Yahtzee gets personal with his review of Red Faction Guerrilla. As always, it’s at his Escapist column Zero Punctuation.
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.
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 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.
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 most all internet users!
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.
- Energy;
- Education;
- Sustenance;
- Health;
- Earth (or the environment);
- Flora and Fauna;
- Connectivity;
- Exchange; and
- Coexistence.
Yesterday they released the first three; Education, Energy and Sustenance. The others will be released in lots of three in the next few days Earth, Flora and Fauna, and Health have been released.
As is the case with everything GOOD does, the Harmony Roadmap is beautiful, informative and inspiring.
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.
Yesterday Senator Stephen Conroy announced the release of Australia’s Digital Economy: Future Directions, the result of consultation
The Australia’s Digital Economy: Future Directions paper outlines:
- why the digital economy is important for Australia
- the current state of digital economy engagement in Australia and why current metrics point to a need for strategic action
- the elements of a successful digital economy
- the role for the Government in developing Australia’s digital economy, and
- case studies of Australians who have successfully engaged with the digital economy from a diversity of industries including content, e-health, maps, banking, education, smart technology and citizen journalism.
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.
[ 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
Gimme more
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.
