NYT Nod to New Words
I should really start reading the NYT. There is a consistent two week lag between the time they publish an article and I discover it though my network. That seems a bit too much of a delay for me, so…
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Terragen Lanscape Generator
While reading this morning I came across Terragen from a description of a Joan Fontcuberta project mentioned on BLDGBLOG. Terragen is landscape generation software that is available as a free download for non-commercial use, but that also has a number…
Raving in Kaneva
OMG, the residents of Kaneva are raving lunatics – literally. I signed up for an account and revisited my profile to find 21 strangers had raved me. I think I missed something in that world and need to go back…
Comparisons Using the Universcale
The Universcale, a comparative visualization of the size of objects in our universe, strikes me initially as a combination of concepts similar to the old Eames Powers of 10 movie and the Starship Comparison chart. The interface uses flash to…
DWR Announces Champagne Winners
Design Within Reach has announced the winners of their Champagne Chair design contest. Entrants were asked to design a chair using the components of a champagne bottle. The winners are posted and there is a link to runners up there…
Color, Macs and Online Images
Don MacAskill of SmugMug has posted a nice little explanation of how thoughtful Macs can be when viewing *some* images on the web. He also provides guidance if you prefer to not have your Mac control your mind.
Sleeeep
A company named Zyren has an interesting "clock" that they are marketing as the sleep system Night Cove that controls the ambient light in your environment. As a huge fan of sleep I can only imagine the endless hours of well managed, scientifically crafted sleep it could provide - just the thing for the wonky winter nights in Alaska. Despite my torrid love affair with sleep I remember the days when I was a morning person and I miss them. [via]
The Wisdom of Six
...on The Meaning of 8. The Sneeze is featuring a review of Cloud Cult's new album The Meaning of 8 - by the resident 6-year old and music guru. Overall he gives an enthusiastic thumbs up and provides some pure insight. It is an absolute joy to read.
While your over at The Sneeze check out "Steve Don't Eat It" where all your questions about the strange mystery food on the grocery shelves are answered - or where you are just grossed out.
Super Happy Fun Time Friday
Things that have caught my eye today that I wish I had time to look at more, but will probably have to wait until I get home because of all the things that need to get finished before the weekend…
Death and Meta
Cemetery 2.0 is a concept that links burial plots to online repositories of information about the deceased. Information is connected to the physical resting place so that visitors may access the surviving artifacts of that person. This project is a…
Read/Write Reality
The advent of the read/write web is a topic that comes up frequently where I work. Likewise, community contribution and knowledge sharing is popular among people I come into contact with online too, but I don't run into too many people in real life, outside of work, who care much about the idea at all.
Make Your Next Vacation Virtual
Synthravels wants to be your virtual travel agency the next time you plan a vacation.
Tim Berners-Lee Misrepresented By The Guardian
On his blog, Tim Berners-Lee has posted clarification to a recent interview with The Guardian so that his thoughts would be accurately represented.
Just What IS iospace Doing?
This is a question I have been mulling in my head for a few weeks now - somewhat passively...and certainly not so much that I would call and interrogate
Links from This Weekend
Power Plastic from Konarka:
Light activated plastic (or more specifically, a nano-enabled polymer photovoltaic material) as an alternative energy source. This technology
Something Old?
This month's issue of Dwell has an interview with Andrew Dent, material scientist and VP of Material ConneXion.
YouTube Nostalgia
It occasionally happens that I find myself sucked into YouTube, hopelessly lost down multiple rabbit trails wasting hours at a time. There is no longer a need for TV. Somehow, this past weekend I landed on episode one of Saiunkoku…
Vacation and the RV Culture
There is a sub-culture in the States that until a few years ago, I had been oblivious to – RV-ers. The most obvious indicator that you are near a member of this religion is a 10 to 40 foot-long behemoth…
Blackboard Awarded Patent for LMS Technology
What is this? On 26 July 2006 Blackboard announced that they had been awarded the patent for eLearning technology (no. 6,988,138). Upon reading this patent it occurs to me that they have pretty much patented the concept of the LMS.…