November 2009
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“Frutiger produced the original drawings for one of his first designs, the...”
– Monotype Imaging: Type Designer Showcase: Adrian Frutiger : While we’re on the subject of type, this bit from a short bio on Adrian Frutiger caught my eye. It resonates with a segment from Helvetica in which they reference Swiss type design as focusing more on a letter’s counters...
Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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“Create for the joy of creating. Share for the joy of the sharing, and because...”
– On Self-Promotion – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report : Sage advice from one of my favorite writers on the web.
Nov 26th
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Nov 25th
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“We recently asked you for your ideas (and votes) on how to make Reader better....”
– Official Google Reader Blog: Let your subscriptions’ personality come through : Just one example of why I left NetNewsWire for Google Reader. It’s constantly evolving, and most of the changes have been for the better. NetNewsWire, lovable as it is, hasn’t really changed much...
Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 21st
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“This coming Monday - November 23 - sees the release of the original SNES Mario...”
– Virtual Console: Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Pilotwings, All Coming - Virtual Console - Kotaku : The only game I’ve spent more time playing than Super Mario Kart is Goldeneye 007. We’re talking hundreds of hours.
Nov 21st
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“1Password 3, our most significant upgrade ever, is finished and ready for the...”
– 1Password 3 is here! - Switchers’ Blog : One of the few applications I consider essential for my Mac. If you’ve ever had trouble remembering your password, or gotten locked out of an account because you tried too many times, this is just the thing. Super handy.
Nov 19th
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“If a small startup can build the Litl, why couldn’t a big company like Dell or...”
– Daring Fireball: The OS Opportunity : Essays like this one are the reason why I read John Gruber’s Daring Fireball every day.
Nov 19th
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Acid Washed on Vimeo : Thanks to Coudal Partners’ Fresh Signals feed for so much cool stuff.
Nov 18th
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Adobe Launches Flash Player 10.1 Prerelease Build... →
Notable for two reasons. First, H.264 hardware decoding will not be available on OS X. Disappointing, but Adobe claims it’s because Apple doesn’t provide the appropriate APIs. Second, and on a better note, while it doesn’t use hardware decoding, it yet provides significant performance improvements: Going from roughly 450% down to 190% (or a bit over 10% of total CPU utilization...
Nov 18th
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“High-flying ups and sideways-spiraling downs. False starts and fresh starts. The...”
– Veer: Ideas: F is for Fail : A beautiful film made entirely of type. Must see.
Nov 18th
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Can D.I.Y. Supplant the First-Person Shooter? -... →
An all-around solid article on the independent gaming movement. Quote: “‘These games have used what is innate to games — their interactivity — to make a statement about the human condition. And we in the industry seem to not be able to do that.’” Games, I think, have the most promise for true innovation in human expression. That’s the main reason I find them, and...
Nov 17th
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“Cross of Iron is an anti-war film in that it focuses on the average foot...”
– Cross of Iron : The last paragraph from an essay on Cross of Iron by Gabrielle Murray, “a lecturer in the Cinema Studies program at La Trobe University.”
Nov 17th
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Briefly - Cross of Iron
I was looking forward to seeing Sam Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron tonight, but having just finished it, I can’t find anything good to say about it. The disappointment struck such a chord with me that I wrote my first Netflix review (and possibly one of the first reviews I’ve ever submitted to any online service): A disjointed, poorly-edited mishmash of anti-war sentiment and...
Nov 17th
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“It seems to me that the best way to instantly raise your standard of living is...”
– Alt Text: New Cult Spares Members From Early Adopters’ Pain | Underwire | Wired.com : The whole scheme is to keep us buying things we do not need yet make us believe we do. It’s a natural side effect of modern technology and capitalism as I see it. Keeping up with the Jones’ is...
Nov 17th
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“Werner had had a couple of drinks,” Cage said. “He said in this...”
– Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage: Partners in crime — latimes.com : Who cannot admire a man that would make such a statement.
Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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FORA.tv - Rick Prelinger: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco : San Francisco, circa 1905. Incredible. Update: Drat! You’ll have to follow this link to see the 1905 bit. The embed code they give you doesn’t link to chapters.
Nov 16th
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“Didn’t have time to hit the brakes. The elephant blended in with the road,”...”
–  a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus : clusterflock
Nov 16th
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Stanley Kubrick on Stardust (featuring rare footage) : Choice quote from about five minutes in: So then we talked for a long time about several things. At one time, he asked me if I cutted (translator probably meant “edited”) the old way or if I did that digitally, to which I replied I did it the old-fashioned way. After that, he literally spent several hours trying to talk me...
Nov 15th
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Badass Super Mario desktop wallpapers -... →
sidkan: for Erice Beautiful. Just. Beautiful. Side note: New Super Mario Bros. Wii is out today. Coming either tomorrow or Tuesday via Amazon for me.
Nov 15th
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“My books are a subject of much discussion. They pour from shelves onto tables,...”
– Roger Ebert’s Journal: Archives : The man sounds like the most interesting packrat you’ll ever meet. I hope I see him in good health one day.
Nov 15th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 14th
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Following shots : In light of a recent episode of Science of the Movies that featured Garrett Brown and his invention, the Steadicam, here’s a video compilation of some of the most famous tracking shots in cinema.
Nov 14th
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Nov 13th
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“We’ve collected the thoughts of 30 of the world’s most inspired creative...”
– Thirty Conversations on Design
Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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“When you visit google.com/movies, you’ll discover a new, more...”
– Official Google Blog: Google’s movie showtimes, digitally remastered : Google added a few more cool points to their search results today.
Nov 12th
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“Reframe is bringing together and giving due love to rare independent and...”
– Reframe | Home : I support any effort with such a purpose.
Nov 11th
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ClickToFlash →
Ever wanted to get rid of the scourge of the web that is Adobe Flash, but still retain the ability to view Flash whenever you want? If you surf with Safari on a Mac, get this plugin. It is software gold. A Safari equivalent to the equally awesome Flashblock for Firefox.
Nov 11th
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Nov 10th
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The Auteurs →
Awesome social site for film lovers. Highly recommended.
Nov 10th
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World War 2 in High Definition - History.com →
I’m afraid it’s going to be horribly sensationalist, but I can’t help being interested in seeing restored WWII footage in HD.
Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Creative Uncut - Video Game Art Treasury →
I was hoping something like this existed. Oh Internet, how you have it all.
Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Maker's Mulled Cider
Maker’s Mark Mulled Cider: 1 c. Maker’s Mark 4 c. apple cider 1 sliced lemon 6 cloves 1/2 tsp. ground allspice 2 cinnamon sticks Combine Maker’s Mark and cider. Add the sliced lemon with rind, cloves, allspice and sticks of cinnamon. Heat to boiling and serve. This recipe makes enough for eight good friends. - Thanks to Maker’s Mark Ambassadors email for the recipe....
Nov 8th
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Audio Analysis of the Beatles Multitrack Masters -... →
Three Beatles tracks broken down into their amazing component parts. I wish there were more.
Nov 8th
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“The Lesson I was young when my father called me to the back door to show me...”
– Anhinga Press: Snowbound House, by Shane Seely : Absolutely breathtaking poetry.
Nov 5th
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