November 2010
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Your Roger Corman future →
Jason Scott:
Let me quickly jump back to how I make films, which are a very specific way and which either gives me some authority or diminishes it, depending on your point of view.
I make extremely geeky films that take years to craft that attempt to be exhaustive, human-oriented narratives brought out of countless interviews of technically-astute people. Not content to merely assign a bunch...
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What iOS 4.2 didn't bring to my iPhone 3G
Yesterday I updated my iPhone 3G to the latest iOS 4.2.1. Since the iPhone 3G has seen very little features of iOS 4 in general, due to its less capable processor and less RAM, I didn’t expect to find many of the hyped new features of iOS 4.2.
As a reference for what iOS 4.2 brings, this walkthrough by Rene Ritchie is still valid. I’ll follow that walkthough to give you a list of the...
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Old Mac user →
Thomas Brand:
The following are my 50 favorite entries from the #oldMacuser Twitter meme archived here for your enjoyment.
There are a couple of mine among them.
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The Beatles' Final Performance →
Since the Beatles are again in the news, here’s a nice 13-photo set from Time magazine.
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Codex xcix →
A beautiful weblog curated by Jim Hughes that you should add to your bookmarks if you’re interested in the visual arts and graphic design.
From the About page:
Codex xcix Is an occasionally updated weblog about the history of the visual arts and graphic design. Mostly this means books and their typography and illustration, but also maps, periodicals, photographs, posters and other...
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“I keep a real good track of what I’ve done before and try to add a new...”
– Tim Buckley, 1975.
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Lori Nix: The City →
If you don’t know Lori Nix’s work, you should. The City is definitely my favourite series, but everything on her site is worth a look. I also enjoyed the About page very much, where she talks about her work in detail.
Since my earliest days I have always worked with fabrication, either through darkroom manipulations or even room sized installations. My strength lies in my ability to...
Simplenote and classic Mac OS →
I have already talked about the importance of note-taking and note-syncing in my workflow (and creative flow). The combination of Notational Velocity on my modern Macs, and Simplenote (both…
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The Ultimate Dropbox Toolkit & Guide →
I found this thanks to Khoi Vinh, who comments:
This exhaustive inventory of things you can do with everyone’s favorite cloud-synchronized file utility is a true marvel. The Dropbox folks have to be completely blown away by pages like this, which speak so loudly to their tremendous success.
I can’t but agree.
Opt Out of the Airport Scanners for Health and... →
Act Now. Travel with Dignity.
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“For me, the core tension is this. On the one hand, there are strong payoffs to...”
– Kieran Healy on The Setup, about workflow and productivity.
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Jon Contino, Alphastructaesthetitologist →
Enjoy the beautiful lettering of Jon Contino, whom I discovered thanks to this post on Grain Edit:
He is a designer, illustrator and a self-proclaimed ‘Alphastructuaesthetitologist’ (which sounds wonderful & incredibly hard to say) living in Brooklyn. His completely unique hand lettering style uses a rich mix of nostalgia and vaguely modern touches, making his particular brand of typography...
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How mechanical typesetting works →
This documentary […] aims to portray the basic operation of the linecasting machine.
Very interesting documentary produced in Italy, circa 1960. Available for download at the Internet Archive. (Edited to add: Here’s a quick link to Part 2)
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When Java came on the Mac →
As you know, with the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, Apple has officially deprecated Java.
As I was reading my stash of Mac magazines from the 1990s, I found the following bit of…
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"His Face All Red" →
Wonderful illustrated short story by Emily Carroll. (via Neven Mrgan)
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I'm thinking of going Flash-free, too.
ArsTechnica:
Having Flash installed can cut battery runtime considerably—as much as 20 percent in our testing. With a handful of websites loaded in Safari, Flash-based ads kept the CPU running far more than seemed necessary, and the best time I recorded with Flash installed was just 4 hours. After deleting Flash, however, the MacBook Air ran for 6:02—with the exact same set of websites reloaded...
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Neal Stephenson contributes to "Seeing Further"
I’ve just received this bit of news from HarperCollins’ AuthorTracker, which is worth relaying if you’re a Neal Stephenson fan as I am:
Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, Seeing Further is comprised of more than 20 original contributions from “a glittering array of scientific writing talent” (Sunday Observer) including Neal Stephenson, who here writes about Isaac...
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