November 2007
51 posts
Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of... →
Headline of the day!
We can always learn from fiction →
User interface design for the movies by Mark Coleran. Watch the show reel. [via guardian]
“Deutsche Grammophon Says ‘Nein’ to DRM”
– Classical albums in MP3 at 320 Kbps [Wired.com]
More on Float →
Shorter explanation, other point of view
“Now, [youtube] is generating 27 petabytes (27 million gigabytes) of data per...”
– Video, interactivity could ensnare Web users by 2010
The webserver isn't quite sure...
… how big the file really is.
What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About... →
“A bit heavy on the math, but if you’ve ever wondered why printing out 10.1 gives you 10.1000002, or why 1.0/10.0 * 5.0 != 1.0/2.0, this will explain it all.” [via NSBlog]
RED releases RedCine software →
Finally there is a publicly available version of the workflow/grading software for the RED cam. See for yourself.
Paradise Nukes →
Image gallery of French nuclear test codenamed Licorne, which was fired on August 24, 1970 [via monoscope]
Rebel without a crew →
Robert Rodriguez writes, how he made El Mariachi with $ 7.000 USD
Shralp Snowboard Video Podcast →
weekly snowboard news show iTuns link
WatchThe file is too big to email!
How big is it?
It’s on three floppies!
Why “24” has not been aired 1994… [via birphborph]
dEUS: Nothing really ends →
”[…] It was one of those nights
you wonder how nobody died […]”
Perfect November song from dEUS: “Pocket Revolution”
The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal,... →
Car-nerdery in the tradition of Brock Yates
Webstock Conference (NZ) →
“Truckloads of design, development, user experience, web standards, content, community, innovation & inspiration.”
Feb 11-15 Wellington, NZ - good time to flee northern hemisphere
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple →
“The Clash having a fight with The Pogues in Eastern Europes” [bbc.co.uk]
from Gogol Bordello: “Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike”
pop surrealism →
gallery Roq La Rue [via flxldn]
Teh s3rialz 5uxX !!!11
Why is a serial number for Windows XP SP1 not working with a SP2 install CD, and why isn’t even a serial for a German Parallels Desktop not working for the English version of the same software? - Anyone?
The EDCF Guide to Digital Cinema Mastering →
Comprehensive guide to Digital Cinema Mastering [via fullres.blogspot.com]
From a snowboard flick's credits:
That’s my kind of humor:
LEGACY ACCOUNTABILITY DIRECTOR Jeremy Petit,
FORWARD PARADIG’EM ARCHITECT Mike Bishop,
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH AGENT Sean Kearne,
GLOBAL TALENT TECHNICIAN Joni Malmi,
CHIEF OPTIMIZATION EXECUTIVE Mike Nusenow,
CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS ORCHESTRATOR Evan Rose,
LEAD FUNCTIONALITY STRATEGIST Bryan Knox,
HUMAN TACTICAL FACILITATOR Kevin Keller,
DYNAMIC...
first chair / last call →
Snowboard movie free download (QuickTime 307 MB)
“A high-def snowboarding flick full of patterns, pop and progression with tricks and surprises”
“A 34-company committee couldn’t create a successful ham sandwich, much...”
– stevenf.com on Google’s Android platform [via John Gruber]
Bob Dylan - Most Likely You Will Go Your Way (&... →
Radio woke me up today with a squeakig trompet: Bob Dylan - Most Likely You Will Go Your Way (& I’ll Go Mine) [watch]
“We estimate that the effect of one additional P2P download per month is to...”
– for the Canadian P2P file-sharing subpopulation (The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis)
“Many North Koreans who use mobile [phones] to contact the outside world bury...”
– blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology
teleport v1.0 →
teleport lets you use a single mouse and keyboard to control several Macs. v1.0 released.
SIMBL is not good for Leopard
oddica.com →
Wonderful tees
Flickr: Photos from js wright →
d i r e c t e d , w a i v e d , u - t u r n e d , i g n i t e d , p i p e d
Braun's and Apple's design →
Spoon - Underdog →
“Bouncy, brassy nod to classic pop”
from Spoon: “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga”
“The Web is the minimal concession to hypertext that a sequence-and-hierarchy...”
– Ted Nelson’s one-liners on the Web and HTML
“Xanadu, a global hypertext publishing system, is the longest-running vaporware...”
– Gary Wolf (Wired.com) on Ted Nelson’s life time project Xanadu
St. Vincent →
“Loosely ornate, lush pop songs” St. Vincent: “Marry Me”
Liked best: “Paris is burning”, “Human racing”
Video Game Ideas: iPhone SDK edition →
Social-interaction-game-ideas for the iPhone from Wil Shipley: “My Pokémons, Let Me Show Them To You.”, “My zombie beats your werewolf. Or mates with him.”, “Screw Pokémon, We Make Our Own Collectible Card Game”, “Gnip-gnop”, “Flash Mob Friends”,
Overheard in New York →
Customer: Hey, I think you have a roach over there. Waiter: Yeah, there are rats, too.
“The Voice of the City”
Waterproof bags →
Perfect for crossing rivers by swimming.
