December 2011
“Playing the game well requires years of hard study of music, mathematics, and...”
– Whoa. This seems to be one of those ultra-rare novels that appeals to me on so many levels just by reading the synopsis. I found it via this.
The Glass Bead Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The strongest zeitgeber, for both plants and animals, is light.”
– Zeitgeber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Words With Friends With Benefits →
What’s it called when you link one phrase to another like this? Sort of like an extended portmanteau.
Like 3D printing, the Haken Continuum Fingerboard... →
We’re seeing some advances in iPad apps that simulate similar expressivity.
But progress is coming slowly — the Continuum was introduced in ~2002, so it’s been nearly a decade.
I’m hopeful more alternative controllers will make it to the masses, where by scale, they’ll be profitably sustainable. Sure is hard breaking people away from the traditional black-and-whites...
I'd go beyond piano. Synthesizers. →
But I can relate to the comment rage.
fuck yeah studio porn →
A lot of things I always like to see but never want to have.
Mine is better to use than to show. Although I like colored lighting, puts me in the musical mood.
By now I’ve decided that giant mixing boards aren’t for my workflow: I do it just fine with my mouse and a few sliders.
And too many keyboards feels redundant, that’s why I still have two to cover a range of purposes....
Sack o' Krampus links →
“When I first became a blogger, I discovered very quickly that the Internet has...”
– Ah yes. Lowminds, arise!
Trolling The Internet With ‘If I Were A Poor Black Kid’ - Forbes
Thomas Hawk Digital Connection » Blog Archive »... →
It’s healthy to revisit such posts to see how things did turn out.
But I actually only saw this recently, and was more the shocked for it given T-Hawk’s prominence on Flickr.
But out of the whole Yahoo stables, I can’t think of another product I like as Flickr.
Excitement and energy in response to the novel can’t be sustained, but those memories remain.
I haven’t...
All I Really Need to Know I learned from Reddit? →
Moments like these →
when you blurt out an incredibly geeky passion and find someone else who shares it.
There needs to be a word to sum that up.
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First, the timed photos were supposed to keep us accountable. Then we faked them. Then, the video surveillance was intended to enforce sincerity — those were doctored too. Eventually, byte by bit, our reality was manufactured. Created as easily as art, we as both canvas and the brush.
Our lives became a blistering brilliance that bled deeply into the arms of the Tourma Sea. And that’s when...
List of promotions for sample libraries, audio... →
Ronnie’s got a fantastic compilation. Two of my fave things: synths + deals!
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Social lesson: when someone says “Tell me about it” in response to a shared source of discomfort, don’t. Simply nod reassuringly. Otherwise, you’ll be in violation of what is figuratively known as “Preaching to the choir.”
“If you just overexpose to the point where it’s all out there, there is nothing...”
– Sean Parker, not to be confused with the fictional character
Sean Parker Brings Facebook-Style Skills to New York Social Scene - NYTimes.com
“Why kill the king when you can cripple the queen?”
– Dr. Chessel, on the war with the Vang
“Confusing product renaming. I came here, curious if this is a better keyboard...”
– Microsoft Makes Keyboard for iPad *NOT* | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
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“And — like many games of this ilk — it uses time travel and parallel universe...”
– Meanwhile for iPad and iPhone | Emily Short’s Interactive Storytelling
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“They can buy it and say, ‘Here, bitch, I bought you a present,’ ” said John F....”
– Humans are so amusing and easy to control. Make a few arbitrary scribbles, and by golly, it has meaning.
With Rude Names, Wine Stops Minding Its Manners - NYTimes.com
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“That’s the most you can hope, I think: that the work you do pleases, both...”
– Clive Barker, Books of Blood 1-3
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> In over-abundance, here lies madness.
To be so far beyond the apocalypse to view even it as insignificant.
To setup snack stations in the wilderness while playing the crimson console and exclaim with exhuberance.
The power of manipulating aurelic matter at the sub-atomic level.
To neither want or need, has not driven me complacent — but towards over-abundance.
Free of obligation, choose...
