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Art on Art: Brilliant Typography and Print

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:13:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco set to print / graphics by Robert Massin.

Clip Source: www.typogabor.com

La Cantatrice Chauve d'Eugene Ionesco, mise en scène par Robert Massin

Clip Source: www.typogabor.com

©design et typo, photos peter gabor; étude académique; reproduction interdite; réservée à usage strictement pédagogique

Tags: typography, book, ionesco, massin, design, drama, theatre, literature, print, ink

Computer viruses make it to orbit

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:12:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I wish my laptop can bring me to space too.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS).

Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG.

The worm was first detected on earth in August 2007 and lurks on infected machines waiting to steal login names for popular online games

Nasa said it was not the first time computer viruses had travelled into space and it was investigating how the machines were infected.

The ISS has no direct net connection and all data traffic travelling from the ground to the spacecraft is scanned before being transmitted.

It is thought that the virus might have travelled via a flash or USB drive owned by an astronaut and taken into space.

The space agency also plans to put in place security systems to stop such incidents happening in the future.

Nasa told Wired News that viruses had infected laptops taken to the ISS on several occasions but the outbreaks always only been a "nuisance".

Tags: science, technology, space, virus, computer, news, laptops, gammima.ag, travel

A Collection of Sublime and Sensual Smoke Art

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:12:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.darkroastedblend.com

Abstract, natural smoke meets electricity

Irene Muller examines the inner wisps and curls of colored smoke, producing photographs worthy to be framed in the process. See the whole series on her site.

Or the smoke that's produced in explosive interaction with electricity:

(image credit: Luiz Santos, Ohio University)

Lighting Matches - simple act, enhanced by artistic flair

(image credit: Mike Brook)

"Fire and smoke" set from Brent:

"One Strobe coming from the left and to the rear of the match. Shutter was set to capture ambient flame" -

(image credit: Josh Beeman)

Unintentional Shapes

(image credit: Maximilian Jaenicke)

Magical combination of smoke and sunrays in this photo, taken in a rice cracker bakery at Inle Lake in Myanmar

(image credit: Bas Uterwijk)

Burning incense sticks makes groovy "colored smoke" - a series by Graham Jeffery:

Thomas Herbrich has an excellent series "Smoke" on his site:

(image credit: Sharlene Shappart)

Photoshop Smoke Nirvana

retouched smoke dreams

demiart.ru)

Tags: smoke, photography, digital, photoshop, electricity, fire, gallery, heat, steam

The joy of taking some time out

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:22:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

Embrace the faff. Stare out of the window. Bend paperclips. Stand in the middle of the room trying to remember what you came downstairs for. Pace. Drum your fingertips. Move papers around. Hum. Look at the garden.Go to the shed with the intention of tidying up and instead fall asleep. Make mental notes. Read every single word of the newspaper - even the job ads - before getting down to work. Lose yourself in erotic reveries. Pat your pockets. Resolve to be more organised in future. Be useless.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular

The survey was carried out by the Learning and Skills Council, who, not surprisingly, argued we should instead use those three hours to Learn some Skills.

I beg to differ.

Faffing is when we disconnect from the matrix and idle for a while, like a car. Our body and spirit know deep down that human beings were not made for constant toil so subconsciously creates space through the mechanism of faffing.

Faffing of course does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.

Clearly these sorts of ideals are designed to make us faffers feel bad. Well, don't.

Faffing is completely harmless, whereas its opposite - dynamic, purposeful activity - is often very harmful. Faffers do not tend to kill people or make them work 12-hour days or sell them shoddy merchandise or lend them vast sums of money that they cannot pay back.

Tags: self, time, well-being, health, body, work, survey, opinion, advice, rest

I ♥ the whole world.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:22:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Boom de ah dah!

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

[Video]

People around the world have been creating their own versions of our 'Boom De Ah Dah' commercial and uploading them to YouTube.

Check here to see some

examples so far: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list...

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

dicsovery channel simpsons i love the whole world

[Video]

Tags: discovery, video, song, fun, people, earth, nature, life, work, nerdgasm

Wacky Sci-Fi “Laws”

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:14:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If that’s not enough for you, check out Wikipedia’s list of eponymous laws.

Clip Source: www.mentalfloss.com

1. Hanlon’s Razor (aka Hanlon’s Law)

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

2. Sturgeon’s Law

“Ninety percent of everything is crap.”

3. O’Toole’s Corollary of Finagle’s Law

“The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum.”

4. Clarke’s Three Laws

The third is by far the most famous:

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

5. Asimov’s Laws of Robotics

First law: A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Second law: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Third law: A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

There’s also a Zeroth Law.

6. The Dilbert Principle

the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.. (See also: the Peter principle

Tags: laws, science, science fiction, writers, humor, list, people, robots, work, life

Have you met Tan Hong Ming?

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:57:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: He's so cute.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

[Video]

Tags: commercial, television, children, perception, malaysia, video, cute, love, race, interview

Opt out of Yahoo and Google ads.

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:49:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If you don’t want those cookies, you can decline Yahoo’s here and Google’s here.

Clip Source: www.techcrunch.com

Yahoo And Google Now Let You Opt Out Of Ads (Because It’s Better Than Letting You Opt In)

All of a sudden, Yahoo and Google want to make it easy for you to opt out of their ad targeting on both their sites and across the Web.

Yahoo announced a new one-click opt-out policy today,

a direct response to Congressional scrutiny over the intrusiveness of online advertising and behavioral targeting.

Google’s announcement was buried in a blog post about Doubleclick cookies.

The truth is that both Yahoo and Google would rather take symbolic action themselves than be forced to take a more draconian one later. Who’s going to bother to opt out of ad targeting? Some people will, but the vast majority of people probably won’t. What would really mess up Yahoo’s and Google’s advertising ROIs is if Congress mandated that ad-targeting (via cookies) be opt-in. They’d surely get even fewer people opting in for those cookies than they will now get opting out. I know I’m too lazy to do either.

Tags: advertising, internet, web, privacy, options, yahoo, google, announcement, cookies

The Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies in Pictures

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:49:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.boston.com

Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance. (24 photos total)

Tags: china, beijing, photography, olympics, sports, photos, collection, gallery, event, performance

Film-Philosophy

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:21:06 GMT

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Clip Source: www.film-philosophy.com

Founded in November 1996, Film-Philosophy is an international academic journal dedicated to philosophically reviewing film studies, philosophical aesthetics, and world cinema. The email salon encourages discussion of related topics. The journal is published three times per year and is fully peer-reviewed.

Clip Source: www.film-philosophy.com

Volume 1, 1997

Volume 2, 1998

Volume 3, 1999

Volume 4, 2000

Volume 5, 2001

Volume 6, 2002

Volume 7, 2003

Volume 8, 2004

Volume 9, 2005

Volume 10, 2006

Volume 11, 2007

If you would like to submit an article or review for consideration, please go to our submissions page.

Tags: resource, film, papers, reviews, movies, entertainment, studies, journals, theory, ideas

Learn to solve the Rubik's cube

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:20:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...or use scissors. Make it sexy.

I wonder what speed cubers think of this.

Clip Source: www.xkcd.com

Frustration

Tags: rubiks cube, xkcd, randall munroe, comics, web, bra, women, clothing, puzzle, humor

Culture Machine: Generating Research in Culture & Theory

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:20:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

The aim of Culture Machine is to seek out and promote the most provocative of new work, and analyses of that work, in culture and theory from a diverse range of international authors. Culture Machine is particularly concerned to promote research which is engaged in the constitution of new areas of inquiry and the opening of new frontiers of cultural and theoretical activity. It is also committed to the generation of possibilities for new scholarship and research.

Clip Source: culturemachine.tees.ac.uk

Culture Machine is a series of experiments in culture and theory.

Clip Source: culturemachine.tees.ac.uk

The Journal

CULTURE MACHINE 9 (2007)
Recordings

Edited by
Paul Hegarty and Gary Genosko

Editorial Recordings

Eugene Thacker Pulse Demons

Greg Hainge Vinyl is Dead, Long Live Vinyl: The Work of Recording and Mourning in the Age of Digital Reproduction

Paul Hegarty The Hallucinatory Life of Tape

Jérôme Hansen Mapping the Studio (Fat Chance Matmos): Sonic Culture, Visual Arts and the Artist's Studio

Gary Genosko 8 Track Rhapsody

Ross Harley and Andrew Murphie Rhythms and Refrains: A Brief History of Australian Electronica

Dan Hays Painting in the Light of Digital Reproduction

Clip Source: culturemachine.tees.ac.uk

Issue 1 (1999) Taking Risks With The Future

Issue 2 (2000) The University Culture Machine

Issue 3 (2001) Virologies: Culture and Contamination

Issue 4 (2002) The Ethico-Political Issue

Issue 5 (2003) The e-Issue

Issue 6 (2004) Deconstruction is/in Cultural Studies

Issue 7 (2005) Biopolitics

Issue 8 (2006) Community

Tags: resources, culture, studies, theory, papers, discussion, ideas

For mousie - Baconshirts.com

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:46:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.baconshirts.com

Piglet to Pork Chop: An Idea Comes to Life

Bacon Shirts is the pig child of Amy Curran, Jordan Lev and Warren Zimmerman. Their mutual love for fried strips of pig tummies inspired the original “I ‘heart’ Bacon” shirts and the subsequent editions shown here.

Clip Source: www.baconshirts.com

About the Artists

Jason Kessel created the strip of bacon illustration on a dare. He is an artist and designer working in San Diego, CA. Digital Graphics and Animation

Stephen Trusty illustrated the butcher diagram with Amy Z's art direction. Stephen is a 3d Illustrator currently working in Portland, OR. StephenTrusty.googlepages.com

Tags: bacon, mousie, food, death, clothes, print, design

Thai school offers transsexual toilet

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:28:51 GMT

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Thailand is well known for its tolerance of transgender men, and they are very visible in everyday life. Sex-change surgery has become a speciality of the Thai health industry, and it is relatively inexpensive; patients come here from all over the world for the operation.

Despite their high profile in Thailand, transsexuals complain that they are still stereotyped - they can find work easily enough as entertainers, in the beauty industry, the media, or as prostitutes, but it is much harder to become a transgender lawyer or investment banker.

And their biggest complaint is that they cannot change their legal status.

Despite a proposal during the drafting of a new constitution last year, to allow them to change the gender on their identity cards, this has not yet been approved.

What the third toilet looks like [video].

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Kampang is proud of its toilets. Spotless, and surrounded by flowering tropical plants, they have won national awards for cleanliness.

But there is something else about them too. Between the girls' toilet and the boys', there is one signposted with a half-man, half-woman figure in blue and red.

The headteacher, Sitisak Sumontha, estimates that in any year between 10% and 20% of his boys consider themselves to be transgender - boys who would rather be girls.

"They used to be teased every time they used the boys' toilets," he said, "so they started using the girls' toilets instead. But that made the girls feel uncomfortable. It made these boys unhappy, and started to affect their work."

So the school offered to build the transgender boys their own facility, and they welcomed it.

The pupils have to wear boys' uniforms, but use feminine accessories

Tolerance, said Suttirat, is not the same thing as acceptance.

Tags: gender, society, asia, thailand, discrimination, news, toilets, school, transsexuals, culture

What startups can learn from Haruki Murakami

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:11:51 GMT

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Clip Source: www.readwriteweb.com

The elements of his work and life story are inspirational and (here's where ReadWriteWeb comes in) particularly applicable when you're running a startup. Therefore in this post, we take a look at what modern technology startups can learn from this Japanese literary master.

Find Your Passion and Commit to it

Whether you're a blogger or software engineer, you've experienced the same feeling: a blog post that has to be written; a piece of code that needs to exist. These moments of clarity are precious and we should follow them whenever possible.

Stick With What You Know

It is better to start a company around the topic you're an expert in or know a lot about. This will give you an edge and ensure you're not wasting your time.

Start Even and Finish First

startups are more like marathons, so pace yourself.

Never Settle and Always Seek Creativity

the artist needs to reinvent himself, so also do startups.

Tags: startup, murakami, literature, technology, writer, tips, entrepreneur, web, books, inspiration