Sunday, 5th February, 2012
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And other things I learned from Lou Silverstein, by Roger Black:
The Times editorial page before and after Lou. It’s hard to believe the before example (1958) is not much more than 50 years old. It looks like the 19th century. Yet, the the after (1978) could have been printed yesterday.
Neologism: Narquitecture →
These are the palaces of legend. In Mexican novels, and in movies, the houses of the illicitly rich and infamous are louche, luxurious affairs, with toilets made of gold, mounds of cocaine or cash lying around and furniture of thronelike proportions. In the public imagination, what might be called “narquitecture” or “narco style” is all gaudy excess — part “Real Housewives,” part “Scarface,” part conquistador.
The Most Expensive Picture →
The idea behind The Most Expensive Picture is straightforward – anyone can pay to have their image featured on the site’s homepage, and it remains there until someone pays one dollar more to replace it. So far 56 pictures have been uploaded and once the archive reaches 300 there will be a catalogue documenting the project. It’s the brainchild of Swiss trio photographer Sebastian Stadler, graphic designer Stefan Jandl and UX designer Carlo Jörges
Contact+Control →
Mogees is a novel way for transforming any surface into a musical instrument.
By putting a (very cheap) contact microphone over a surface, the software can recognise different types of touch and associate them with different synthesizers.
- thanks, Mike!
- createdigitalmusic.com
Five Reasons Why I Don’t Care if My Stuff is Pirated →
Trey Ratcliff, photographer:
1) Theft of bits are like the Tic Tacs that get stolen from the 7-11. It’s the cost of doing business on the Internet.
5) Last, and most important, as soon as I opened everything up, our business has grown and grown. Our team now of about 10 people are happy and everything is profitable. It is strange to see a chart over time that shows an increase in revenues and an increase in piracy. Now, piracy is not the reason that revenues are increasing, but they are not hurting revenues.
new music
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from the archives
We Talk With Body Languag...
January 25th, 2011 | design, gadgets/tech/web, reading list
What Should Food Look Lik...
January 28th, 2011 | food, reading list
Representational Identity
July 7th, 2011 | reading list
Romney’s Dilemma
June 2nd, 2011 | politics, reading list
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