Creatively Distracted
Creatively Distracted
I’ve been cruising the internet for video of women’s volleyball and came across this wonderful synopsis of the Japan vs. USSR game during the ’64 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The editing is quite good, and wonderfully conveys the tension of…
If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching Sita Sings the Blues, then I recommend it highly. It is animated as beautifully as 10,000 lotuses. More importantly, it is being made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license by…
Over at BLDGBLOG Geoff Manaugh writes in “Inhaling 9/11” about the broad range of toxins inhaled by NYC residents during and since 9/11, and what has rained back down on the surrounding area to enter the soil and waterways. Reflecting…
While reading this month’s issue of Print, or some magazine of similar content, an article about the new kids’ show Yo Gabba Gabba caught my eye. Not being a kid, or even having any can be a huge disadvantage, particularly…
Death Proof is going in my book as the most entertaining chick-flick of all time, and my new favorite movie – hands down. Mind you, that I am not a huge Quentin Tarantino fan either – well I was until…
15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography – a collection of sites displaying informed treatment of type, collected by ilovetypography – another really great site. Yes, I know everyone is linking to this today but it is really good, so I…
Aside from having the coolest name, Human Brain Cloud is an insidiously addictive word association game that gratifies the information-lover in all of us by displaying results as an interactive word map. I guarantee that if you try it you…
Oskope is a visual search tool that searches Flickr, Amazon, YouTube, and Ebay (though I couldn’t get the Ebay search to return anything). While searching Flickr I fist searched for images tagged Second Life and found a few really great…
For a number of months now I have been using Dark Firefox, a custom about:blank style. Used in conjunction with the Stylish plugin it replaces the basic blank about:blank page with a dark screen and blue Firefox logo. Very sharp,…
SkreemR – An MP3 search engine that has returned some interesting podcasts. BM Custom WordPress Login Plugin – Create your own unique login screen for your WordPress installation. View Examples. Name that Color – a color selector that returns the…
If you think Dandelife is cool, then you should consider buying one of their t-shirts. The blogging platform/social network, set apart by its use of graphical timelines and convenient widgety things like a connector to Flickr, apparently has been a…
Not that I want to be an engadget re-blog weenie, but the news is too good not to share. It is always great when technology prices drop right along with form factor. The Model 02 of the OQO is touting…
Training has taken a turn for the worse over the past two weeks. My overzealous enthusiasm for running has left me with a text book case of tendinitis in my Achilles tendon, and training has officially halted after reading it…
There isn't much to say about this week other than, "OMG can I please stop being busy for a little bit?" I think the answer is yes, and I'm counting on it seeing as how we have a holiday right…
I guess I was feeling artsy this week, or in need of things that are gratuitously artistic. Last night I picked up a copy of The Architecture of Happiness and really could have spent the whole night reading it. Each…
Saturday was the end of a landmark 50mi week for me which ended successfully, but today’s long run was definitely a challenge and quite a learning experience. In an attempt to introduce more elevation and get on some trails I…
Walk2Web is an incredibly addictive (though not time efficient) web-based surfing tool that allows you visually browse the internet using links that connect one website to the next. As if that wasn't engaging enough, it is also possible to create…
This Sunday was my fourth long run – or at least what I would consider to be long – a whopping 24 miles. Still a few miles short of marathon distance, but that will come in time. Things I have…
I’m seriously thinking about changing the Funtime Friday post to Super Silly Saturdays seeing as how I have rarely managed to actually make a Funtime Friday post on a Friday. On the other hand, Fridays are becoming fun again now…
A few weeks ago my middle sister came to visit for a week and it was wonderful to have so much of her undivided attention. Now, the members of my family are natural runners. That’s not to say all of…
Spell with Flickr lets you spell anything using photos of text found on Flickr. Man, my name is long.
Design Within Reach is now selling an Airstream model with its own brand of design flair. When I first read about it I was irritated. To me, RVs of all shapes and sizes represent everything that is wrong with consumers…
It has been crazy at work and all the way around, so posting has been scarce. At times like this, coffee is a must at all times of the day. Fortunately, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his trusty assistant Beaker are…
On the way home yesterday I stopped into Tokyo Express – Sushi To Go to pick up something for dinner. It is on the corner of College and Old Steese and I saw it for the first time last week…
If you know me and I have trapped you in a conversation about RSS feeds and feed readers at some point… but I didn’t make any sense and sounded like some crazy lady… and you politely smiled and nodded in…
While I can’t help but make fun of novelty bake ware, the Recipes page on the Baker’s Edge website all sound extremely tasty right about now… Ganache and Peanut Butter Layered Brownies Rocky Road Brownies Friendship Bars Bailey’s Cheesecake Bars…
del.icio.us Network Explorer – A visualization tool written in Processing that allows you to explore common connections among you, your network , and networks of others on del.icio.us. Macro.scopia – Another Pipes-like webapp tha allows you to mash data together…
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…
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…
Links that should have been posted 23 Mar: Sphelar: A spherical solar cell with the ability to utilize indirect light Koral Content Collaboration: Share documents with a group and manage versions. [via] Infrastructures and Their Discontents: Implications for Ubicomp: A…