Gulfstream

http://uk.shop.lomography.com/lomokino-smart-phone-holder

2012-08-14T21:54:37.000Z

http://uk.shop.lomography.com/lomokino-smart-phone-holder

So roundabout! The Lomography folks have created a “digitizer” for their LomoKino product that uses an iPhone’s camera. So to get your movie on the web you need to: (a) use a LomoKino camera to shoot 144 frames on a roll of 35mm film (done in less than a minute?); (b) develop this film (at least US$10?); (c) load the film into LomoKino Smart Phone Holder and use your iPhone’s camera to record the movie as you animate it via a hand crank.

14 August 2012

http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/08/23/mitchell-feinbergs-8x10-digital-capture-back/

2011-08-26T20:37:52.000Z

http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/08/23/mitchell-feinbergs-8x10-digital-capture-back/

So many insane steps to this: (1) Dude commissions two 8x10 inch digital capture backs that (2) together cost as much as a house so that (3) he can preview what’s going to happen when he takes the shot for real on (4) 8x10 Polaroid film. (He’s especially keen to be able to preview because Polaroid aren’t making the film anymore.) Further, because it’s custom kit, it (5) only does 10M pixels!

26 August 2011

http://tatt.ly/

2011-08-21T07:57:35.000Z

http://tatt.ly/

“Designy temporary tattoos.”

21 August 2011

http://nymag.com/fashion/11/fall/andrej-pejic/

2011-08-15T20:00:54.000Z

http://nymag.com/fashion/11/fall/andrej-pejic/

“Many people are blessed with beauty. Some even make a career of it. But very few can work both sides of the runway.”

15 August 2011

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag

2011-05-15T23:49:35.000Z

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag

Wikipedia’s reckon that digital copies of works of art can be used on Wikipedia (or anywhere else) provided the copyright on the original work has expired. i.e. you can copy an image from a gallery’s website, and use it on your own.

15 May 2011

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/18/110418fa_fact_osnos

2011-04-25T09:33:19.000Z

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/18/110418fa_fact_osnos

A Chinese tour group takes on Europe. (Interesting, and provides some insight into Chinese values and attitudes.)

25 April 2011

http://www.silentuk.com/?p=2792

2011-04-22T20:56:20.000Z

http://www.silentuk.com/?p=2792

Urban exploration: report on a journey through the tunnels of the abandoned Royal Mail railway that runs for 6 miles underneath London.

22 April 2011

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/10-charts-about-sex/

2011-04-19T20:56:32.000Z

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/10-charts-about-sex/

Really interesting visualisations of some sex and self-image data, collected by the dating website OkCupid.

19 April 2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/magazine/27christie-t.html

2011-04-09T12:28:11.000Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/magazine/27christie-t.html

Profile of Chris Christie, the entertaining and savvy Republican governor of New Jersey.

9 April 2011

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/25/libya_analysis/

2011-03-27T10:15:50.000Z

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/25/libya_analysis/

Analysis of the UK’s defence strategy, and how well the requirements of action in Libya matches up with the current and future capabilities of the defence force.

27 March 2011

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2011/03/28/110328crbo_books_gladwell?currentPage=all

2011-03-27T09:27:48.000Z

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2011/03/28/110328crbo_books_gladwell?currentPage=all

Various nice parts to this Malcolm Gladwell review of a book contrasting Helena Rubinstein and Eugéne Schueller (founder of L’Oréal)—their different styles of entrepreneurship, Schueller’s collaboration with the Nazis (for which Gladwell more or less gives him a pass), a comparison to Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Ikea.

27 March 2011

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/ContactUs/LowFlyingComplaints.htm

2011-03-22T23:09:10.000Z

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/ContactUs/LowFlyingComplaints.htm

How to complain to the Ministry of Defence if you’ being bothered by low flying aircraft. (No, the country drop-down does not include Libya.)

22 March 2011

http://www.theawl.com/tag/the-fucking-moon

2011-03-22T22:34:45.000Z

http://www.theawl.com/tag/the-fucking-moon

“Moon Just As Ugly From The Back.” The Awl is not a fan of the moon.

22 March 2011

http://www.wejetset.com/blog/category/wallpaper

2011-03-21T21:21:57.000Z

http://www.wejetset.com/blog/category/wallpaper

Some nice photos suitable for use as desktop wallpaper.

21 March 2011

http://vimeo.com/18446531

2011-03-07T23:14:33.000Z

http://vimeo.com/18446531

Captivating video of street dance moves set to Girl Talk’s album “All Day.” (Backstory from the NY Times.)

7 March 2011

http://design.canonical.com/2011/03/quit/

2011-03-07T21:14:48.000Z

http://design.canonical.com/2011/03/quit/

Some excellent UI thoughts on the “Quit” menu item—the usability problems it causes, and how they can be fixed.

7 March 2011

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2011/03/fendi-fall-2011.html

2011-03-02T21:45:49.000Z

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2011/03/fendi-fall-2011.html

What regular people can get out of Fashion Week runway shots: “Fendi, for example, was really about fantastic color combinations. Even if you didn’t like the clothes you can focus on the color schemes. These suggestions of color can be used whether shopping Fendi, or Zara, or vintage.”

2 March 2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/garden/17location.html

2011-02-22T23:22:36.000Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/garden/17location.html

Quite like this little house in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

22 February 2011

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/model-morphosis/

2011-02-17T23:45:32.000Z

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/model-morphosis/

Somewhat captivating before and after model shots, which a nifty slider to switch between the before and after.

17 February 2011

http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/

2011-02-16T21:54:25.000Z

http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/

Pretty awesome: childhood photos, and recent re-enactments of childhood photos with the same, now grown-up, children.

16 February 2011