Michael Wee Higgins
Some of these are better than others, but they all made me laugh.
Especially the bus one. Holy shit.
Monthly Archives: October 2011
L-Studio – The Desk
Since moving home and doing all my work on an easy chair, I’ve started to fetishize desks. This short video is all about the importance of a desk and what it says about the person who uses it. It’s not helping at all.
The Stallman Dialogues
There was some question in work about whether or not Richard Stallman is actually a plant by Microsoft — some long-game Manchurian Candidate shit — to discredit the free software movement. Evidence: Stallman’s rider for talks, Stallman’s personal FAQ, Stallman eating his own toe-jam.
The original iPod, 10 years later: a re-review
Ars Technica re-reviews the original iPod. Bottom line: “if you still have one of these original ones lying around, find a FireWire cable and plug it in. You might be surprised at how well it still works.”
Also, the industrial design of the first-gen iPod is still amazing.
How does the iPhone 4S camera stack-up against other cameras?
Great comparison of the cameras in each of the iPhones.
Generation X Doesn’t Want to Hear It
Generation X is sick of your bullshit.
In fairness, Generation X could use a better spokesperson. Barack Obama is just a little too senior to count among its own, and it has debts older than Mark Zuckerberg. Generation X hasn’t had a real voice since
Kurt Cobain blew his brains out,Tupac was murdered,Jeff Mangum went crazy,David Foster Wallace hung himself,Jeff Buckley drowned,River Phoenix overdosed,Elliott Smith stabbed himself (twice) in the heart, Axl got fat.
The Guardian iPad edition design evolution
The Guardian design team shows the various stages of the evolution of their iPad app. This is one of the most beautifully designed newspaper applications I’ve ever used – a perfect marriage of interface and content. I’ll definitely be subscribing.
Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera
What a neat idea.
How Vimeo Lost Me
This is unfortunate. Trauma is a beautiful game, and one that screenshots can’t do justice – you have to see the game in action to fully appreciate and understand it. I’m really sad to read about the amount of hassle the developer went through.
I appreciate Vimeo wanting to keep their site free from commercial abuse, but some of their rules honestly make me worry that pretty soon, their site will be nothing but videos of people testing their cameras.