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Awesome mash-up project thisistheverge: Facebook engineers...

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:02:51 -0700

Awesome mash-up project

Facebook engineers hacked NASDAQ opening bell to update Zuckerberg’s status in real time

Garcia and company spent three days figuring out how to rig up a cell phone to the opening bell button that would trigger a Facebook update when pressed. The update utilized Facebook’s Open Graph API to essentially turn the opening bell into a Facebook-integrated application. They used the phone’s headphone jack to accept an electric current from the bell button, which took a bit of soldering and a trip to RadioShack. While the hack was a bit of a publicity stunt, it indicates that it’s very possible to create physical pieces of hardware that trigger Facebook updates.

This is so true Check out the rest of “This is the web...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:07:36 -0700

This is so true

Check out the rest of “This is the web right now” over at The Oatmeal

Marvel’s Infinite Comics are a great next step in the UX...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:23:45 -0700

Marvel’s Infinite Comics are a great next step in the UX of digital publishing. We’re starting to see people move beyond direct analogs of print media and explore the capabilities of a dynamic presentation. (via Gizmodo)

These ultra responsive touch interfaces are key to providing a...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:16:37 -0700

These ultra responsive touch interfaces are key to providing a natural and immersive user experience (via The Verge)

Dear HBO

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:02:47 -0800

Dear HBO:

Oh, how I wish they would do this…

dpstyles:

Amen. (from December btw)

parislemon:

First and foremost, I love your content. You’ve produced several of my favorite shows over the years, and the hits keep on coming. I’d love to watch Game of Thrones now, but I can’t. You see, the only way to get your service is to be a cable…

laughingsquid: Animal Sculptures Made of CD...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:20:21 -0800

laughingsquid:

Animal Sculptures Made of CD Fragments

I’ve got a stack of AOL discs waiting for a project like this

laughingsquid: Computer Security: You Make The Difference...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:17:38 -0800

laughingsquid:

Computer Security: You Make The Difference (1990)

Reminds me of the anti-communism ads

"“We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.” “We don’t build services..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:55:00 -0800

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“We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.”

“We don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services.”

”

- Disney, Zuck, respectively. (via morganmissen)

How Americans are Spending their Media Time… and Money

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:08:01 -0800

How Americans are Spending their Media Time… and Money

amy-blue: “If you just love movies enough, you can make a good...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:12:53 -0800

amy-blue:

“If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one. You don’t have to go to school, you don’t have to know a lens from a bag of sand.” - Quentin Tarantino

This is pretty cool: they’re using a Kinect and a Windows...

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:49:33 -0800

This is pretty cool: they’re using a Kinect and a Windows 8 PC to control an electric longboard [via The Verge]

Gesture recognition with contact-microphones [via The Verge]

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:17:41 -0800

Gesture recognition with contact-microphones [via The Verge]

Start 2012 by Taking 2 Minutes to Clean Your Social Networking Permissions

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:40:57 -0800

Start 2012 by Taking 2 Minutes to Clean Your Social Networking Permissions:

via The Verge

Microsoft Research in Redmond, a personal tour (The Verge)

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:43:00 -0800

Microsoft Research in Redmond, a personal tour (The Verge)

Finished setting up my Home Server 2011 box last night; I’m stoked about having more...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:20:09 -0800

Finished setting up my Home Server 2011 box last night; I’m stoked about having more horsepower than my v1 box @winhomeserver

"cord cutting is more of a temporary phenomenon that will go away when the economy improves"

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:36:05 -0800

“cord cutting is more of a temporary phenomenon that will go away when the economy improves”

- HBO co-president Eric Kessler

Arduino 1.0 now available

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:16:20 -0800

Arduino 1.0 now available:

I look forward to trying this out!

Fostering a creative work environment in my office

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0800

Office crafts: coffee cup pen holder

Pen holder under the monitor

Coffee cup basketry

Lifesize foam rubber Frylock

Fostering a creative work environment in my office

Infographic: People really hate video buffering

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:54:18 -0800

Infographic: People really hate video buffering

Clever 404 page! benjoseph: This is Herman Cain’s actual 404...

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:10:16 -0800

Clever 404 page!

benjoseph:

This is Herman Cain’s actual 404 page.