September 2011
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August 2011
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June 2011
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April 2011
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March 2011
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A case of sabotage →
phila:
This morning, as I sat in the back row of the Salt Lake City federal courthouse listening to the opening arguments in Tim DeChristopher’s trial, I couldn’t help but think about the many freedom fighters of the past who have sat stoically behind the defense table watching the judge mete out…
February 2011
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“The arts are not a way of making a living. They are a very human way of making...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country, 2005 (via stef-lee)
January 2011
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Activate the three artefacts and then leave
It’s hard to explain how this ‘game’ (arthouse game? interactive experience?) makes you feel, but some of the comments from the download page start to get at it:
“I feel slightly less sane after playing it”
“It was peaceful. The game reminded me very much of many dreams I’ve had.”
“…made me feel trapped and claustrophobic more than once....
“[A]bove all let there be pleasure. Let there be textural delight, let there be...”
– Stephen Fry on not minding your language. From the same essay: “In life you have to explain wine. You have to explain cheese. You have to explain love. You can’t, but you have to try, or if not try you have, surely, to be aware of the astonishing fact of them.” (via bobulate)
December 2010
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The 30 steps to mastery →
bobulate:
Ben Casnocha extends a two-step process for “How to Draw an Owl” with a few more to proclaim how to achieve mastery:
See also: How to Write a Book in Three Easy Steps
1. Start 2. Keep going. 3. You think you’re starting to get the hang of it. 4. You see someone else’s work and feel undeniable misery. 5. Keep going. 6. Keep going. 7. You feel like maybe, possibly, you kinda got...
November 2010
3 posts
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...”
– Maurice Sendak, via Victoria Hannan (via dennetmint)
“The best way to complain is to make things.”
– James Murphy (via swissmiss)
The Gunnian principles for design critiques →
bobulate:
Dan Saffer tallies what he’s learned about design critiques from watching Tim Gunn of Project Runway. Gunn’s principles for critique seem to be:
• The purpose of a critique is to make the design better. • Be supportive. • First, figure out what the designer was trying to accomplish. • Offer direction, not prescription. • Humor and metaphor work better than criticism alone. •...
October 2010
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A Love Letter To The San Francisco Giants →
youmightfindyourself:
This is why I’m a Giants fan. This exact moment. Scratch that: this is why I like stupid, grunt grunt sports in general. San Francisco, this very moment.
It’s legitimately a magical time in San Francisco right now. I have the fortune of working approximately two blocks away from AT&T/”For Christsakes, it’s PacBell” Park, and it’s been absolutely surreal. If a ...
Where Does the Time Go? →
viafrank:
Time flows, but which way? This quarter I’m teaching an information design class, and my students and I were having a conversation yesterday about the ways time can be visually represented. The answer, predictably, is a timeline.
A hand raised in the back. “Do cultures that read right-to-left have time move the same way?” Uh, er, um, uhhhh. And so, a dutiful student went to...
September 2010
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The IKEA effect →
bobulate:
Research shows there’s a relationship between labor and affection. Dan Ariely explains the IKEA effect:
You build something and you fall in love with it. When marketers do sell you a product, their theory is about preference fit. You like pink and I like orange and I like this a little higher and everyone knows their preference. That’s important. But I think the more important issue is...
“I think a lot of the problems we’ve been experiencing come from the fact that no...”
– Patton Oswalt (via viafrank)
Bobulate: An algebra of self-reliance →
Over homework, I’d become enraged with my parents, my father in particular, as I’d sit at the kitchen table. “How do you spell XX?” I would ask. “Look it up,” he would reply in stride, continuing to put away dishes, not even glancing in my direction. @#&!%! As if he didn’t know! Off I would go to the dictionary (I remember not which, as at that time, I knew only of The Dictionary) to look...
August 2010
3 posts
“A flower is relatively small. Everyone has many associations with a flower - the...”
– Georgia O’Keefe
Roger Federer as Religious Experience →
youmightfindyourself:
Almost anyone who loves tennis and follows the men’s tour on television has, over the last few years, had what might be termed Federer Moments. These are times, as you watch the young Swiss play, when the jaw drops and eyes protrude and sounds are made that bring spouses in from other rooms to see if you’re O.K.
The Moments are more intense if you’ve played enough tennis...
“It’s tempting to imagine that [you] could be forceful and self-confident without...”
– Clay Shirky. In case you’re worried about what others might think of your manner of dress. (via putthison)
May 2010
4 posts
Watchquietbabylon:
I’m reblogging this on the flimsy excuse that it’s about things you can do with a city, but mostly because it’s just charming and fun.
gregrutter: “This is a skateboard video about 2 men from Wisconsin which serves to remind us that sometimes it’s not about how high you can ollie, it’s about how far you can power slide.”
“…but the reality is that everything is gross, especially doorknobs, and if...”
– Put This On, on buying secondhand shoes. This is a total personal philosophy of mine: Be clean, but don’t freak out when things get a little gross. Everything is gross.
“The version of Beowulf that I read in seventh grade described the hero as having...”
– Sometimes my students write stuff and it just makes me want to run around the room and try to find someone to excitedly share it with. No one’s here in the room but me (it’s early), so I’m sharing it with you.
“If listening with honey can make a Scandinavian warrior great, imagine what it can do...
April 2010
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March 2010
4 posts
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“Nobody uses the word “cyber” anymore, except people trying to scare you and...”
– Check the Hype — There’s No Such Thing As ‘Cyber’ | Threat Level | Wired.com (via quietbabylon)
February 2010
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WatchKN | Kitsune Noir » ‘Je Me Figeais’ by Baptise Sola
“For years the hollow claims of every marketing guru who insists that consumers...”
– Rob Walker on faux-distressing and the Olympic snowboarding uniforms. (via putthison)
“Communication in twitter is improbable because of its sheer volume. Simply...”
– Adrian Chan, If twitter is micro-blogging, is Buzz micro-commentary? (via knickknack)
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January 2010
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“if you take the time to nurture relationships, even if they’re over email or...”
– Bobby, Kitsuné Noir
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Lifehacker:
After focusing on the driving...
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“I sit here, a collection of limbs obediently stationed in front of a computer...”
– SpaceCollective: My Life as a Severed Head
