July 2008
Mortgage calculations -- how it works →
how we learned mortgage calcs in grade skool
June 2008
Quincy Smith Named Chief Executive Officer and... →
cbscorporation.com: Quincy Smith Named Chief Executive Officer and Neil Ashe Named President of CBS Interactive — CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today that it has…
Blizzard announces Diablo III for Mac →
Filed under: Gaming
Blizzard has always been a (the?) Mac-friendly game developer and they have now officially announced the forthcoming release of Diablo III. Nearly a decade after the…
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Barbie doll →
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Barbie doll
A new version of DestroyFlickr! →
Yay, an updated version of “Destroy Flickr” is now available. A few of they key updates: Revised navigation, Fullscreen viewing and an improved login screen. There is now the ability to…
WM24 Sombrero™ Wire Manager →
We need these cool Wire Managers to tame our “cable salads” (as we call it in german). (via unpluggd)
if you can't explain it.. →
(via everythingontheinternetistrue)
Numeric Keypad / Calculator Chairs →
Cover Photo of Nikkei Pasokon Interior Series
this post is for you, dad. →
Supercook is a fab little search engine that hits up numerous recipe sites. The interface works well, allowing you to add and remove ingredients to your search easily. Why is this post…
Parashell: The Bio-mimicry of an Umbrella →
Ah, tsuyu, rainy season, is upon us. Our flimsy umbrella succumbed to the rain this morning, a reminder of how much better it feels to face this weather with a sturdy one! Especially in Japan…
Omnisio: Video Annotations with Slideshow Syncing... →
Here’s my test of Omnisio using a popular presentation of mine…
Keeping tabs on the online video sharing scene, I came across a new video sharing service called Omnisio. Dabbling with it for…
DeLonghi Portable Air Conditioner →
Need to cool down an apartment but want to take your newly-bought AC unit with you when your lease is up? Take a look at the DeLonghi Portable Air Conditioner… Visit Uncrate for the full…
Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells →
An anonymous reader writes “C|net is highlighting the astonishing cost of Apple laptop hardware upgrades, compared to Dell — in some instances, Apple is charging 200% more for upgraded components,…
Daniel Traub and the edge’s of China urban... →
© Daniel Traub
Daniel Traub is an American photographer located in China. His new series, City’s Edge, continues his work documenting the edge, the transition, of the rural and urban…
Global McDonald's Price Map: BurgerNomics →
We have been adding some new maps recently to MapTube, our most recent being the global price of Big Mac’s around the world. Based on the Big Mac Index which according to the Wiki was “introduced…
Crappy Old Cameras →
When I used to send Teru Kuwayama out on assignment I would marvel at the amazing images he would coerce out of a piece-of-shit Holga and how he was never afraid to rely on it for some of the most…
Leica FAQ - Main Topic Index →
Leica stuff / info
Street Fighter IV Playable At Comic-Con! →
If you’ve been keeping up with the latest Street Fighter IV news you should know that the Japanese arcade release is slated for the middle of next month. What about North America? …
Artistic Hotel Rooms. →
Artistic Hotel Rooms.61 rooms, 21 artists, 1,000 ideas - each room is an individual piece of art in Hotel Fox in central Copenhagen. It was for the launch of the new Volkswagen Fox that the…
Computer Pullover. →
Computer Pullover.Here are some interesting Computer Pullovers. We have a pullover for the keyboard; the other pullover also has a small opening for you to see. If you want something more,…
plush portables by Kmila Rodz →
plush portables by Kmila Rodz
fallen hero by Anthony Lister ;) →
fallen hero by Anthony Lister ;)
absolutely clever ambient →
absolutely clever ambient
Tableware by Kathryn Hinton →
Tableware by Kathryn Hinton
Subversive Bathroom Scales from Alice Wang →
Alice Wang, a recent graduate of RCA, has designed a set of 3 cheeky bathroom scales that ease the ritual of weighing yourself (and maybe dieting, for that matter). In “White Lies,” the…
Maxtor Central Axis →
Free your files from the grip of your computer with the Maxtor Central Axis ($330; July). The 7200 rpm NAS offers 1TB of storage to hold all your media, DLNA… Visit Uncrate for the full…
“If it were physically possible, I would fuck... →
“If it were physically possible, I would fuck this movie.” - Aziz Ansari
The early reviews on AICN and Rolling Stone are not at all overhyping. This film is incredible and will blow away even…
MICROSOFT.COM POWERED BY HYPER-V... →
WindowsServer / Windows Server Division WebLog: MICROSOFT.COM POWERED BY HYPER-V — Hi—I am Rob Emanuel, a Technology Architect on the Microsoft.com Operations team focusing on…
How Not To Caption A Photo →
Some stock photographers can write brilliant, or at least interesting, captions. Others should definitely pray their photos can just sell themselves. Rachel Hulin counts Photoshelter…
art or social campaign? (ADESF adv) →
art or social campaign? (ADESF adv)
ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs →
penciling_in writes “The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the relaxation of the rules for the introduction of new Top-Level Domains — a move that could…
Nykke & Kokki: business food ;) →
Nykke & Kokki: business food ;)
Terra Wind Amphibious RV →
If you happen to find yourself in the predicament where you have a wad of cash and faced with the decision of purchasing an RV or a Yacht, Terra Wind… Visit Uncrate for the full post.
Intel says 'no' to Vista upgrade →
Filed under: OS, Odds and ends
Intel has decided that for its own employees, Windows Vista just won’t cut the mustard. According to the New York Times, “Intel information technology…
A Modest Proposal: The Celebmark →
Re the Paparazzi, I’ve been mulling over an idea that I’d like to share with you. What if a law were passed that established a new sort of trademark—a trademark on the photographic image of a…
Entertaining Surveillance Cameras →
Ha! This idea made me smile. It is instructions on how to entertain surveillance cameras by creating interactive robot invasions. (Found through Hyperexperience)
UnPhotographable →
Unphotoghaphable is my favorite new photography blog. It doesn’t have any photos. Instead, it is a collection missed photos. Descriptions of photos that should have been. There is something…
An Itty-Bitty Picture That Won’t Melt in Your... →
June’s Photojojo made possible by…
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The printing press. The light bulb. Penicillin. The…
Bush: U.S. lifting some N. Korea sanctions →
interesting
hank willis thomas →
from hank willis thomas’s project ‘unbranded.’ as hank says about the work “unbranded is a series of images taken from magazine advertisements targeting a black…
Use a Red Bull can as a radio interference shield →
Filed under: Hacks, How-tos, Tips and tricks, Odds and ends
I love the iPhone, save for one thing. It sits on my desk every night, right near my computer, and the speakers I’ve…
The Mortgage Reports Blog: The 15-Year Mortgage is... →
interesting mortgage plan
How Slow Can You Go? →
Back in the take a shot and see the print three days later good old happy days of film we all knew what is our human limitation when it came to shutter speed. The golden thumb rule…
Zeiss Introduces 18mm in ZF, ZK Line →
Carl Zeiss has announced another introduction to its proliferating line of manual-focus premium prime lenses for Nikon and Pentax mount. The 18mm ƒ/3.5 Distagon T* covers 35mm and…
How Slow Can You Go? →
Back in the take a shot and see the print three days later good old happy days of film we all knew what is our human limitation when it came to shutter speed. The golden thumb rule…
Starbucks (SBUX) Dumping CDs, iTunes Gift Cards... →
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider: Starbucks (SBUX) Dumping CDs, iTunes Gift Cards (AAPL) — Starbucks, which has been scaling back its once-grand ambitions to turn…
And Now, a Few Words From the Tourist Standing... →
Off-camera flash as High Art: Julius von Bismark, an artist in Berlin, is playing with snap-happy tourists by injecting words into their photos. He cut a hole in the back of an old film…
Phase One 645 Camera Is Real and It's Shipping →
Lots of folks were taken by surprise when Phase One and Mamiya announced in March that they would be producing a medium format digital camera system together after forming a “strategic…
Curtains That Create Electricity. →
Curtains That Create Electricity.The ordinary curtains don’t allow the bright sunlight to enter your house, but what if that light could be used in a productive way? Here is where designer …
Why the fuck am I reading Shaq's Wikipedia page at... →
I spend way too much time just reading random articles on Wikipedia. If I were researching interesting topics and becoming a smarter person, that’d be one thing. However, as I sit here at 4 AM on…