I'm only in it for the whuffie.

How to Eat a Chicken Wing (via foodwishes).

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:26:59 -0600

How to Eat a Chicken Wing (via foodwishes).

I Love xkcd (via Vimeo)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:21:45 -0500

I Love xkcd (via Vimeo)

Mon Dieu, the French are behaving like the English! - The Globe and Mail

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:46:09 -0500

Mon Dieu, the French are behaving like the English! - The Globe and Mail:

“People who tattoo themselves claim to be expressing themselves; but what, exactly, are they expressing? What does an indelible blue-stylized lizard on the side of the neck signify? It is surely an implicit admission that the bearer has nothing to express, and has difficulty in distinguishing himself from the others by whom he is surrounded. This is a particularly wounding admission in an age when personal uniqueness is so valued, and everyone defends his claim to be special.”

Harlan Ellison’s Dramatic Reading of the Seussified...

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:05:47 -0500

Harlan Ellison’s Dramatic Reading of the Seussified “I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script”, via the Villiage Voice.

ARTIFICIAL PARADISE,INC. on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:27:36 -0500

ARTIFICIAL PARADISE,INC. on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Summer night over Saadat Shahr, Iran via Astronomy Picture of...

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:41:25 -0500

Summer night over Saadat Shahr, Iran via Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Wifi Diner by Joshua Ellingson (via...

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:47:27 -0500

Wifi Diner by Joshua Ellingson (via reimer:thedayhascome)

fred-wilson:

nickdouglas:

Finally, a “Nighthawks” tribute that updates the loneliness of the original

Erupting volcano Anak Krakatau via Astronomy Picture of the Day

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:10:43 -0500

Erupting volcano Anak Krakatau via Astronomy Picture of the Day

NedaNet Resource Page

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:27:05 -0500

NedaNet Resource Page:

“This is the resource page for NedaNet, a network of hackers formed to support the democratic revolution in Iran. Our mission is to help the Iranian people by setting up networks of proxy severs, anonymizers, and any other appropriate technologies that can enable them to communicate and organize — a network beyond the censorship or control of the Iranian regime.

NedaNet doesn’t have leaders or a manifesto or even much in the way of organization. We’re not affiliated with any nation or religion. We’re just computer hackers and computer users from all over the planet doing what we can to help the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom.

NedaNet does have contacts on the ground in Iran. We are actively and directly cooperating with the revolutionaries (though for obvious security reasons most of us don’t know who the contacts are). By helping us, you can help them.”

camen design · Video for Everybody!

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:36:20 -0500

camen design · Video for Everybody!:

“Video For Everybody is very simply a chunk of HTML code that embeds a video into a website using the HTML5 element which offers native playback in Firefox 3.5 and Safari 3 & 4”

Civilization by Marco Brambilla on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:30:24 -0500

Civilization by Marco Brambilla on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Sushi etiquette

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:52:32 -0500

Sushi etiquette

“Beer is my copilot” via www.gapingvoid.com

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:50:46 -0500

“Beer is my copilot” via www.gapingvoid.com

Extreme punctuation pedantry

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:21:57 -0500

Extreme punctuation pedantry:

“Punctuation marks originated from notations used to mark pauses for breath in oral recitations, but 17-to-19th-century grammarians tied it ever more tightly to grammar. There remains a minority position that language pedants call ‘elocutionary’ - that punctuation is properly viewed as markers of speech cadence and intonation.”

rocketboom: Augmented Reality Magic 1.0 (on Vimeo) There’s no...

Thu, 21 May 2009 12:54:35 -0500

rocketboom:

Augmented Reality Magic 1.0 (on Vimeo)

There’s no editing here, no post-production. Augmented reality “enhancement” was done by openFrameworks wizards Zach Lieberman and Theo Watson. Welcome to the future.

"Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do..."

Fri, 15 May 2009 17:58:00 -0500

“Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as your financial means, mortgage rates, and the currently tight real-estate market allow you to put there.”

- Nassim Taleb

Rule-Based Programming in Interactive Fiction

Tue, 05 May 2009 13:53:05 -0500

Rule-Based Programming in Interactive Fiction:

“As I write this, Inform 7 is approaching its third birthday. I7 is a tool for creating interactive fiction (text adventure games). Like all the most powerful IF development tools, I7 is a programming language — a powerful and peculiar one.

Inform 7 gets a lot of attention for its English-like syntax. I’m not going to talk about the natural-language aspects of I7. I’m going to talk about the underlying programming model, the system of rules and rulebooks. That’s less attention-grabbing than the flashy syntax; but, in my opinion, it’s equally radical. And perhaps a more important development, in the long run.”

"Everybody believes in innovation until they see it."

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:20:36 -0500

“Everybody believes in innovation until they see it.”

- Nolan Bushnell (via doanepaperfeed)

World Builder on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:27:34 -0500

World Builder on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Kill Bill Parts 1 & 2, in One Minute, in One Take (and...

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:31:00 -0500

Kill Bill Parts 1 & 2, in One Minute, in One Take (and titles)