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"Intelligence in women is a double-edged sword: too much of it, and men beat a hasty retreat. But you can never be too beautiful."
Pilgrim Soul writing on The Pursuit of Harpyness
Yahtzee gets personal with his review of Red Faction Guerrilla. As always, it’s at his Escapist column Zero Punctuation.
Anyone ever heard (of) VV Brown? Really liking her song “Crying Blood”.
#fuckthatscatchy
This is amazing! A paper calendar designed by Oscar Diaz Studios that uses ink spread through the paper cut out to indicate the day of the month. I want one!!
“Ink Calendar” make use the timed pace of the ink spreading on the paper to indicate time.The ink is absorbed slowly, and the numbers in the calendar are “printed” daily. One a day, they are filled with ink until the end of the month. A calendar self-updated, which enhances the perception of time passing and not only signaling it.
The ink colors are based on a spectrum, which relate to a “color temperature scale”, each month having a color related to our perception of the whether on that month. The colors range from dark blue in December to, three shades of green in spring or oranges, red in the summer.
The scale for measuring the “color temperature” that I have used is a standard called ‘D65’ and corresponds roughly to a midday sun in Western / Northern Europe.
The “Ink Calendar” was developed for “Gradual “, an exhibition featuring works, which were evolving during the exhibition time at the London Design Festival 2007.
♺ Nic Suzor’s Google Reader shared items.
Surveillance Self-Defense International
The Electronic Frontiers Foundation have released an activist ‘how to’ for using the internet to have a voice in authoritarian regimes. As they say, The guide outlines six basic ideas to help repressed people avoid coming under surveillance and censorship in authoritarian countries including assessing your risk, including making decisions about the communication tools and publishing platforms you use, avoiding malware and using encryption. If you ask me, this is good, practical advice for The internet remains one of the most powerful means ever created to give voice to repressed people around the world. Unfortunately, new technologies have also given authoritarian regimes new means to identify and retaliate against those who speak out despite censorship and surveillance.
most all internet users!
"In the complex web of our world, each part of the system affects all the others. Today, multiple areas need improvement."
GOOD magazine's roadmap to harmony
The world is a network of interrelated systems. If one goes down, they all do. And all systems are not “Go”. Through short video works, articles and their trade mark easy-to-understand infographics, GOOD Magazine have taken on the (huge) task of trying to map what’s going on in our world. Through nine thematic elements of the interconnected world and steer us towards a better and more harmonious future. Yesterday they released the first three; Education, Energy and Sustenance. As is the case with everything GOOD does, the Harmony Roadmap is beautiful, informative and inspiring.
The others will be released in lots of three in the next few days Earth, Flora and Fauna, and Health have been released.
4:06 PM · playing around with @Good Magazine’s harmony interactive roadmap. looks awesome! good info! http://tr.im/sK1X
Yahtzee reviews Overlord 2 this week in his Escapist column Zero Punctuation.
Future Directions of the Digital Economy released
Yesterday Senator Stephen Conroy announced the release of Australia’s Digital Economy: Future Directions, the result of consultation The report comes out of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia licence.The Australia’s Digital Economy: Future Directions paper outlines:
Tim Lossen reused my image in a presentation he gave recently.
[ Chit Chat ] Adam Greenfield Lecture
My tweets from this evening’s lecture ”The City The City Is Here For You To Use” by Adam Greenfield clipped together:
The lecture was held at the Roundhouse Theatre, La Boite, Level 5, The Works (Z2),Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland University of Technology, 6 – 8 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove (map) as part of NICTA’s Big Picture Seminar Series
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Main meal: If these tweets aren’t enough to fill you up, why not tuck into my blog entry about the lecture?
Follow: You should also follow Adam Greenfield on Twitter, @adamgreenfield.
Tag, you’re it: Search for the hashtag for what others were saying, #AdamGreenfieldLecture.
Bill Cosby in jelly shots
I am not sure why, but artist Andrew Salomone exhibited a portrait of Bill Cosby made out of jelly shots at Buoy Gallery in Kittery, Maine. Although his blog entry and his various interviews (here, here and here) about the exhibition don’t explain why, it is interesting (and includes a video ^_^). Attendees got to shot the jelly; as they got off their face they got rid of Bill’s face!
♺ Craftzine blog.
Amazing video clip for Sour’s “Hibi no Neiro” filmed using webcams. Directed by Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura and Masayoshi Nakamura. Although you’d more say ‘coordinated by’ rather than ‘directed by’.
From the YouTube blurb:
This music video was shot for Sour’s ‘Hibi no Neiro’ (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album ‘Water Flavor EP’. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam.
♺ Portable Content’s blog.
