Telegraph.UK: New photos of Beatles’ John Lennon appear after 40 years.
SWAIA Indian Market, 2009.- I'm way late with this. This wasn't procrastinating, per se; I was waging a long battle with the harsh white backgrounds, difficult lighting and low spectator seating that required extra editing time. A *lot* of extra editing time. I decided it's time to stop fiddling and just get the gallery up. Enjoy the photos!
365/71.
Here’s to Friday. And Brad. *hic*. “B" shot on the photoblog.
Nothing’s quite as melancholy-producing …
as an empty box of cookies.
Cyriak: Cycles.
Unbearably wacky and completely wonderful. Watch, and you won’t regret anything (other than my pun).
Rise above plastics.
BBC News: Alaska wolves ‘kill’ woman’s teacher out jogging.
That’s the BBC’s mangled title, as it stands at 6:36 PM here. “Police said wolves in the area had been aggressive recently. If confirmed, it is believed to be the first fatal wolf attack in the US in 50 years.” Rest in peace, good lady ... but you shouldn’t have been jogging alone. This is going to make it harder to reintroduce wolves into the lower 48. Nature’s red in tooth and claw; to get the benefits, you gotta take the detriments.
Atlantic, McArdle: How Real are the Defects in Toyota’s Cars?
”In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89--and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger.” Interesting correlation. I can think of at least a half-dozen ‘sudden accelerations’ of seniors ... one in particular, back in Princeton in the ‘70’s. Took off out of the Princeton University Store parking lot, shot across the road, cut a kid in half up against the rock wall. Oldsmobile, I think.
Formula One Race Times and Dates for Google Calendar, iCal & Outlook.
Get ‘em while they’re hot. Via vowe.net
A Whole Lotta Nothing: Break Bread for Brad.
A repost. I sure wish I could be there at SXSW to add my sentiments to the celebration of this remarkable man’s life.
DO NOT.
DO NOT try to install Magento using Google Chrome to go through the install screens. Just take my word for it, don’t. Use Firefox or Safari or Opera. That is ALL.
CreativeCow: Barco presents brand-new line of Series-II digital cinema projectors.
3D projection tech may be coming to your next industrial show.
Discover: Fly over Mars!
Dramatic, I suppose, but I agree with one of the commenters. Might have been better served to simulate a Mars Rover trip, something to give scale. We see enough 3d animations nowadays to lose our wonder over these sorts of sims.
CNN: Drones silently patrol U.S. borders.
“Supporters of the idea say the Predator’s multimillion-dollar price tag — the camera alone can cost more than $2 million — is worth it. The drone patrols remote areas of the border where ground agents don’t have consistent access.” I think it’s a very good use of technology, personally. Bring ‘em to southern NM.
CNN: Beheaded Vikings found at Olympic site.
”The bones still appear cleanly sliced, indicating the men suffered a “sword-based execution” ...” I’m laughing so hard, I can hardly see. ‘Sword-based execution’? Talk about needlessly mangled verbosity. Their heads were cleanly severed via a skilled swordsman.
NY Times: Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards.
”There were no historians, sociologists or economists consulted at the meetings, though some members of the conservative bloc held themselves out as experts on certain topics.” Makes me want to puke. Really.
BillSaysThis requested it …
so I made one. There’s a public ”santafestuccoandturquoise” palette made from my #59 image on Adobe Kuler. Enjoy, all.
SF New Mexican: Big political doings tomorrow.
”The Democrats will converge on Buffalo Thunder Resort at Pojoaque Pueblo; the Republicans will be at the Albuquerque Hilton. The highest-profile decisions: Who will get automatic spots on the June 1 primary-election ballot — and who will face rockier routes to state offices.” Expect all kinds of surprises, I predict.
Delight.com: Retro Block Flash Drive.
Lego USB sticks. Sandra saw these. I tell her they just ain’t big enough capacity for the files we shove around these days.
What Does John Know? Gordon & MacPhail introduces world’s oldest whisky.
“Released under Gordon & MacPhail’s ‘Generations’ brand, Mortlach 70 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky was finally revealed – and tasted – by special guests at a launch in the atmospheric setting of Edinburgh Castle’s Queen Anne Room. One precious bottle of Mortlach was piped into the Castle, escorted by guards from The Highlanders (4th Battalion).” Via Belle de Jour’s Twitter.
FPO: Giuseppe Profilio Business Cards.
“Giuseppe Profilio, a film director, came to Joan Massó for a set of new business cards. He did not need a large amount produced, and he was looking for something that spoke clearly and directly about his methodology and approach to his work. Inspired by the slogan Everything fits, Joan provided an in-the-moment experience for his client, who is able to assemble his business card while having a conversation with the receiver. ” Clever.
ars technica: Five insights into the behaviors of social media users.
“‘Despite the influence of social media among those who use it, the value of face-to-face communication remains high,’ reads the report. ‘Even though email and cell phones have changed the way people communicate, a large majority of respondents in all age groups contend that face-to-face communication is more likely to trigger an online search than any social network.’” Word of mouth, people. It’s still a killer marketing technique. Ignore it at your peril.
Amazon has “Firefly, The Complete Collection” on Gold Box.
For $17.99. Hurry.
Jake’s company has a new website up: Usability First.
Very pretty. Great to have all this information in one place. I’ll be using it for a clear reference m’self.
Novel photoblog concept.
Discover Magazine: Sick Ground Zero Workers Will Get a $650 Million Settlement.
“Discover has reported in the past that when the twin towers collapsed on September 11, two million tons of dust containing cement, asbestos, glass, lead, and carcinogens rained down on lower Manhattan. Phillip Landrigan, who heads the Department of Preventive and Community Medicine at Mount Sinai, said the concentrations of dust in the air were so high that they overwhelmed all the normal defenses of the human respiratory tract, and people inhaled ounces of dust into their trachea or their bronchi.” It only took nine years to recognize reality?
Just Creative Design: Milton Glaser & Chip Kidd In Conversation.
”He mentioned how resistance to his work, for example a marketing department not approving a cover design, has actually served him well. Glaser’s process has been to work through the resistance and design new concepts. He feels that the end result has always been more successful than the original design.” ‘Work through the resistance.’ Sometimes it becomes an all-out war. Nice that he’s had success with it ... the name, no doubt, helps. And this is going to go over like a lead balloon: “Graphic designers shouldn’t use a computer until they’re 40-45.” There’s a distinct difference between an analogue designer and an all-digital one. My fear is, as with low MP3 quality, culture will just accept the change without considering it.
The Single Page Interface Manifesto.
Dude’s thinking too much. The single CMS template is possible.
Hemmings Auto Blogs: Panhard EBR
I remember the Matchbox toy of the six-wheel tank, but an eight-wheel one?
Gizmodo: How iPad 3G Service Works (Or: Why You Should Buy the 3G iPad).
In opposition to this article, read the comments and save $100.
Ahhhh. MarsEdit’s back up.
It was a mod_security issue. New rules installed, MarsEdit’s working again.
To be honest, I hadn’t realized how much of a timesaver MarsEdit had become. Hand-copying titles, body text, switching tabs to set categories for a post ... and then having to scroll down to hit the submit button because I’ve got such a long list of categories ... damn. In MarsEdit, I’ve custom-configured the info that gets quoted in the constructed post, too.
I don’t often plug a product, but just go out and buy MarsEdit. You may call me biased because I worked the beta for Pike all those years ago, but I’m tellin’ you ... use it for two weeks, you won’t go back.
Later: To be perfectly clear, in case this gets linked: from what I understand, mod_security 2.5+ no longer allows the on/off switch to be set via .htaccess, because of the insecurity of .htaccess. Any changes must be set from Apache/PHP. If you’re on shared hosting, send a ticket to the security or tech departments. In MarsEdit, go to WINDOW > NETWORK LOG and copy the first eight lines of information (including URL, Method name, Network reply received, Status Code, Succeeded) and send this information along with your request. Your host will be able to set the correct mod_security rules.
