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Farewell, Internet. It’s been fun.

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:02:00 -0400

"Shooting and projecting at 48 fps does a lot to get rid of these issues. It looks much more..."

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:30:38 -0400

“Shooting and projecting at 48 fps does a lot to get rid of these issues. It looks much more lifelike, and it is much easier to watch, especially in 3-D. We’ve been watching HOBBIT tests and dailies at 48 fps now for several months, and we often sit through two hours worth of footage without getting any eye strain from the 3-D. It looks great, and we’ve actually become used to it now, to the point that other film experiences look a little primitive.”

- Peter Jackson, on his Facebook page, talking about shooting the Hobbit in 48 Frames Per Second (via schlomo)

oktotally: let’s rock!

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:52:06 -0400

oktotally:

let’s rock!

"It’s not presently clear whether generational differences in multitasking are rooted in culture —..."

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:18:07 -0400

“It’s not presently clear whether generational differences in multitasking are rooted in culture — people born during the mid-20th century were ostensibly shaped by cognitive environments less fragmented than ours — or deterioration, with brains becoming less flexible with time.”

- Brain Scans Show How Multitasking Is Harder for Seniors | Wired Science | Wired.com

"Products like Flipboard are attractive because they are consciously and carefully designed to..."

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:00:07 -0400

“Products like Flipboard are attractive because they are consciously and carefully designed to highlight the content, instead of crowding the experience with UI tools. The design of these experiences is being driven by new thinking in interaction design, where visual design is central to the experience, rather than painted on at the end. Once the traditional elements of UI are torn away, designers can concentrate their efforts on working iwth the content that remains. And it ends up looking a lot like Print. If we pull Visual Design to the front of the product creation process, we can break free of the bad design habits that surround us.”

- How Print Design is the Future of Interaction - Mike Kruzeniski

(via Wanted: An Utterly Bareboned Cell Phone That’s Still...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:43:07 -0400

(via Wanted: An Utterly Bareboned Cell Phone That’s Still Stylish | Co.Design)

it8bit: Video Game Alphabet Pattern - by coliecutecrafts

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:52:07 -0400

it8bit:

Video Game Alphabet Pattern - by coliecutecrafts

"When you go to sporting events you very often buy your gear at the stadium, and when you play a..."

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:35:07 -0400

““When you go to sporting events you very often buy your gear at the stadium, and when you play a video game” on a computer, “you should buy these collections where you play,” Mr. Bergel said.”

- Peace Walker Collection Lets Gamers Buy Characters’ Clothes - NYTimes.com

nationalgeographicdaily: Ultraviolet Bath, Russia Photograph by...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:18:34 -0400

nationalgeographicdaily:

Ultraviolet Bath, Russia

Photograph by Joe McNally

Make-believe summer lasts for a minute or two as kindergarten children in sunless Lovozero bathe in ultraviolet light. Brief exposure to UV radiation provides children with vitamin D, normally supplied by sunlight. The “sunshine vitamin” strengthens young bones.

The Different Types Of Comments People Leave « Thought Catalog

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:51:16 -0400

The Different Types Of Comments People Leave « Thought Catalog:

This user disliked the article and feels compelled to personally fault the author, and extrapolate from their reasons from disliking a piece a personal conclusion about the individual who wrote it.

oktotally: the shrutes produce thirsty babies

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:26:07 -0400

oktotally:

the shrutes produce thirsty babies

Minecraft + Kinect : Yo Dawg, I heard you like Minecraft...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:09:07 -0400

Minecraft + Kinect : Yo Dawg, I heard you like Minecraft (by revrick)

swissmiss | Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the web

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:52:06 -0400

swissmiss | Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the web:

At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what’s coming in the next 5,000 days?

Court Overrules Winklevoss Twins on a Facebook Settlement...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:40:11 -0400

Court Overrules Winklevoss Twins on a Facebook Settlement Do-Over - Technology - The Atlantic Wire

The New Inquiry: What We Talk About When We Talk About the Internet

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:35:07 -0400

The New Inquiry: What We Talk About When We Talk About the Internet :

thenewinquiry:

(via blownpixel)

The computer is the liar that always tells the truth. If you believe the lie—that what the computer does is beyond human comprehension, that its power exceeds its use value—then you are doomed to be its slave.

By Willie Osterweil

Translations transfer meanings…

unicode (by ffoitl)

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:52:06 -0400

unicode (by ffoitl)

Inventor Portrait: Steven Sasson (by David Friedman) - Inventor...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:27:00 -0400

Inventor Portrait: Steven Sasson (by David Friedman) - Inventor of the digital camera

Photo

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:09:06 -0400

Котенка запустили в космос! (by gosloto1)

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:33:36 -0400

Котенка запустили в космос! (by gosloto1)

This Is a Rap About Javascript | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:09:07 -0400

This Is a Rap About Javascript | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.:

“I started a project to learn javascript and node.js through rap,” Nodejitsu co-founder and New York expat Marak Squires told Betabeat over Gchat. Mr. Squires has a well-established tradition of rapping about Javascript. Nodejitsu is a hosting platform for apps that use node.js, which allows for server-side use of Javascript, normally a browser-side language.