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marklim: Etirement Lamp Concept Looks Like An Umbrella But I...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:14:22 +0000

Etirement Lamp Concept Looks Like An Umbrella But I Wouldn’t Suggest Using It In A Downpour - Etirement lamp

viaGizmodo

It’s taken Puma — a ‘sports lifestyle’...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:36:35 +0000

It’s taken Puma — a ‘sports lifestyle’ brand — to actually create an iPhone alternative that has at least some focus on people who like their UI’s to look nice.

People talk about style over substance, but I say anyone who doesn’t want something they use several times a day to look nice and be enjoyable (not just efficient) to use is a incorrigible geek — The Puma Phone: an underdog shows everyone else what “different” means | UX Magazine

REWORK: The new business book from 37signals.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:01 +0000

REWORK: The new business book from 37signals.

Wired Reread

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:22:27 +0000

Wired Reread:

A trip down 128MB Memory Lane - Adverts from old issues of Wired (circa ‘95). Minidisc, Newton, Geocities, Flashback … thanks for the memories.

So, I was clicking around on Google Maps, and whilst cruising...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:21:40 +0000

So, I was clicking around on Google Maps, and whilst cruising over Northen Mali at a rather high altitude, my eye was drawn to a dot in the middle of the Sahara.

Taoudenni appears to be nothing more than a deserted fort in the middle of the desert, of which I’m sure there are many, but why — I wondered — does it get a place-name label? As always, Wikipedia holds the answer, and their entry on Taoudenni describes a fascinating place:

Taoudenni (also Taoudeni, Taudenni or Taudeni) is a remote village in northern Mali known for its salt mines. The salt is mined and quarried from ancient dry lake beds, by hand, using a crude axe. The village contains hundreds if not thousands (active and inactive) of hand dug mines that are approximately 10-12 feet deep and can extend under the earth for up to 30 feet in some cases. Taoudenni is slowly migrating, as it moves to a new location on the salt pan each time a mine becomes depleted.

Which would explain why it’s label marks nothing more than the mysterious looking fort, the actual ‘village’ has migrated to elsewhere on the map. It turns out that it used to be a place of exile for dissidents and criminals, and that the only water available to drink is salt-water, meaning that if you spend more than six months there you’re at risk of renal failure.

Given that the temperatures reach 60 degrees Celsius, I’d say renal failure would be the least of my worries.

Salt is still carried from Taoudenni to Timbuktu by camel along the ancient Azalai caravan route, one of the last still being used.

Amazing stuff, I must travel with Google more often.

not the dead nor the dark can hurt you

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:18:09 +0000

not the dead nor the dark can hurt you

THE LONG TAKE

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:42:26 +0000

THE LONG TAKE:

A compilation of the best long takes/tracking shots in cinematic history. I have to say my personal favourites are Frenzy (for the cinematic effect of the shot), The Protector (for the sheer insanity of attempting a four minute fight scene with about 60 stunt-men and a spiral staircase), Goodfellas (outside to inside, through a narrow corridor, kitchen — where even Ray Liotta bumps into a counter — and into a crowded club, incredible), and of course Orsen Welles’ Touch of Evil, where technical and narrative brilliance combine.

(via 37signals)

The League of Moveable Type - a collection of free, open-source,...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:33:20 +0000

The League of Moveable Type - a collection of free, open-source, high-quality and @font-face ready fonts. Some really nice stuff here, too.

Shuffle those shoulders, glide along the pavements: it’s...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:53:37 +0000

Shuffle those shoulders, glide along the pavements: it’s Syd Dale, ladies and gentlemen.

Great new (ish) track from LotP, cracking video too.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:02:00 +0000

Great new (ish) track from LotP, cracking video too.

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:28:18 +0000

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

- Albert Einstein (via #johannal) (via quote-book)

Yacht - Psychic City (Classixx Remix) - Great track that...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:23:27 +0000

Yacht - Psychic City (Classixx Remix) - Great track that I’ve somehow only just discovered.

Shawcross and Ramsey an interesting study into the emotions of the UK football family

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:22:23 +0000

Shawcross and Ramsey an interesting study into the emotions of the UK football family :

‘On one hand we have a promising 19 year-old footballer with a career-threatening injury, on the other a player whose international call-up has been “overshadowed”. So where do sympathies lie?’ — I’m not surprised, but I am appalled, disgusted and generally more angry than usual at the hypocrisy and idiocy of the UK media, and football fans in general.

"Well done is better than well said."

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:46:10 +0000

“Well done is better than well said.”

- Benjamin Franklin (via Thinking for a Living)

Why Tumblr Is Kicking Posterous's Ass

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:12:07 +0000

Why Tumblr Is Kicking Posterous's Ass:

Posterous may have the technological advantage, but it’s the love and care given by Tumblr to it’s design that has made it four times more popular. I know it’s what won me over.

“You don’t work at work anymore, you go to work to...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:02:00 +0000

“You don’t work at work anymore, you go to work to get interrupted.” - Amen, Jason.

Gorgeous timelapse of the Dubai skyline shot over five days and...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:19:14 +0000

Gorgeous timelapse of the Dubai skyline shot over five days and nights. Watch it in HD and full screen on Vimeo. (via @workwithmister)

Went to see a performance from the Fitzrovia Radio Hour last...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:50:48 +0000

Went to see a performance from the Fitzrovia Radio Hour last night at the ‘underglobe’: tales of wonder, adventure and white-knuckle derring-do. Great stuff, and highly recommended. (via FitzroviaRadio)

Life Below 600px

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:10:59 +0000

Life Below 600px:

“The fold is one of those guidelines that has been thrown about so much that it’s now become a ‘rule’ of web design (or maybe more appropriately a ‘ball and chain’ of web design) with web designers blindly obeying without question.”

“Ever stop to think about the concept of The Fold?”

‘Oh, the Farmer and the Cowman Should Be Friends’,...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:41:11 +0000

‘Oh, the Farmer and the Cowman Should Be Friends’, 2009 by Ron Arad. Taken from Ron Arad: Restless, the new retrospective of Arad’s work currently on display at the Barbican, London.