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Entries for April 2005
Short slideshow of chef tattoos
Short slideshow of chef tattoos. My favorites are Jill Barron’s “Duckfat” (“I love duck fat,” she explains) and “Pork!”
Kevin, though a little biased, is pretty
Kevin, though a little biased, is pretty much on target in his analysis of Hammersley’s Guardian piece about Yahoo being the new Google. If Yahoo! has any great advantage, it’s media-related.
Man recreates the movie Rocky
Man recreates the movie Rocky. I laughed so hard watching this that actual tears were streaming down my face.
Icon magazine lists the 21 most influential people,
Icon magazine lists the 21 most influential people, organisations, and products affecting the contemporary design landscape. Ikea is #1, blogs are #9.
Star Wars, A New Hope
I didn’t realize how much the recent two Star Wars movies had sullied my once-fond memories of the first three films until I sat down to watch the original Star Wars. The acting is marginal at best and the story is a little clunky in places, but that’s really beside the point, isn’t it? The special effects have been digitally retouched and remastered on the DVD, but even without all that, I can see why SW was such a huge deal when it appeared in theatres in the late 70s. Space opera indeed. And the last scene with the X-Wing fighters and the Death Star — don’t worry, I won’t give the ending away if you haven’t seen it — I’ve seen that scene about 30 times and it never fails to entertain; I know every line by heart almost and I was still on the edge of my seat.
A Lego Steve Jobs giving a keynote (with Keynote)
A Lego Steve Jobs giving a keynote (with Keynote).
The only April Fools “joke” from today
The only April Fools “joke” from today worth linking to: Sixfoo! 660, a social networking site for social networking sites. “Make the same lists of crap you made somewhere else last week, send out a BLAMMO, crush on an indie chick and abandon it all after only 12 days. See a confusing example.”
Sign in the window at the UPS
Sign in the window at the UPS Store: “UPS driver, please drop off package next door at the florist”.
Lengthy interview with Bill James, father of
Lengthy interview with Bill James, father of sabermetrics, about the Red Sox, the old days, and more.
Using a bit of science for the
Using a bit of science for the high art of distracting free throw shooters. “If fans behind the backboard waved their balloons from side to side in unison, opposing players would perceive a field of background motion” and (over)compensate for that motion by shooting against the direction of the balloon motion at the time of the shot.
Inc. Magazine’s Twenty Six Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs
Inc. Magazine’s Twenty Six Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs. Ray Kurzweil, Diane von Furstenberg, Craig Newmark, Michael Dell, Martha Stewart, etc.
Clay Shirky rants about the absurd US
Clay Shirky rants about the absurd US copyright laws that are preventing him from copying his own media. “Copyright laws do not exist to defend the moral rights of copyright holders — they exist to help enforce artificial scarcity.”
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