Month: November 2014
-
Alex Buono | HOW WE DID IT — SNL Title Sequence
It’s pure in-camera trickery…EUREKA! — suddenly we had our approach. The often overlooked approach. This was a fun read with lovely images. via Alex Buono | HOW WE DID IT — SNL Title Sequence.
-
Spotify Doesn’t Hurt Artists: My Band Would Be Nowhere Without It | WIRED
I hope artists will pause and realize that misplaced blame and oversimplification of the issues could set us back. Physical album sales are not the long-term solution (case in point: the laptop I’m typing on doesn’t have a CD drive)… …and he’s not even trying to be funny. via Spotify Doesn’t Hurt Artists: My Band…
-
On Lichtenstein and “theft” | parker higgins dot net
Or: What is it that [“original” artist] doesn’t have that s/he would have if [other artist] had never appropriated the[ir work]? What is it that Heath doesn’t have, that he would have if Lichtenstein had never appropriated the panel? via On Lichtenstein and “theft” | parker higgins dot net.
-
Amazon Echo | Hacker News
The doorbell rings. Young daughter answers. Nobody is there. She looks down. There’s a package. From Amazon . . . Be sure to make the video on the left fullscreen after clicking this link. Take note if the simple, aural addition of strings is enough to evoke an emotional response in you. How scary is…
-
Neil Gaiman: How I learned to stop worrying and love the duplicator machines – Boing Boing
Agreed. …humans are bright enough to think our way out the problems we think ourselves into. via Neil Gaiman: How I learned to stop worrying and love the duplicator machines – Boing Boing.
-
INFORMATION DOESN’T WANT TO BE FREE by Cory Doctorow | Kirkus
I’m excited to find out about this book. I wasn’t aware that Cory was working on something non-fiction. The second quote below defines the internet as “one great big copy machine” which is amusingly accurate. I had the opportunity to ask an interviewee for a one-word definition of the internet. Her response was the word…
-
Had an idea for a thing. At the moment I’m calling it <broken poets>. Clark was having one of his moments. “There were roughly three thousand people using public transport that day; thirty-four where riding on the bus in question; eighteen were Caucasian, twelve were Hispanic, two were black, two were Asian; nine were wearing hats:…
-
Superintelligence
This article pointed me toward the book Superintelligence which pointed me toward a quote from a shorter document by the author from which I’ve quoted below. Anyone wondering what to gift me this Christmas can look into the linked book above. I enjoy being terrified by other people’s thoughts. Two things are striking from the below quote: The…