I seldom watch a movie twice, let alone an episode from a TV series. But that’s just what I did last night with the first episode of The Thick of It.
The kicker is that we’d just finished watching all three seasons in less than four days. It’s like getting off an epic rollercoaster and walking [...]
I’ve been sending this link out for the last week but had neglected to post it here. It’s the most cogent and far-reaching explanation that I’ve seen of the convergence between our networked digital lives and game mechanics.
That’s a mouthful but CMU professor Jesse Schell delivers the facts and their implications with verve [...]
Whoever makes a video game that indirectly teaches kids how to manage debt will change the world for the better, not just because our economy relies on consumer debt but because debt — and interest, in particular — requires a kind of fortune telling.
Many of the existential threats to our species require us to [...]
News journalists and software developers are two branches of the same tree: information technology.
How much creative thinking is simply misremembering? I was groping for Rudyard Kipling and came up with Rumpelstiltskin. In this case, the substitution wasn’t very poetic. But perhaps this kind of swapping happens all the time and is mistaken for “fresh” thinking.
Is Ando Bien Pedo by Banda Los Recoditos (2009) faster than Beep Street by Squarepusher (1997)?
Randall Grahm on being somewhere. And wine. A wonderful lecture with photos.
That’s how much the Six Million Dollar Man would cost today.
(Thank you Ana for asking, Wikipedia for defining, and the Measuring Worth aggregator for answering.)
The Spanish newspaper El País is taking it pretty seriously:
Un activista anti gobierno se estrella contra un edificio federal en Tejas
Un ingeniero de sistemas informáticos manifestó este martes su furia contra el Estado suicidándose con una avioneta lanzada contra un edificio de la agencia tributaria en Austin (Tejas), donde trabajaban 200 empleados federales.
Translation: “An [...]
Cindy Lauper’s Time After Time and Miguel Bosé’s Nena.
A colleague asked me if our company was still throwing a conference I will refer to as “The Fun Meeting,” to which employees from around the country are invited.
The answer was: “No, because of the economy.”
But instead I replied: “No, Goldman Sachs took it away.”
And then it hit me: guilt is coalescing around Goldman. [...]
The power of audio dubbing and the cuteness of “Canadian” beavers.
via MetaFilter.
LD Desk by Jon Goulder
Desk by Hansen Family
Swag Desk by George Nelson
Them Crooked Vultures.
So often, musical groups try to steal and end up copying. Them Crooked Vultures have pulled off at least a half-dozen perfect heists on this debut record. Legendary.
In the face of conventional wisdom that asserts rock has nothing left to give and can only be plundered for remixes here is proof that technical [...]
Amusing and insightful take down of conservative think tank propaganda celebrates the pleasures of writing and of living the life examined.
Wonderful, exciting review of future cars and cities.
America has a horrendous mental health problem and instead of addressing it we imprison the hundreds of thousands if not millions who try to cure themselves without access to professional treatment.
Alcove by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Basket by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Yale by Jean-Marie Massaud
Dehors by Michele De Lucchi & Philippe Nigro
Zorro by Stephanie Knust
Stick by Todd Bracher Studio
Bend by Michele Menescardi
PLOF by Yonoh
mr. light by Tomás Alonso
more than a tube of metal but I like them so here they are.
Brilliant idea: Balance the U.S Budget by Auctioning off 10 Million U.S Passports.
A monologue that could make a great dialogue: you’re angry because you’re getting screwed.
The problem is that we like screwing ourselves over – and over again.
Breathtaking and heartbreaking: Days of Heaven.
Another peek at the future of interactions: an augmented reality game of rock paper [...]