Categorie: Links
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Links voor 24 mei 2011
Leona Anderson’s “Music To Suffer By”The record’s presentation reveals Leona’s high musical literacy and a sense of humor and class, elevating her mock-opera collection above mere parody. Rather too sophisticated for outsider music, Music To Suffer By is oddly enchanting largely because of Leona’s self-awareness. She knew she wasn’t capable of ever learning how to…
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Links van 23 mei 2011 tot 24 mei 2011
Acne science: What makes pimples so peculiar to people? – By Jesse Bering – Slate MagazineHumans are pimply. It's part of what sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. While it's true that some form of acne vulgaris affects other species—it's been found in some Mexican hairless dogs and induced experimentally in…
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Links voor 22 mei 2011
Social Games vs Multiplayer Games: A Commentary on Raph Koster’s Social Mechanics PresentationI thought that since I’m not at GDC, it might be interesting to write a review-from-afar. I looked at the core of his ideas, many of which center around cooperative gameplay, then raised questions over whether they were appropriate to the social game…
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Links voor 22 mei 2011
How to spot a psychopath | Jon Ronson | Books | The GuardianFrom Broadmoor to boardroom, they're everywhere, says Jon Ronson, in an exclusive extract from his new book
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Links voor 20 mei 2011
Macho Man Randy Savage Dies In Car Accident | TMZ.comOh man… RIP.
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Links voor 19 mei 2011
ASCII by Jason Scott / FaceFactsJust as viruses took the advantages of sharing information on floppies and modems and revealed a devastating undercarriage to the whole process, making every computer transaction suspect… and just as spyware/malware took advantage of beautiful advances in computer strength and horsepower to turn your beloved machine of expression into a…
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Links voor 15 mei 2011
Looks like we’ll FINALLY get to see (some of) Jodorowsky’s Dune | BlastrRemember Alejandra Jodorowsky, the crazy guy who tried to bring Dune to the big screen way before David Lynch even thought of it? Jodorowsky could have created the most awesome Dune adaptation ever, but something got in his way—and it's time to find…
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Links voor 14 mei 2011
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Links van 12 mei 2011 tot 13 mei 2011
Snake Oil? The scientific evidence for health supplements Ned Wenlock: “Apache” for Danger Beach | Motionographer | Digital Filmmaking, Animation, Motion Graphics, Design, Film, Visual Effects and Experimental Moving Image StorytellingThe video was created in After Effects with imported files from Illustrator, textured in photoshop. I had 3 main comps that ran the length of…
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Links voor 11 mei 2011
iFlowReader closingWe put our faith in Apple and they screwed us. This happened even though we went to great lengths to clear our plans with Apple because we did not want to make this substantial investment of time and money blindly. Apple's response to our detailed inquiries was to tell us that our plans did…
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Links van 10 mei 2011 tot 11 mei 2011
AppleInsider | Adobe releases Photoshop companion apps for Apple’s iPadAdobe's three Photoshop CS5 companion applications for iPad — Adobe Ezel, Nav and Color Lava — are now available for purchase on the App Store. Artificial grammar learning reveals inborn language sense | Johns Hopkins University – The GazetteParents know the unparalleled joy and wonder of…
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Links van 9 mei 2011 tot 10 mei 2011
The Ark In Space: Manul – the Cat that Time ForgotHave you ever wanted to take a trip through time to see what animals looked like millions of years ago? When it comes to cats there is little or no need. This beautiful specimen is a Manul, otherwise known as Pallas’s Cat. About twelve million…
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Links voor 8 mei 2011
Guernica / Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s DeathChomsky zegt het zoals het is: "There is much talk of bin Laden’s “confession,” but that is rather like my confession that I won the Boston Marathon. He boasted of what he regarded as a great achievement."
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Links voor 7 mei 2011
The ALIEN Theme: Disco Version | Badass DigestIt’s Friday and you’re ready to dance into your weekend. What better way than a discofied version of the theme to Alien, by a group who calls themselves Nostromo? Released as a 12 inch in 1979, this song seems to have quickly faded into obscurity, but the folks…
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Links voor 6 mei 2011
Argentine Ant Control – Tom Junod on Ant Infestation – EsquireI was never the first to see them until they became all that I saw. My daughter would see them before I did because she lived at their level and has good eyes. My wife would see them before I did because she was the…