October 2009
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Remember, It's Actually a Computer
John Gruber of Daring Fireball linked to a TechCrunch story this morning about Wolfram Research pricing their Alpha “computational knowledge engine” iPhone app at $50. Next to TomTom’s navigation app (which costs $100), this is the most expensive iPhone app I know of. This has (once again) temporarily refueled the argument about how much iPhone apps should cost. The whole issue...
Oct 19th
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Oct 17th
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Oct 17th
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“It was a time when I was trying to find my place within the business. I was...”
–  Tom Waits gives the devil his due | Film | The Guardian : This is one of the best and funniest articles I’ve read in a while (thanks to the author’s faithfulness to Waits’, uh, “way”). Who else but Tom Waits could say, “I always liked the idea that America...
Oct 16th
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Upload to flickr from Tweetie 2 | GDZLLA →
Works like a charm.
Oct 16th
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Food Glorious Food →
First video. Hit Play. Werner Herzog. Eating his shoe. Talking about the culture not having “adequate images.” Genius.
Oct 15th
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1Password 3 Feature Spotlight: Software Licenses →
One of my favorite pieces of software keeps getting more and more awesome.
Oct 15th
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Terrible Yellow Eyes →
“With a Private Boat” by Alberto Cerriteño Terrible Yellow Eyes is a collection of works inspired by Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are. …
Oct 15th
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Apple - Games - Articles - BioShock →
This would be exciting if BioShock weren’t two years old and the sequel coming out in a few months. But, take it for what it is: BioShock was groundbreaking, and that it still deserves analysis is a testament to its place among the greats. One especially good quote in there from Ken Levine, “BioShock’s lead designer and head writer”: “When they had silent films, they...
Oct 15th
Wander and Learn
Today’s link-flood is brought to you by Fresh Signals from Coudal Partners. I catch up on their feed about once a month (it’s extremely high volume since it’s a collective link blog), and this month was particularly rich in fascinating finds. At this moment, I have 496 unread items in Google Reader. That’s typical. When I find or read something interesting, I give it time,...
Oct 15th
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Oct 15th
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Werner Herzog Film →
From his bio page: Werner Herzog (real name Werner H. Stipetic) was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and never saw any films, television, or telephones as a child. He started travelling [sic] on foot from the age of 14. He made his first phone call at the age of 17. During high school he worked the nightshift as a welder in a steel factory to...
Oct 15th
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“The Rogue Film School is about a way of life. It is about a climate, the...”
– Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School : 1) I didn’t know Herzog actively participated in a film, uh, “course.” 2) How amazing does that sound?
Oct 14th
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“The shoot itself was a nightmare. “My history with The Godfather was very much...”
– The Godfather: ‘Nobody enjoyed one day of it’ - Telegraph : Yet another example of why having a vision and sticking to it is so important for the artist in cinema.
Oct 14th
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Oct 14th
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Print: 1960s & 1970s Scandinavian Design Logos - a... →
Oct 14th
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Julius Shulman Film →
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Looks fascinating. Never heard of him before now.
Oct 14th
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The Making of THE SHINING (by Vivian Kubrick) →
Here’s a companion version with a commentary track by Vivian herself.
Oct 14th
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Sean Dunne. Director →
I directed two of these short form pieces to accompany History Channel’s show “1968.” It was fun, they allowed me to choose my own subject so I went with Kier [sic] Dullea, star of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He had us to his home and we made this little piece.
Oct 14th
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Oct 14th
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“Is it so surprising I’m on the road? What else would I be doing in this...”
–  Dylan on Dylan : Rolling Stone : That’s all it is.
Oct 14th
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“In keeping with the stylized nostalgia that looms large in almost all his films,...”
– Fur flies on ‘Mr. Fox’ — latimes.com : I must say that as much as the animators must have hated him sometimes for this decision, the trailers I’ve seen more than justify it. Everybody’s sick to death of watching shiny computer graphics. Half the reason I liked...
Oct 13th
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“The idea that I came up with is if the wild things are wild emotions. As a kid,...”
– Danger lurks in Jonze adaptation of `Wild Things’ - Yahoo! News : This is one of those movies you try not to be too excited about so you won’t ruin it with anticipation for yourself.
Oct 13th
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MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Oct 13th
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Left 4 Dead Teletubbies Mod Gameplay →
Left 4 Dead Teletubbies Mod Gameplay: “Zombies are disturbing. Teletubbies are disturbing. Zombie teletubbies are doubleplus disturbing.” (via adactio)
Oct 12th
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The Big Picture Magazine →
The Big Picture is the new visually-focussed free film magazine that goes beyond the borders of the screen to reveal cinema’s unique power to entertain, inspire and connect to each and every one of us. Looks outstanding.
Oct 10th
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Blackbird | Online Journal →
“An online journal of literature & the arts.” A good one at that.
Oct 10th
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Please be patient - This Page is Under... →
All the “Under Construction” graphics you could ever possibly need.
Oct 10th
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Life In The Cloud →
Brought to you by Mozy.
Oct 10th
The Case for Working With Your Hands - NYTimes.com →
It’s all too easy to overlook the value of hard, physical labor in today’s information age. (via Instapaper)
Oct 9th
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Oct 9th
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Jarmusch at ATP - From the Current →
Criterion conducted an impromptu audience Q&A with Jim Jarmusch after the screening of his 1989 film, Mystery Train at the All Tomorrow’s Parties music festival in upstate New York. The result is parts informative, inspiring, and funny. Jarmusch is just a cool dude.
Oct 8th
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“But I think what it’s trying to achieve is the same goal [as me,]”...”
– The Rare Art Of Not Explaining Everything - fumito ueda - Kotaku : Ueda is the most interesting game designer to come around in a long time. The Last Guardian looks amazing.
Oct 8th
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Vol Libre, an amazing CG film from 1980 : Stunning for 1980.
Oct 8th
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“AT&T’s exclusive deal with Apple to sell the iPhone has made it a...”
– AT&T Wireless CEO Hints at ‘Managing’ iPhone Data Usage - PC World : You know you’ve witnessed a revolutionary piece of technology when it pushes the limits of an entire industry’s capacity to handle its demands. That said, my wallet wants to know why AT&T’s CEO...
Oct 8th
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“Focalware calculates the position of the sun and moon from rise to set anywhere...”
– Focalware : Spiral Development : Super cool iPhone app. Via John Nack.
Oct 8th
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sidkan: Joshua Klein on the intelligence of crows | Video on TED.com Well this is just awesome….and creepy…but mostly awesome.
Oct 8th