jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
A fascinating companion to the recently posted book on how to build snow shelters is this 10-minute film produced by The National Film Board of Canada, How to Build an Igloo. readmore
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● How to Build an Igloo video
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
A fascinating companion to the recently posted book on how to build snow shelters is this 10-minute film produced by The National Film Board of Canada, How to Build an Igloo. readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
A fascinating companion to the recently posted book on how to build snow shelters is this 10-minute film produced by The National Film Board of Canada, How to Build an Igloo. readmore
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Mathematica's new image processing tools
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The new version of Mathematica does all sorts of cool image and video processing...you can just drag and drop images into your code to manipulate them. In my imagination, this seems like what one gets to do at Pixar all day. (via waxy) ( readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The new version of Mathematica does all sorts of cool image and video processing...you can just drag and drop images into your code to manipulate them. In my imagination, this seems like what one gets to do at Pixar all day. (via waxy) ( readmore
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Life lessons from designer Chris Pullman
(unknown author) via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Shared by Mahesh CR Reminds me of why I stay with the current project. We still have fights like cats and dogs but we agree to disagree! Chris Pullman was the VP of Design at WGBH in Boston for 35 years. Viewers of PBS will recognize Pullman's work in the opening title sequenc readmore
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(unknown author) via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Shared by Mahesh CR Reminds me of why I stay with the current project. We still have fights like cats and dogs but we agree to disagree! Chris Pullman was the VP of Design at WGBH in Boston for 35 years. Viewers of PBS will recognize Pullman's work in the opening title sequenc readmore
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Star Wars: A New Heap
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
On Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Robert Morris, Robert Smithson, Jane Jacobs, 2001, Star Wars, and minimalism: Star Wars: A New Heap. Kubrick's film presented a future of company men moving with assurance and clear intention toward a godlike minimalist object. Lucas, on the other hand, gave us a slapdash wo readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
On Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Robert Morris, Robert Smithson, Jane Jacobs, 2001, Star Wars, and minimalism: Star Wars: A New Heap. Kubrick's film presented a future of company men moving with assurance and clear intention toward a godlike minimalist object. Lucas, on the other hand, gave us a slapdash wo readmore
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● Search correlations with StateStats
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
StateStats is hours of fun. It tracks the popularity of Google searches per state and then correlates the results to a variety of metrics. For instance: Mittens - big in Vermont, Maine, and Minnesota, moderate positive correlation with life expectancy, and moderate negative correlation wi readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
StateStats is hours of fun. It tracks the popularity of Google searches per state and then correlates the results to a variety of metrics. For instance: Mittens - big in Vermont, Maine, and Minnesota, moderate positive correlation with life expectancy, and moderate negative correlation wi readmore
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A timeline of food
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
The Food Timeline shows which foods were invented when. Ok, not invented, exactly, but first eaten. A tasting menu: Pretzels, 5th century AD. Pork and beans, 1475. Foie gras, 1st century AD. Croissants, 1686. Chop suey, 1896. Popcorn, 3600 BC. Swedish meatballs, 1754. (via s readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
The Food Timeline shows which foods were invented when. Ok, not invented, exactly, but first eaten. A tasting menu: Pretzels, 5th century AD. Pork and beans, 1475. Foie gras, 1st century AD. Croissants, 1686. Chop suey, 1896. Popcorn, 3600 BC. Swedish meatballs, 1754. (via s readmore
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● Personal light cones
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
When I was born 35.2 years ago, a light cone started expanding away from Earth out into the rest of the universe (Minkowski space-temporally speaking, of course). Thanks to updates from Matt Webb's fancy RSS tool, I know that my personal light cone is about to envelop readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
When I was born 35.2 years ago, a light cone started expanding away from Earth out into the rest of the universe (Minkowski space-temporally speaking, of course). Thanks to updates from Matt Webb's fancy RSS tool, I know that my personal light cone is about to envelop readmore
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Ebert: down with celebrity culture
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Roger Ebert rails against our infantilizing celebrity obsessed media. The AP, long considered obligatory to the task of running a North American newspaper, has been hit with some cancellations lately, and no doubt has been informed what its customers want: Affairs, divorces, addiction, readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Roger Ebert rails against our infantilizing celebrity obsessed media. The AP, long considered obligatory to the task of running a North American newspaper, has been hit with some cancellations lately, and no doubt has been informed what its customers want: Affairs, divorces, addiction, readmore
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Comprehensive 2008 election round-up
(unknown author) via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Shared by spavis i'm glad the blogger did the round-up but, like kottke, i wish s/he'd archived the pages to avoid inevitable linkrot Created as a time capsule for future netizens, this gigantic list of reactions, analysis, and opinion surroun readmore
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(unknown author) via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Shared by spavis i'm glad the blogger did the round-up but, like kottke, i wish s/he'd archived the pages to avoid inevitable linkrot Created as a time capsule for future netizens, this gigantic list of reactions, analysis, and opinion surroun readmore
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Air Giulianis, NYC prison sneakers
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
From an article about a collection of businesses located near Riker's Island, this tidbit: the inmates refer to the prison-issued orange sneakers as Air Giulianis. Also: The food truck man, Mr. Samolis, said he often gives free food to inmates who are released from Rikers with no money."They get released at 6 readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
From an article about a collection of businesses located near Riker's Island, this tidbit: the inmates refer to the prison-issued orange sneakers as Air Giulianis. Also: The food truck man, Mr. Samolis, said he often gives free food to inmates who are released from Rikers with no money."They get released at 6 readmore
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● Film personality test
(unknown author) via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Shared by Jacob W Fargo, Royal Tennenbaums, [never seen any of them], Mallrats, Pulp Fiction, Full Metal Jacket, There Will Be Blood, [never seen any of them]. Ben Tesch proposes the following personality test: What I find most interesting is which movie peopl readmore
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(unknown author) via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Shared by Jacob W Fargo, Royal Tennenbaums, [never seen any of them], Mallrats, Pulp Fiction, Full Metal Jacket, There Will Be Blood, [never seen any of them]. Ben Tesch proposes the following personality test: What I find most interesting is which movie peopl readmore
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New fiction from David Foster Wallace
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Before his health deteriorated in the months before he died, David Foster Wallace was working on a larger work of fiction presumed by some to be a new novel, his first since the 1996 publication of Infinite Jest. Word comes from Chaffey College that "An Untitled Chunk" of that l readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Before his health deteriorated in the months before he died, David Foster Wallace was working on a larger work of fiction presumed by some to be a new novel, his first since the 1996 publication of Infinite Jest. Word comes from Chaffey College that "An Untitled Chunk" of that l readmore
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Carrying bricks on your head
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Video of a man carrying 20 bricks on his head. And that's not even the most amazing part...he just kinda throws the bricks up there while staying balanced. I don't know, this looks fake to me...my extensive block stacking experience over the past few months indicates that this sort of thing is impossible. (via readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Video of a man carrying 20 bricks on his head. And that's not even the most amazing part...he just kinda throws the bricks up there while staying balanced. I don't know, this looks fake to me...my extensive block stacking experience over the past few months indicates that this sort of thing is impossible. (via readmore
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American Dialect Society
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
The American Dialect Society is now accepting nominations for the word of the year of 2008. The best "word of the year" candidates will be:-new or newly popular in 2008-widely or prominently used in 2008-indicative or reflective of readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
The American Dialect Society is now accepting nominations for the word of the year of 2008. The best "word of the year" candidates will be:-new or newly popular in 2008-widely or prominently used in 2008-indicative or reflective of readmore
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Randy Farmer talks broken windows online
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
In this video interview, long-time online community expert Randy Farmer explicitly references the broken windows theory and its application to online spaces. He tells an anec readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
In this video interview, long-time online community expert Randy Farmer explicitly references the broken windows theory and its application to online spaces. He tells an anec readmore
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Best book cover design of 2008
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
The Book Design Review lists their favorite book covers for 2008. Go forth and drool. (link) readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
The Book Design Review lists their favorite book covers for 2008. Go forth and drool. (link) readmore
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● Does the broken windows theory hold online?
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
The Economist reports that experimental tests of the controversial "broken windows theory" of social behavior indicate that the theory is correct. The most dramatic result, though, was the one that showed a doubling in the number of people who were prepared to steal in a condition of disorder. readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
The Economist reports that experimental tests of the controversial "broken windows theory" of social behavior indicate that the theory is correct. The most dramatic result, though, was the one that showed a doubling in the number of people who were prepared to steal in a condition of disorder. readmore
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How to Build an Igloo
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Kevin Kelly reviews How To Build an Igloo (and other snow shelters). (link) readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Kevin Kelly reviews How To Build an Igloo (and other snow shelters). (link) readmore
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Muji Award 2008 results
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Results of the 2008 Muji Award design competition. Winning entries include a drinking straw made from straw, a garbage bag that stands up by itself (no can needed), and a stapler that gets that staple in the corner of the page every time. (thx, dj jacobs) ( readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Results of the 2008 Muji Award design competition. Winning entries include a drinking straw made from straw, a garbage bag that stands up by itself (no can needed), and a stapler that gets that staple in the corner of the page every time. (thx, dj jacobs) ( readmore
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Collect everything, indiscriminately
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
If you're young, know nothing, and are trying to understand the world, here's some good advice: Only Collect; that is to say, collect everything, indiscriminately. You're five years old. Don't presume too much to know what's important and what isn't. Photocopy journal articles, photograph archives; create readmore
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jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
If you're young, know nothing, and are trying to understand the world, here's some good advice: Only Collect; that is to say, collect everything, indiscriminately. You're five years old. Don't presume too much to know what's important and what isn't. Photocopy journal articles, photograph archives; create readmore
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