December 2007
65 posts
Leia sorta ruins Han’s classic “I know” line when she says it in ROTJ. She can’t come up with her own awesome line?
In case Screengrab! isn’t easy enough, Kwout is an interesting web-based take on it.
Three Minds wrote about EW.com’s “Best of the Web”, which highlights fan sites that complement the official websites of various entertainment outlets. I think they’re spot on regarding the value they represent and the shift of IP owners’ perception of them, but I was disappointed that so many of the sites were editorial in nature. Don’t get me wrong, as a Star...
“Interestingly, there was a strong CIA connection with PanAm…In JWT offices...”
– John Crawford
I’m watching my parents’ Roomba cruise around the kitchen. It’s creepy.
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated - oh no →
A little late, but I'm really impressed by Switchy... →
“To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that...”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
American University 67, Maryland 59 →
“And when they grab you with those metal claws, you can’t break...”
– Best part of the SNL commercial special
Enchanted was great! I’ll be disappointed if Disney doesn’t make it into a stage show. In that vein: Mamma Mia trailer.
John Maeda of MIT Media Lab = RISD President →
Why is an interviewee on a white background so appealing? It’s simplicity?
Dear Government, Please stop bailing out airlines. Otherwise, how will they ever change business models? Regards, Ed
paraphrased
Senior Mgmt: I'd like you to inject your eagerness into everyone here.
Me: That's what she said.
“You’re valuing the delivery system as opposed to the relationship and the...”
– David Byrne, in a chat with Thom Yorke about the value of music - jimray
Will it fly? How to Evaluate a New Product Idea →
WatchGame Mod — a six hour long workshop to show participants it’s not required to understand code to experiment and play with it. — courtneyc
Drum brushes and old recording fuzz.
It cracks me up to see Chuck Norris ads popping up, because you know that when they were pitched a year ago, Chuck Norris comedy was peaking. And now all that remains are the ironic Urban Outfitters t-shirts at the bottom of some bro’s closet.
“The operating principle of Futurama was that you can do a joke that 1 percent of...”
– David X. Cohen
Why Doesn't Xbox Live Have Age Matching? →
Outside of privacy concerns, this is a solid idea.
“Games that take film noir as a cue shouldn’t emulate the surface—...”
– Fullbright
“Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered...”
– Kevin Kelly
Milk desk →
WiiMe - twitter might be useful after all →
“Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.”
Facebook has a new system for rotating through photo albums. It’s much, much quicker than the old system.
I found my camera’s USB cable.
