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All around the world - Franny Wentzel - Thursday, May 6th, 2010 : goo [previous] :: [next] In the early part of the 20th century French-Jewish capitalist Albert Kahn set about to collect a photographic record of the world, the images were held in an 'Archive of the Planet'. Before the 1929 stock market crash he was able to amass a collection of 180,000 metres of b/w film and more than 72,000 autochrome plates, the first industrial process for true colour photography
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This morning’s New York Times features a story on a group of NYU undergraduates working on a would-be Facebook killer called Diaspora* , the software for which “will let users set up their own personal servers, called seeds, create their own hubs and fully control the information they share.” The article is a neat read both for the specifics of the proposal and the anti-Facebook sentiment it highlights amongst young’uns in the tech community; it also marks what may be the first time a dirty UNIX joke has managed to sneak into the hallowed pages of the Times . A tipster draws our attention to the writing on the left side of the chalkboard behind the students: “TOUCH GREP UNZIP MOUNT FSCK FSCK FSCK UMOUNT.” Wait a second: That’s not intelligible code!
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You Couldn't Make This Up Dept: "Why is Mars' Moon Phobos Hollow
Mars' Moon Phobos has been analyzed as being one-third hollow according to European Space Agency reports, which has triggered some wild and utterly fascinating rumors and speculation that we've featured below. From "The Phobos Blog" -- published on March 25th: General , Science 25 March, 2010 17:21 Radio science result from 2008 Phobos Flyby now accepted for publication: We report independent results from two subgroups of the Mars Express Radio Science (MaRS) team who independently analyzed Mars Express (MEX) radio tracking data for the purpose of determining consistently the gravitational attraction of the moon Phobos on the MEX spacecraft, and hence the mass of Phobos.
Introducing Loremify / Tobias Bjerrome Ahlin
Loremify is a one-click tool to copy Lorem Ipsum . It lets you wrap in html, specify the amount of text, and copy it to your clipboard—all in one click. It runs as a Dashboard Widget in Mac OS X, and is a mere 209kb download .
TabJacking le phishing qui va piquer !
Le Tabjacking, nouvelle technique destiné à usurper les informations privées des utilisateurs du cyber espace. Oublier les faux mails, les fausses demandes de la part de votre banque, ou toute autres techniques oldschool de phishing. Avec le tabjacking ( qui n’est qu’a l’état de Proof Of Concept) l’internaute ouvre une page qu’il croit saine, puis continu sa navigation en switchant sur différents onglets, ouvrant d’autres sites. Puis lorsque l’internaute retournera sur le premier onglet sans qu’il s’en aperçoive le site aura totalement changé de look ( titre, contenu, image) pour se faire passer pour un service légitime (google,paypal,etc…) Cette technique est d’autant plus dangereuse que l’internaute ne voit absolument rien et ne voit pas venir le piège, il va donc croire que sa session a expirée et va s’identifier de nouveau mais sur le faux site.In 2010 we are seeing the continued mainstreaming of everyday goods and services onto the internet. As everything becomes virtual, the internet becomes the first port of call when a person needs a new good or requires a new service. More and more people, from all walks of life, are becoming familiar with the internet. Particularly in the last year, as smart-phones introduce the concept of web-services to people who would not normally have exposure to an internet connected computer.
Upcoming Trends of Web Design in 2010
The News Diamond reimagined as ‘The Digital News Lifecycle’ | On
Here’s a wonderful reimagining of the News Diamond from the first part of my Model for a 21st Century Newsroom . Gaurav Mishra’s diagram (shown above) takes my rhombus (shown below) and plots it against two axes. It’s rather lovely. Helpfully, however, Mishra takes the concept forward a little.
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The Myth of Music Ownership
Now, on the surface, that's a fairly provocative statement, seemingly designed to inflame music industry lawyers, and encourage outraged comments from audiophile readers. But it is actually intended to demonstrate/debunk an illogical yet widely-held belief, illustrate a precipitating technology trend, and put the idea of "my music" into historical perspective. The ability to record and playback music is really quite a recent occurence, when you consider the span of human existence on planet Earth.
My year on Match.com I'd done so many scary things in my life, but this might be the scariest. At the age of 58, I joined a dating site Anne Lamott Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 11:00 AM UTC Life Life stories , Love and Sex
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Thoughts on Creativity and Design Process | Abduzeedo | Graphic
I will start this post off by saying that everybody is creative and for some that might come as a surprise, but I believe in the idea of creativity as a means of solving problems; the easiest and most efficient way possible. When I say easy I'm referring to the timeframe that it takes to complete the task, and efficient to how well received the work is from the target audience. But the question is what to do when we cannot come up with any good idea or the so terrified creative block.Michael Zerang: Reviews
CHICAGO TRIBUNE Friday, February 24, 1995 Section: News Column: Arts Plus, Theater PUPPETRY BRINGS WHALE TALE TO LIFE By Lawrence Bommer, Special to the Tribune Framed by an ornate proscenium arch and hidden by a supple plastic scrim, splendid sea creatures swim. (Actually, they are elaborate rod puppets manipulated by masked Kabuki-like figures.) Subtle lighting turns a sperm whale into a mysterious denizen floating freely in these strange plastic depths. It's an early, awesome moment in Redmoon Theatre's "Moby-Dick," a co-production with Pegasus Players.Feeding Greed - a major pastime
So this is Christmas! I haven't been on for a while and now, in the late evening of Christmas day, I have a strange feeling of forebodance which urges me to write. A feeling born, I'm certain, out of nothing in particular but more from something general and omni-present. 2009 has been a very tough year for many of us and the troubles are not over yet. Our world is in a seriously sick state despite the wonderful things being achieved by some world leaders for care in this time of ill health. Unfortunately, greed is not only ever-present but growing stronger every day as per its nature and, here in the west at any rate, we are fueling its needs like never before!10 Things I Think I Think About 2010
We all do this. With the year coming to a close we all think forward and prognosticate about what the future will hold. To call 2009 an amazing year for our industry would be an enormous understatement. We’re going to see even more progress in 2010.Apple
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