list of guidelines for how PR people should interact with bloggers is spot on, especially the “pick eight sites” advice: She picked the eight blogs that covered her client’s…
TED? Head(hunters) →
Herbie Hancock delivers a TED Talk. Not much talking, plenty of jamming. Marcus Miller and Harvey Mason accompany Hancock. Check out the monster Watermelon Man that starts around fourteen minutes…
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The Avatar Na'vi Sex Scene Revealed [Avatards] →
Our friends at Movieline noticed that the sex scene between Jake and Neytiri that was axed from the movie is in the script Fox posted online. The Na’vi don’t have sex like humans—they have…
A School Where Kids Are Taught Through Video Games... →
Last September, the Quest to Learn school opened in New York. It’s aim? To educate kids almost entirely though the use of video games. There are 72 students at the school, which uses games,…
Meet the 'Cavemen,' New York's Most Annoying... →
Clockwise from left: Ug, Arg, and Woman. According to the Times’s Sunday Styles section today, there are people (specifically: 10 people) who call themselves “cavemen” or “paleos” who live in…
Why ask why? →
The secret to creativity is curiosity.
We often forget to teach kids to be curious. A student who has no perceived math ability, or illegible handwriting or the inability to sit still for five…
Why ask why? →
The secret to creativity is curiosity.
We often forget to teach kids to be curious. A student who has no perceived math ability, or illegible handwriting or the inability to sit still for five…
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‘Ningen’ humanoid sea creatures of the Antarctic →
Over the past few years, rumors have circulated in Japan about the existence of gigantic humanoid life-forms inhabiting the icy waters of the Antarctic.
Hello, Ningen
Reportedly observed on…
In your face →
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Kiwi Knives →
As I got more serious about cooking, I splurged and bought myself a very nice Kai Shun santoku - like the Tosagata Hocho, previously reviewed on Cool Tools. I used its preternaturally sharp…
The Burj opens. The joint’s not looking too perky →
*This piece isn’t about a building, but about the sensibility of Gothic High Tech. In buildings, in photos, in movies… in Los Angeles, Dubai, Las Vegas and of course the poster-child, Detroit.
*I…
The Art of Jazz #108 →
Cannonball’s Sharpshooters (Cannonball Adderly) (Emarcy Records; 1958)
Coming soon: Apple's $20 billion revenue explosion... →
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac: Coming soon: Apple’s $20 billion revenue explosion — Blink and you may have missed it in among the seasonal festivities and dawn of the new decade, but…
'Avatar' = 'Pocahontas' In Space... →
James Cameron worked on “Avatar” for over a decade. That makes sense. It takes a long time to create the technology needed and to completely RIP OFF Disney’s “Pocahontas.” Sure moves borrow from…
30 Best Blogs of 2009 →
While compiling this list, I asked a few people a dumb question: What was the biggest online event of the year? Random answers included Oprah joining Twitter, Michael Jackson’s death breaking…
Kids Get Drunk Off "Nutcracker" →
You got to hand it to kids — they always find interesting ways to get bent. New York City teens are apparently buying a sugary concoction of fruit punch mixed with vodka, white rum, or…
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Exclusive: Google Nexus One hands-on, video, and... →
That’s right, humans — Engadget has its very own Nexus One. You’ve seen leaked pics and videos from all over, but we’re the first publication to get our very own unit, and we plan…
Bytejacker: 2009 Free Indie Game Awards Show... →
The votes have been counted, the judges have been bribed, and the host is coked up. It’s time to honor the best free, independently-developed games of the last year!
ChaCha Makes Its Crazy Business Model...Profitable... →
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: ChaCha Makes Its Crazy Business Model…Profitable — We’ve always had a lot of fun with Indianapolis-based startup ChaCha. They launched in…