July 2009
“This is not a game where you play some rascal zephyr in a flower’s dream....”
– Jerry Holkins, on Resident Evil 5.
“It is not so much about having an interesting composition as having a frame...”
– Roger Deakins, on shot composition.
R.I.P Shake 1996-2009 →
The Mysterious Downfall of the Neandertals:... →
Paleoanthropologists know more about Neandertals than any other extinct human. But their demise remains a mystery, one that gets curiouser and curiouser
Aardvark: ask it anything, get an answer in 5... →
You are on the Global Frequency.
“The officers in charge were so pleased by this ability to show off their extreme...”
– Christopher Hitchens on Guantanamo
“Try everything once except folk dancing and incest.”
– Sir Thomas Beecham
Mill Colour iPhone App →
Links to app store.
The Mill is proud to announce the launch of Mill Colour, a unique photo grading application for the iPhone that has been developed as a business to business tool for our clients and as a consumer friendly app.
Mill Colour allows you to alter any image with the precision and subtlety of the professionals and has been specially developed by The Mill’s expert team of...
Do You Have These Core Human Skills? →
Scenario-Generation – how to create, clarify, evaluate, and communicate a possible future scenario that assists in decision-making, either for yourself or another person. A person who is highly skilled in Scenario Generation is able to envision possible future events, identify likely tradeoffs, and suggest multiple options that will result in the achievement of an objective.
This reads...
Worldchanging: Bright Green: Transforming Paris:... →
“You think you’re safe, the father thought, but it’s thinking...”
– Amy Hempel, Today Will Be A Quiet Day
“Less is not necessarily more… Just enough is more.”
– Milton Glaser (via Ian Tromp) (via minimalmac)
“I like the fact that design is audience-related. I like the fact it’s not art...”
– Joshua Blankenship | Sagmeister on Design vs. Art
Russian Navy Declassifies Cold War Close... →
In one alleged incident in 1982, three navy diver trainees reportedly died pursuing what survivors described as “a group of humanoid creatures dressed in silvery suits” in Baikal, the world’s deepest lake.
“Our “solution” to the problem was stupid, thoughtless, and painfully...”
– An Apology from Amazon . Respecting the wording, here.
Selecting Our Children -3quarksdaily →
Neither employers, nor insurance companies, may require genetic testing. Individuals are granted both the right to know – to be informed of the results of any genetic test about themselves – and the right to choose to live in ignorance of what a genetic test may predict about their future. To discriminate against or stigmatize anyone on account of their genetic characteristics is prohibited.
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Spore patch lets you export creatures to Maya |... →
The exported creations include normal, diffuse and specular maps, and are fully rigged and weighted, so you can pose them too
This gives you a pretty, if not clunky, powerful character generator.
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: I'm really... →
Read this. Fake Steve crossed the line. into epic.
“My first reaction to porn films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I...”
– Erica Jong (via nightmarebrunette)
“Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt via
Sam Brown on The Setup →
I never had a problem with it. I used it for 8 years, in that time I went through more than ten mice, 6 keyboards, and probably four or five computers, but only one Tablet.
This the number one thing about wacom. You can bitch about the price, then six years later, you divide what you shelled by every single day you’ve used it.
“There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is already full.”
– Henry Kissinger