January 2008
26 posts
Triangle of knowledge [via overheardinnewyork.com]
Dude: You know what I realized? Everything I need to know or see, I get from Wikipedia, YouTube or Urban Dictionary.
Philosopher: Yes, for they form the triangle of knowledge, first envisioned by the Incas. But once their triangle of knowledge gained too much power, it destroyed their civilization, and that is how one of the great civilizations of old fell.
Dude: ... Damn, man, you always make shit deep.
tinyeyes on jpgmag.com →
Still only a few photos, but it looks like the same brilliant tinyeyes who vanished from flickr recently.
Notchup - Get Paid to Interview For Jobs →
I’m curious how this one will work out.
The Autumn of the Multitaskers →
“Multitasking messes with the brain in several ways. […] We concentrate on the act of concentration at the expense of whatever it is that we’re supposed to be concentrating on…”
“The Betamax Doctrine has been important for 20+ years of innovation in...”
– Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba (Mac software) about their product Audio Hijack Pro and the consequences of and for the changing online music business.
Matt Stuart frames strangers →
Street photography with a sense of humor.
Internet travel guides
Finding good travel tips online has become easier with websites such as the “story-based” everywheremag.com and gridskipper.com or the “compendium-like” wikitravel.org. Forget the “Things to do” lists on hotel search engines.
urbandictionary.com →
Helpful for song lyrics and New York visits
New Apple Human Interface Guidelines →
Apple updated it’s user interface guidelines including the new Leopard features such as new Window types. As always, there’s a PDF for reading offline as well.
"participate in creating a better world, one couch... →
individual travel with couchsurfing.com and hospitalityclub.org
Media convergence for everyone →
Print your own paperback book with lulu.com just like the JPG Magazine did.
"The Death of High Fidelity" →
The Rolling Stone about the loudness war and sound quality in the age of mp3 and the battle about ”Everything Louder Than Everything Else”.
commerciotainment: honeyshed →
Rock Posters →
“Here’s a look at the 25 coolest posters in rock history.”
bentobjects →
“Just one of those days” from the “Bent Objects” weblog
Superpolator →
Great font tampering.
Wil Shipley on press reactions on MacBook Air →
“I’ve read journalists complain that you can’t get at the hard drive in the MacBook Air. What? I have no fucking idea where the hard drive is in my MacBook Pro, and even if you drew me a damn diagram with labels and numbers and gave me a replacement drive I wouldn’t open my machine even in exchange for a year with Zooey Deschanel. Ok, yes I would, but you get my...