February 2008 Archives

Crazy NYT Graphic of Box Office Revenue from the Last 24 Years

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

A lot of fun to browse, but I'd really like to zoom in to explore the less successful films [via kottke]

Quick Post link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/02/23/movies/20080223_REVENUE_GRAPHIC.html

Posted in Quick Post at 5:51 pm.
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Josh Marshall of TPM Wins the George Polk Award

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It's for their coverage on the firing of 8 judges which led to the resignation of Alberto Gonzalez. I'm proud to say Apperceptive works on his site.

Quick Post link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25marshall.html?ex=1361682000&en=7f2dbfc137c393db&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all

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The Death of Small Magazines

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Thanks to postage costs weighted by volume.

Quick Post link: http://rc3.org/2008/02/25/the-death-of-small-magazines/

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VR Head-Tracking with Wiimotes

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

This will be a great addition to gaming and is already rolled into a new game called Boom Blox.

Quick Post link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

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The Drum Buddy

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

This video demonstration of "a 4 oscillator, light activated, mechanically rotating drum machine" is a little slow, but the device is awesome. Only 10 were made by the artist Quintron, who provides more info on his site. Laurie Anderson and Nels Kline just auctioned off two of them in NYC yesterday.

Quick Post link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtssL8WlJA

Posted in Quick Post at 2:48 pm.
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For Those Who Can, Please Vote Today!

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Unlike most days, when this site is bustling with activity and new posts, today I'm putting up Matt's vote page to remind ya'll to get out there and pull that lever, push that button or whatever it is you do to make your vote count.

And if you do go, take a picture and send it to the Polling Place project.

Posted in Culture\Politics\Law at 11:57 am.
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How Lenses are Made

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

A little long, but watching the glass get cut is pretty amazing.

Quick Post link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7_wL0ZZi6k

Posted in Quick Post at 12:17 am.
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