May 2009
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Evom →
A no-frills Mac OS video conversion utility from the guys behind iPodRip. Evom is a desktop app that converts most video files to a few preset output formats, including iPod, Apple TV and YouTube-ready. I prefer the level of control and access to advanced settings that the all-but-dead VisualHub affords me, however this is quite a promising alternative. (via John Gruber)
May 30th
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Beautiful-looking video of Nick Sambrato explaining how his Kluge letterpress works. Shot by Chase Heavener on a Canon 5D2, the footage of the press in action is completely mesmerising.
May 30th
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May 30th
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May 30th
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May 30th
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May 30th
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Phoenix play a stripped-back version of “1901” live on KEXP, recorded at The Cutting Room Studios, NYC.
May 30th
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May 30th
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May 28th
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“Simplicity is the shortest path to a solution.”
– Ward Cunningham in “The Simplest Thing that Could Possibly Work”. (via Alex Payne)
May 28th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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Listen“Lisztomania” from Wolfgang Amadeus...
May 28th
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May 28th
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May 26th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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“When he gets a job, he already knows all of the lines. I could give you the...”
– Roger Ebert on the typecasting of Ron Howard’s brother Clint. I liked him in The Wraith. (via Adam Lisagor)
May 22nd
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November in NYC
My wife and I will be in New York this November for a little over a week. It’s not a long stay, and we already have a few things planned, but I’d love some recommendations for stuff to do that’s not on the regular tourist list, especially from locals. What’s your favourite way to spend time in NYC?
May 21st
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Another favourite title sequence of mine is the opening credits for Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca (1997), designed by Michael Riley for Imaginary Forces. Other than Illustrator and Fontographer for editing and setting type, no other digital process was used in the sequence. I like the subtle touch of mixing sans-serif characters with the mainly serif titles: Riley says his team created a custom...
May 21st
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 21st
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Buck’s new animated spot for Mountain Dew, with cel animation by Brooklyn-based Augenblick Studios. (via Motionographer)
May 20th
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May 20th
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“Pedestrian dialogue doesn’t give the cast much to work with beyond rudiments of...”
– From Hugh Hart’s middling review of Terminator: Salvation for Wired magazine, in which he also complains about the explosions being too loud.
May 20th
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OOOii →
The company responsible for creating the “future user interfaces” for such films as Minority Report and The Island. They develop using a mix of Adobe Flash, the AIR runtime and pre-rendered videos from After Effects, then deploy with head tracking, multi-touch panels and projection. Their latest project was the 360º environment seen on the bridge of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. (via...
May 19th
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May 19th
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May 19th
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Next month. (via Idents)
May 19th
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May 19th
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Clever, funny little animation by Vincent Sousa, Bertrand Avril, Yann de Préval and Denis Bouyer. Completed in four weeks using 3DS Max, Photoshop and After Effects.
May 19th
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Moblin →
“Moblin is an open-source project focused on building a Linux-based platform optimized for the next generation of mobile devices including netbooks, mobile internet devices, and in-vehicle infotainment systems.” Here’s the intro video.
May 19th
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May 19th
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May 18th
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“You need to prepare for the huge amount of time it’s going to take after you...”
– Ryan Carson, Launch a Business, not a Side Project. (via David Kaneda)
May 18th
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May 18th
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Directory Tagging
David Karp: Can you do me a solid and tag your blog in the Directory to test the new tagging changes? It’s still a bit clunky.  New tags won’t show up immediately in the All Tags list, but should appear in the autocomplete list when entering your tags. NSFW blogs aren’t included yet. Hanging out in typography.
May 18th
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Dear American Airlines →
Dustin Curtis’s proposed, minimalist redesign of the American Airlines homepage. Update: And a reasoned response from one of AA’s team of UX designers. (via Andrew Wilkinson)
May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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“These games were real to him: he saw them in his head, where he was able to...”
– Isaac Gewirtz, author of Kerouac at Bat: Fantasy Sports and the King of the Beats, which tells of the Beat author’s lifelong secret: a fantasy baseball league of his own creation. (via Hadyn Green)
May 17th
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May 17th
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