Bookmarks for February 16, 2011
- Notes From The Zeitgeist: Get Your Sugar
Some absolutely beautiful prints of unlikely chracters done as calaveras. Particularly like the Pacman and Spy vs Spy ones.
Tag: art
Bookmarks for October 13, 2010
- the creative internet (106 things)
Possibly the single biggest and most interesting time-suck I've seen on the internet to date. I've run across a lot of these things before, individually, and the ones I know are very awesome, which makes me think the rest of them will be too. One to sit down with when you've got time to spare, and want to be blow away by the artistic cleverness of others.
- Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex « OkTrends
I adore OKTrends (OKCupid's stats analysis blog) out all measure. Especially when they prove bigots wrong with y'know, actual facts.
- Locals and Tourists – a set on Flickr
Photography heatmaps for various cities – things tourist take photos of compared to locals. Fascinating stuff.
Bookmarks for August 27, 2010
- Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking
On the one hand: I would cook almost nothing from this. And it is hugely, hugely expensive. On the other hand: it looks utterly fucking beautiful. I've never cooked anything from my Fat Duck book, either, but I love it…
- Company presses your ashes into vinyl when you die
This is utterly brilliant. If I haven't decided where I want to be scattered when I die, then I want this done. Completely superb.
- Steve Jobs Is Watching You: Apple Seeking to Patent Spyware | Electronic Frontier Foundation
This has done the rounds over the last week. Yes, I am profoundly annoyed about this. Yes, were it another company, I would probably be saying "well, I'm going to stop using their products" over this. And when Apple produce products that actively use this patent or similar technologies, I will avoid using them, and/or seek ways to circumvent them. Just, y'know, so we're clear that yes, I worry about the privacy-infringing moves of companies I like, too.
Bookmarks for August 9, 2010
- Introducing The NEW Sharpie LIQUID PENCIL | Sharpie Markers Official Blog
I believe that this will be relevant to the interests of a number of my friends.
- Poster | Joey Roth
This one's been doing the rounds, so you may have seen it. Contemplating getting one.
Bookmarks for July 22, 2010
- Why it's never too late to be a lesbian | Life and style | The Guardian
Fascinating article on the fluidity of sexuality – the idea that people, particularly women, can, in fact, switch from hetero- to homo-sexuality in different phases of their life – that it's possible to be sincerely heterosexual, and then later, sincerely homosexual without ever being bisexual, and without devaluing one's previous sexuality.
- America's Joyous Future
I laughed like a drain.
- Bookshelf Porn
I love my iPad – I'm carrying so many books around with me these days, and it is very liberating. But I also love my bookshelves. One day, I hope to have space for my books, but I accept that this may be a fools dream, and I may have to resign myself to an iPad-based future. In the meantime, I shall stare at this with envy.
- danah boyd | apophenia » MySpace and Facebook: How Racist Language Frames Social Media (and Why You Should Care)
I've been following boyd's research for a few years now, and have been particularly interested in her data regarding class/race/gender divides in social media use, and I really hope the rallying cry that she's putting out here has some effect, because I would really like to see people stop arguing over the scope the problem, and start talking about what can be done about it. "On the internet, no-one knows you're a dog" is both a triumph *and* a tragedy, and we need to start addressing that.
Bookmarks for May 25, 2010
- What have we today? (Phil Gyford’s website)
"A few inches of skirts, page three girls, children swearing, glue-sniffing and acid house parties. How will it end? Is this progress? " This has been my amusement for today.
- The Magical Menagerie
It turns out that sometimes good things *do* happen in Milton Keynes. I know, I'm as shocked as you. A new thing, by the people who did the Sultan's Elephant. If anyone fancies making a group trip out of it, Miranda and I have tickets for 3pm on the 31st of July.
Bookmarks for January 8, 2010
- Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
I think I must find some people, and somehow stage this. It would be *amazing*.
- Prices | Newspaper Club
12 people, stumping up less that 50 quid each could all get 40 copies of a 12 page full colour printed product that would be easily saleable for 1.50 plus P&P. That's a tabloid newspaper page to do with as you will, and ten quid in your pocket. Creative people out there: what would you fill your page with?
Bookmarks for December 10, 2009
- All the flim that's fit to flam.
This guys work has been doing the blog rounds today. That's because it's ace. When his store re-stocks, I will buy a thing from him.
- What deux yeux have teux deux teuxday?
SLight annoying french spelling aside – if their iphone app is half as nice as their web app, and if they expose an api at some point soon, then I think Things may have been supplanted as my favourite to-do list manager. This is bloody lovely.
- Facebook's New Privacy Changes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Electronic Frontier Foundation (via JWZ)
Essentially: whenever any of your friends posts an app, the developer of that app get all the data about *you* that they have access to. Facebook have completely fucked your privacy in the bin. I will be deleting my account at the end of the month, if they don't change it. (The only reason I'm not deleting it *today* is that I don't want to fuck people's social planning in the bin.) For refernce, after a bit of digging about in the privacy settings, despite the fact that I have my privacy locked down, under the new settings, here's what my friends were authorised to share about me, regardless of my profile settings: Personal info (activities, interests, etc.), Status udates,Online presence,Website,Family and relationship,Education and work,My videos,My links,My Notes,My photos,Photos and videos of me,About me,My birthday,My hometown. These setting were buried, and required extra password validaton to alter – they had gone out their way to make it hard. I'm done with them.
Bookmarks for October 27, 2009
- Imitator Sues Me to Overturn Copyrights: Please Help Defend My Art: John T Unger Artist's Portfolio
This is one that you might already have seen by the time this auto-posts – I have a feeling it's going to spread far and wide, because well, this poor sod is the victim of a shitehawk. Going to see if I can find the cash to spare to pledge myself – I really like the imp series her's producing.
Bookmarks for October 8, 2009
- The Berlin Reunion – The Big Picture
By the look of it, Royal de Luxe knocked it out of the park again. I really, really wish they'd come back to London. I mean, I know we got them a few yers ago, and everyone should get a turn too, but they really are a dose of pure magic, and I would love to seem them perform again.