March 2012
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When ReadWriteWeb originally reported the news that Kickstarter was on track to outfund the National Endowment for the Arts, we also noted something that Kickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler said: “But maybe it shouldn’t be that way,” Strickler said. “Maybe there’s a reason for the state to strongly support the arts.”
As much as I like Kickstarter and...
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Coversation on the Couch
Me: Do you want anything to drink? Him: Nah, I’m good. Me: I think, I’ll have a Gin Tonic. Him: Hmmmmmmmm… Me: I even have lime… Him: Actually, that sounds like a great idea.
And then he looks at me, with expecting eyes, until I get up and make the drinks. Time to stop the spoiling.
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February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
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Clearly, this was missing
“Clearly includes the same web clipping technology Evernote already had, but adds another key function: Cleaner reading of web pages on the desktop. In fact, its very similar to the Reader function in Apple’s Safari browser because it removes everything from a web page except for the content and then presents it in a clean, easy to read format.”
“This...
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I'd better stock up on turtlenecks.
While seeing a body reduces perceptions of agency, it actually enhances perceptions of experience. As a result, Gray et. al. argue that objectification is a misleading term:
The idea that a body focus can lead to both decreased and increased mind stands in contrast to the term “objectification,” because it suggests that people seen as bodies are not seen as mindless objects but,...
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November 2011
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24. Nov 2011
I learnt today
how to make a script file into an executable and what “shebang” refers to (seriously?!)
how to use the Ruby 1.9 documentation in my terminal, and how to exit the view again
that reading a programming book with my laptop on my knees while camping on the couch goes brilliantly together with a can of beer
Only a few points, but then again I really needed to tweak this...
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In the first story, I talk to David Heinemeier...
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WatchThe Garden
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Matching music with drinks
Don’t listen to Feist alone. We suggest…
How did I miss such an obvious connection? The again, 1pm might be a bit early to start drinking, even on a Sunday.
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Watch
Cult photographer and filmmaker Todd Selby’s latest short is a revealing portrait of performance artist Christine Sun Kim. Deaf from birth, Kim turned to using sound as a medium during an artist residency in Berlin in 2008, and has since developed a practice of lo-fi experimentation that aims to re-appropriate sound by translating it into movement and vision. “It’s a lot more...
