Jeremy Mayer’s Typewriter sculpture
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Jeremy Mayer assembles humanoid sculptures using only typewriter parts, fitting them together without any glue or welding. (via Laughing Squid)
Archive for October, 2009
Jeremy Mayer assembles humanoid sculptures using only typewriter parts, fitting them together without any glue or welding. (via Laughing Squid)
2009 PopTech conference
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Going to check out the PopTech conference, due to start soon. This year's conference is titled "America Reimagined." Held every October, in the beautiful seaside village of Camden, Maine, USA, the PopTech Conference brings together 700 influential participants for one of the world’s best thought leadership events: a shared exploration of ...
Esquire’s ‘The Language of Men’
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009"Dude" is declared dead. "Cool" has been banned. You could and should be spouting euphemistic phrases like "wetting the sugar" and "spreading the mulch." Esquire's set of articles, The Language of Men reports on current state of the male lexicon. Words to use more of, words to eschew. You'll learn plenty ...
Google Wave scroll bar
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009This is the scroll bar on Google Wave. Neat. Looks like it will eliminate the need for your browser's scroll bars. Push the up and down buttons and a grey bar behind it moves up and down -- along with the Wave pane you're reading -- instead of the scroll ...
Pubcon Assistant Giveaway from GrowthPartner.com
Thursday, October 8th, 2009PubCon Assistant Giveaway from Josh Dippold on Vimeo. Had a hand in making this video, as you can see by the credit above. Still not 100% satisfied. The graphic at the beginning needs to be animated -- moving or zooming in some way. And the graphic needs to transition into ...
Mail Me Art (2)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Mail Me Art is a fairly simple concept. Create a piece of art that can be mailed then mail it to: Mail Me Art 37 Thames Court Victoria Avenue West Molesey Surrey KT8 1TP United Kingdom There are some stipulations, but that's basically it. The project's first round is done and a book of several submissions has been ...
Liu Bolin, invisible man
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Liu Bolin paints himself to blend into his surroundings; to become invisible, you could almost say. He's in this last picture too. (Look closely.)
How long before this is built into my phone?
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009I say about four years or less before this portable projector tech is built right into cell phones. Why not? This thing is already super tiny and only cost $200. And hell, this camera's projector is built-in.
Less hyphenated words in new dictionary
Thursday, October 1st, 2009Reuters reports on the new absence of so many previous hyphenated words in the new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Some of the 16,000 hyphenation changes in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, sixth edition: Formerly hyphenated words split in two: fig leaf hobby horse ice cream pin money pot belly test tube water bed Formerly hyphenated words unified ...