December 2009
51 posts
The Sound Of My Head Banging Against The Wall
My iPhone is locked to AT&T, and AT&T say they can’t (or won’t) unlock it so it can be used with another carrier (even though I paid up when I broke the contract, and did everything legitimately, not to mention that I moved out of the U.S. and wouldn’t use it with anyone competing with AT&T), and Apple won’t do it either as far as I know. In Sweden, the...
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Zen Principles of Aesthetics
FUKINSEI (imbalanced) Asymmetry, odd numbers, irregularity, unevenness, imbalance is used as a denial of perfection as perfection and symmetry does not occur in nature. KANSO (simple) Elimination of ornate and things of simplicity by nature expresses their truthfulness. Neat, frank and uncomplicated. KOKOU (austere) Basic, weathered bare essentials that are aged and unsensuous. Evokes sternness,...
Dec 29th
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Inception Teaser Trailer →
Christopher Nolan was one of the most interesting filmmakers of this past decade, and it looks like he’s going to be off to a good start in the next as well. This looks deliciously mind-bendy.
Dec 28th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Baking with Saffron
..is like baking with drugs. Not only do you buy saffron by the gram, but it’s really expensive too (about $10/gram). They sure make for some tasty buns though, yum.
Dec 22nd
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Winter Wonderland
Not to be outdone by the U.S. blizzard, it has snowed here for the past 36 hours, putting a 30-40 cm (10-15 in) blanket of snow over everything. It is absolutely beautiful outside, and just in time for Christmas. I can’t remember the last time it snowed this much or this timely for the holidays, but it’s lovely. The snow has another major benefit too in that it helps so much to...
Dec 21st
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“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
– Albert Einstein
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
– Albert Einstein
Dec 14th
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Time Travel with Google
Some time ago I wrote about how cool it would be if Google could offer historic maps through it’s map service. Today Google has given me the gift of time traveling maps — in the worst possible way. I just wrote about the disappearing Aral Sea, after which I went to look at it on Google Maps. This is what I saw. Not only is that completely inaccurate to what it actually looks like, it...
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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“Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.”
– W. Eugene Smith
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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“The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take,...”
– Henri Cartier-Bresson
Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject...”
– Berenice Abbott
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
– Ansel Adams
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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