December 2009
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Dec 30th
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Pretty happy with how this turned out: my daughter and nephews enjoying the sunshine on our southern hemisphere Christmas Day. This is my first use of the video capability of the Nikon D300s, paired with a 50mm f/1.4 prime. With the aperture wide open the shutter speed was very fast, hence the staccato effect where individual water drops are visible rather than a stream from the hose. Soundtrack...
Dec 28th
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“I am in the Christian Louboutin store with my wife. She is behaving like I would...”
– Simon Pegg on Twitter.
Dec 28th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Real Fonts and Rendering: The New Elephant in the... →
Jeffrey Zeldman writes for 24 Ways on the vast, real problem of getting embedded type to render consistently across browsers and platforms. He explains why the appearance of type in Safari looks so different — Apple appears to have implemented its own hinting engine that ignores data in embedded font files in favour of its own rendering rules — and is rather glib about the likelihood of an easy...
Dec 21st
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Listen“Blinded By The Lights (Nero Remix)”...
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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This promotional film by Charles and Ray Eames includes a detailed look at the internals of Polaroid’s SX-70 camera, including its lens assembly and the mechanical operation that follows each shutter press. The style, framing and voiceover are all impeccable. (via Pat Dryburgh)
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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“When I arrived to pick up Ollie from Poppa’s place later that afternoon, they...”
– Ben Gracewood takes a break from tech to write about the importance of answering kids’ questions.
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Listen“The Beautiful Young Crew”, a...
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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“It’s hard to imagine even the most jaded and cynical having any issues with the...”
– From Chris Hewitt’s five-star review of Avatar for Empire.
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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“Well, that wasn’t even the best PowerPoint presentation I’ve sat...”
– Charlie Jane Anders quoting a friend right after watching The Matrix Reloaded, one of the Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments of the Past Decade.
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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La Blogotheque presents Phoenix: A Take Away Show in which the French pop meisters perform “Lisztomania” and “One Time Too Many” atop an open-air, double-decker bus on a sightseeing trip around Paris. (via Kris Lane)
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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“Would we be surprised, or judgmental, that Elvis cheated on Priscilla? No....”
– Raybon Kan, writing in the New Zealand Herald, offers a voice of reason in defence of Tiger Woods. Hilarious. (via Michael Green)
Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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