10 Aug 2011 Comments Off
The site: Full-Stop
Why I went: article on creating fashion mood boards based on book covers – something that reeks of Kate
Why I stayed: the first look (above) was inspired by The Virgin Suicides <- te amo
Why I’ll return:
“Full Stop aims to focus on young writers, works in translation, and books we feel are being neglected by other outlets while engaging with the significant changes occurring in the publishing industry and the evolution of print media.”
1 Jul 2011 Comments Off
The power of elites, based on money and nominal authority, will be complemented and balanced by people representing new forms of power and influence. Individuals and groups will self-organize into power blocs of an unexpected nature, and wield influence.
Wired put up a great guest column by Craig Newmark that’s got my brain all twitchy. I write about it now having not fully digested it, so this post is both an encouragement for others to go read what Newmark has to say – and a reminder for me to re-read it thoroughly. However, it plays out fast and likens Ben Franklin to DARPA and caffeine consumption to social networking with quite a bit in between. Could we have already stumbled into the dreams of Ray Kurzweil?
20 Jun 2011 Comments Off
Well, this ought to be entertaining:
Salutations Lulz Lizards,
As we’re aware, the government and whitehat security terrorists across the world continue to dominate and control our Internet ocean. Sitting pretty on cargo bays full of corrupt booty, they think it’s acceptable to condition and enslave all vessels in sight. Our Lulz Lizard battle fleet is now declaring immediate and unremitting war on the freedom-snatching moderators of 2011.
Welcome to Operation Anti-Security (#AntiSec) – we encourage any vessel, large or small, to open fire on any government or agency that crosses their path. We fully endorse the flaunting of the word “AntiSec” on any government website defacement or physical graffiti art. We encourage you to spread the word of AntiSec far and wide, for it will be remembered. To increase efforts, we are now teaming up with the Anonymous collective and all affiliated battleships.
Whether you’re sailing with us or against us, whether you hold past grudges or a burning desire to sink our lone ship, we invite you to join the rebellion. Together we can defend ourselves so that our privacy is not overrun by profiteering gluttons. Your hat can be white, gray or black, your skin and race are not important. If you’re aware of the corruption, expose it now, in the name of Anti-Security.
Top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including email spools and documentation. Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking establishments. If they try to censor our progress, we will obliterate the censor with cannonfire anointed with lizard blood.
It’s now or never. Come aboard, we’re expecting you…
History begins today.
Lulz Security,
http://LulzSecurity.com/
I’ll be keeping an eye out for all manner of juicy leaked documents. If governments thought WikiLeaks was a nuisance…
8 Jun 2011 Comments Off
These film posters created entirely out of type by artist Patrik Svensson are entirely wonderful. There are even more on his site, if you like what you see.
(shortlist.com)
6 Jun 2011 Comments Off
I really needn’t say too much more than that.
I will, though. I’ll start with this quote from The Guardian:
“The Modern Things” [...] playfully posits the theory that technology has always existed, waiting in mountains for humans to catch up. In fact, Björk has always seemed like an artist who’s been waiting for technology to catch up with her. Finally, it seems to have done so.”
(1. I love “The Modern Things“, one of my all-time favorites.) The new album, Biophilia will be taking the form of a collection of iPad mini-apps, one for each track. (2. Yes, Björk is releasing her album on the iPad.) Not content to just put out a static package of music, Björk will also be releasing evolving content during the lifespan of the album – and every single track can be remixed and reconfigured via games and other creative means. (3. Not just an iPad gimmick but a project that takes advantage of the iPad’s living nature.) The new release will even be toured with iPads in the band, as they are used to mix the songs on stage – when we aren’t too busy playing the “gameleste”, an instrument Björk commissioned from an Icelandic artist. (4. See 2 and, also, holy shit.)
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Because who doesn’t want to listen to Björk’s new album on a road trip…with Björk?
I know I can’t wait. There will even be a video directed by Gondry to kick things off, we’ve been told.
30 May 2011 Comments Off
We spent this morning talking about how totally amazing actress Sean Young is after I stumbled across some candid photos she had posted to her website from the set of Blade Runner. (io9)
The fact that this could easily be a photo of my fiancée does not elude me…
Kate pointed out to me that the movie that got her into cryptozoology as a child was actually one that starred Ms Young (as a mokele-mbembe protecting paleontologist, no less). We both lamented the fact that a broken arm kept her out of Batman and her insane antics – while endearing – kept her down in Hollywood. I’m reminded of a recent Entertainment Weekly piece on her unfailing belief in an imminent comeback. Regardless of whether she gets another break into stardom, she’ll always have played some crush-worthy sci-fi characters and is an icon to this household.
26 May 2011 Comments Off
20 May 2011 Comments Off
As someone who already regularly looks up videos on the iPad for the express purpose of showing them to one of the cats – and who has installed Cat Piano – you had better believe these little games from Friskies will be installed post-haste.
(Mashable)
16 May 2011 Comments Off
If you’ve ever found something strange – or strangely unexpected – on Google’s Street View, then 9-eyes.com is for you. Its curator, Jon Rafman, collects some of the most arresting images that that the overmind of G has captured accidentally as it roves the land. You could easily lose hours on this blog, so be warned.
(Autoblog)
