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17 June 2007 with no comments
I’ve been busy with projects, the job search, and packing up the apartment lately. Obviously, I haven’t kept up with the blog.
Fujiya & Miyagi’s new music video for Ankle Injury
Kids + Money in LA: Excerpts from a NYTimes Magazine special short documentary.
In the spring of 2007, Lauren Greenfield conducted interviews with Los Angeles teenagers on the subject of money and how it affects their lives.
It was just boys walking: Dave Eggers on writing his recent novel in Guardian Unlimited Books.
Creative Review looks at design for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
CNNMoney.com on Facebook’s recently released open application platform
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6 June 2007 with no comments
60 Years of Magnum photography: A Gallery. Wallpaper.com is also celebrating the “Magnum Festival” with a gallery of its own.
The National performs a live set and follows up with an interview on Spinner. (video and audio downloads available)
Apple iPhone ads - Nice to see it in action
Camino updates to 1.5: download the newest update for the speediest mac web browser around
Microsoft previews Photosynth as part of Microsoft Live at TED
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5 June 2007 with no comments
1971 - Concert for Bangladesh:
2002 - Concert for George:
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31 May 2007 with 2 comments
The New York Times featured a great piece on the essential starter pieces for a “No-Frills Kitchens” a few weeks ago, and I finally got around to watching the accompanying Minimalist video podcast. With a budget of just under $300, Mark Bittman takes you into Bowery Restaurant Supply to find everything you need for most cooking tasks.
Minimalist video podcast feed link
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31 May 2007 with no comments
San Francisco in Ruins - A high-resolution image taken while floating above the city after the great fire.
CJR: Who Owns What - Columbia Journalism Review recently updated their excellent online resource of mainstream media ownership.
Video: The National plays “Gospel” on a sailboat - A “Take Away Show” outtake
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31 May 2007 with no comments
In case you missed yesterday’s big launch, Microsoft released Microsoft Surface, a dynamic, multi-touch, “natural” interface initially aimed for use at hotels, kiosks, and casinos. I didn’t think anyone was close to releasing something like this onto the market, and it was quite a surprise to see Microsoft leading the way with this new combination of hardware/software.
Microsoft launched a site showing the capabilities, history, and design of Surface, and don’t miss the video coverage and tech demo from Popular Mechanics.
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30 May 2007 with no comments
BBC News announces the CBS purchase of online social music site of last.fm for $280 million. Included in the agreement, last.fm will retain its current identity and management. It will be interesting to see how corporate ownership will affect the music service.
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20 May 2007 with no comments
Wong Kar-wai’s newest film debuted at Cannes last week. His first English-language film, My Blueberry Nights stars Natalie Portman, Norah Jones, Rachel Weisz, David Strathairn, and Jude Law.
Hi-res screen captures from the film are up at /film. Here’s the trailer and more from imdb. Hopefully the film gets a decently sized release here, because it would be great to finally see a Wong Kar-wai film in a theatre.
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20 May 2007 with no comments
M. Ward plays “Chinese Translation” live on Conan with special guests Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, and Jim James. The track is from M. Ward’s recent album, Post-War.
youtube link
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19 May 2007 with no comments
The National performs two songs from their new album live on MTV: “Mistaken for Strangers” and “Apartment Story.”
The Definitive Guide to Semantic Web Markup for Blogs - With all the talk of web standards in recent years, many would assume that most popular blogging and content managements systems would be leading the way in adhering to Web standards and search engine optimization practices. Unfortunately, most fail the basic XHTML tests. Pearsonified offers a helpful resource for all the web designers looking to markup correctly.
Design by Grid - Here’s another resource/showcase for grid-design on the web. Full of tutorials, helpful articles, and don’t miss the grid calculator.
Darwin Correspondence Project - The University of Cambridge just recently launched an astounding archive of thousands of Charles Darwin’s letters.
It took ten years to carry out a systematic search for additional material, to obtain copies, and to transcribe all known letters into an electronic format. This resulted in the creation of the extensive computerised archive which now forms the basis for editorial work, and of the Project’s Online Database… To date, the project has located, both in libraries and in private collections, a total of around 14,500 letters exchanged by Darwin and nearly 2000 correspondents around the world between 1821 and his death in 1882.
Visit the about section to learn more about the project’s history and the amount of work involved.
