Design
Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neil – League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Alan Moore does a BBC interview on some of his more famous comics – this one is on ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’.
Steve Jobs Interview – 2010, All Things Digital
Long, gloves off (in a respectful way) interview with Steve Jobs. Covers a lot of ground and quite interesting.
“Work smarter, not harder”
From baheyeldin.com “Work smarter, not harder” is something that sounds good, but in reality it is often a hollow sentence with no substance in it. In the corporate world, when a manager informs his team of staff cuts, while the workload is the same or more, “smarter” does not mean anything other than “do more [...]
FlyFire – MIT’s micro-copter swarming pixels in the sky
Not sure if the double rotor copters seem quite as high tech and precise as the video footage, but if it’s MIT it must be real, right? And it would/will be amazing to see. http://senseable.mit.edu/flyfire/
Gesturecons – icons of the multi-touch interface
The interface method of the future? A collection of icons meant to help developers of multi-touch interfaces develop user manuals. An icon is worth a thousand words. Gesturecons.com, more info at adamkinney.wordpress.com.
Navigate Browser with Keyboard Shortcuts
Just F6 keyboard shortcut is a time saver. Incorporating keyboard shortcuts into your web browsing technique makes sense. Try it. From mooooo….. to Super Moo! Short and sweet post with keyboard shortcuts: codinghorror
‘No one belongs here more than you’, book and website by Miranda July
Simple and addictive. One of the 15 websites mentioned in ’15 websites that break the rules’
Hand becomes canvas for animal art
Guido Daniele Handimals Very nice collection of animals painted in great detail on hands, from angel fish to alligators to bald eagles.
Barbie was modeled on a German cartoon character, an ambitious hooker named Lilli
The original Barbie, based on a German doll named Lilli, was sold as a collector’s item for adults only. When Mattel purchased patent rights to Lilli, the company instructed its designer to make her look less like a “German street walker.” http://www.salon.com/life/feature/1997/11/26facts.html http://www.salon.com/life/feature/1997/11/26harlot.html from here: http://randazza.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/mattel-finally-learns-how-to-chill/
Firefox add-on ‘LastPass’ saves all your passwords… aaahhhh, fiinally.
For a long long time, in a land far far away, I’ve been writing and remembering, and, yes, forgetting, my numerous and more than numerous passwords. Over time, as I subscribe to more and more password embellished sites and services my password scribbles and clever remembering tricks have gotten messy, tedious and burdensome. I have [...]
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