January 2008
This Ain’t No Disco →
insuchaworld:
AWESOME. Shows images of interiors of creative office workspaces.
Agreed; very cool offices, clear interface. Eelco, get on it!
exactitude.nl →
(via peterpixel)
Shakespeare's Monkey →
nostrich:
You’ve heard of the infinite monkey theorem, I’m sure:
The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a particular chosen text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.
There’s been plenty of statistical analysis of the theorem, that’s covered...
"Who goes Nazi?" by Dorothy Thompson →
via dailymeh:
Harper’s Magazine, August 1941. It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi.
Candidate Awareness →
simko:
There are a lot of sites on the web that help match the user with the appropriate presidential candidate. This site has the strongest interface (design) that I’ve seen so far which (to me) is almost as important as accuracy. Kidding. Sort of…
Great design; very clear, and in the end very easy to compare candidates on policy. Very, very well done. I’m keeping this as an...
Make3D --- convert your image into 3d →
Make3D converts your single picture into a 3-D model. It takes a two-dimensional image and creates a three-dimensional “fly around” model, giving the viewers access to the scene’s depth and a range of points of view. It uses powerful machine learning techniques to learn the relation between small image patches and their depth and orientation. This allows it to model 3-d...
bbc redesign →
devers:
The clock is too much, but I love it.
To stay in the theme of the day: What is the matter with the clock? It has dials that are slimmer than others, but I don’t know what for? It’s too much difference to be a rendering glitch. These are some bad ass quotes: And I love it they still include this, rather obvious, warning at the bottom: There are a lot of things good about...
“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”
– George Bernard Shaw
Bruce Nauman Chosen for Venice Biennale →
A good look for New Mexico. Bruce lives and works on a ranch in my homeland. — rachI love Bruce Nauman. I think I’ll try to visit the Venice Biennale for the first time next one!
“This sentence, in a sudden and courageous burst of altruism, tries to abandon...”
– Fom a book by Douglas Hofstadter subtitled “Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern”. via nostrich.
oobject » items to build an apple store →
If you want to go shopping to recreate that modern innovative impeccable look of Apple stores in your home.
“The colours leap out like flouro socks in a mid-80s Wham clip.”
– Tumblr Your monkey called on this work by this artist.
Is it possible to be unhappy while listening to...
Damien Hirst's "For the Love of God " Sells for... →
To an investment firm, who plans on reselling it later.
Pagination 101 - KuraFire Network →
the basic principles of good pagination — ratherfancy
“‘Without hesitation, [Asiatic] toad venom was the No. 1 drug (Chinese)...”
– Stumblng: in light of that suggestion, they’re testing it in clinical trials in Shanghai and the venom “has shown some benefit and no apparent side effects in patients with advanced liver, pancreatic and lung cancer”; the venom “stopped tumor growth in six of 14 patients...
Oh, how I love reblogging. Thanks guys.
“If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start...”
– L. Ron Hubbard
Overcoming blankcanvasphobia →
5. Begin in grayscale. […] Beginning a design monochromatically forces one to focus on three things: hierarchy, typography and the content these two design principles represent. Pierre Bonnard, French painter in the early 20th century, describes it better than I: Color does not add a pleasant quality to design, it reinforces it. — ratherfancy
“crikey and i thought my haiRDREsser LIKED me- well i rarely go out anyhow- so...”
– Courtney Love MySpace Blog. Crazy. For real! Via Jamie.
“De formule van tijdschriften is in de regel te breed om zomaar naar een website...”
– Quote van Paul Molenaar (ex-Sanoma) in gespek met Erwin Blom (ex VPRO digitaal): Checklist Ook: Journalisten die van de School vd Journalistiek komen hebben het fout geleerd.
Online gaat 9 van de 10 dingen mis. Simpel zat. Dat hoort erbij. Daar moet je vanuit gaan.
Een site van 5 ton heeft niet...
Dreamr →
aaronwhite:I was known in college for having long, bizarre, and highly detailed dreams. […] I hope to write every morning that I can remember a dream, and usually have no idea what they mean. I’ve added a comment system in case you do.