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Woah. I don’t often bother with movie reviews, but “Never Let Me Go” will affect the way you live your life. Part ethereal, part horrifying. Are you part of the machine or will you demand more? I won’t…
January 20 2012, 7:07pm
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I love the commentary on literacy that aspects of graphic design seem to communicate in opposition to the message. Despite a US literacy rate of 99%, the US adult population can be categorized into “half readers and half…
January 5 2012, 9:00am
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How far away from your computer do you sit? If you’re being good to yourself, you’re not slouching, but sitting up straight with the screen about arm’s length away. But if you’re reading a book or a magazine,…
October 27 2011, 12:22pm
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I never watched the show “Lie to Me” because I had enough police procedurals on my plate (read: one—Castle) and because I have never bought into the idea of a fool-proof or even mostly-proof method of lie detection.…
October 21 2011, 12:59pm
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Only in this case, the desktop is not a metaphor. Rather, this Luxo-style robotic-arm-projector called LuminAR—why the capital AR and not go whole-hog for Luminarm?—will actually light up your desktop as a screen. Here’s a video. Clearly, the…
July 13 2010, 11:13am
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As a blog concerned with the effect of the media on the mind, it’s hard not to be concerned with the effects of fame on the populace and the individuals that enjoy fame. My niece is currently loving…
February 2 2010, 11:28pm
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Filed under “Things I never expected to say” by more-left-than-me-but-highly-respected John Gruber of Daring Fireball: “I agree with Grover Norquist.” This was in response to statements by well-known conservatives: former Republican Congressman and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr,…
November 16 2009, 8:28pm
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Now and then Daring Fireball throws a link my way that, for the thousandth time, reminds me how glad I am I don’t deal with Adobe software anymore. They have literally reached the heights of Microsoft-level disdain for…
November 9 2009, 4:24pm
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To quote Jon Gruber: “The intersection of horrifying and wonderful.” This is a massively high resolution image of an ant that you can zoom in on to an extraordinary degree—positively awe-inspiring.
July 2 2009, 12:18pm