August 2008
Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 for Mac and... →
‘bout freaking time too, we had problems dealing on our xp boxes with marvel sending us ProRes encoded footage from final cut 2.
SOFT CITY by Jonathan Raban (Dutton 1974) →
“Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labour. They produce thereby such extreme phenomena as in Paris the remunerative occupation of the quatorzieme. They are persons who identify themselves by signs on their residences and who are ready at the dinner hour in correct attire, so that they can be quickly called upon if a dinner party should consist of thirteen...
Seed: Green Revolution 2.0 →
“The Green Revolution of the 20th century more than doubled the global supply of corn, rice, and wheat. Unless crop yields increase again, however, feeding the Earth’s 9.2 billion inhabitants in 2050 will require doubling the amount of land now under cultivation.”
The Underground Restaurant Movement - NYTimes.com →
“The passionate enthusiasts who have opened dozens of unlicensed restaurants in apartments and other private spaces…” via 3qd
“Any one who you have to convince to be with you isn’t worth convincing.”
– What would Joan Holloway Do ?
GREG LAND: TRACING, SWIPING & RECYCLING →
had more fun than I thought going through all of that.
“Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made.”
– Jacques Barzun ()
“Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever...”
– Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (via simko)
Watchsample work of Toshiyuki Inoue, japanese animator and probably God in some alternate -and much better- universe.
lifted from catsuka
faster-than-light information transfer : Nature... →
“On the basis of their measurements, the team concluded that if the photons had communicated, they must have done so at least 100,000 times faster than the speed of light — something nearly all physicists thought would be impossible. In other words, these photons cannot know about each other through any sort of normal exchange of information.” via kottke[http://www.kottke.org]
