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Union music

By ⋅ September 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine came together again to lend their music and inspiration to the workers’ battle for a more just world. This happened on the seventh day of the Truth Tour 2007, at the House of Blues, Chicago, IL.

Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neil – League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

By ⋅ July 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By ⋅ July 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Long, gloves off (in a respectful way) interview with Steve Jobs. Covers a lot of ground and quite interesting.

“Work smarter, not harder”

By ⋅ March 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By ⋅ March 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By ⋅ March 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By ⋅ February 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By ⋅ December 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Simple and addictive. One of the 15 websites mentioned in ’15 websites that break the rules’

Hand becomes canvas for animal art

By ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By ⋅ November 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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/

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