August 2009
32 posts
Perfect night for Tom. “Burma Shave” -...
The Brand Called Vermont
“A product labeled “Made in Vermont”—whether herb-infused maple syrup, pineapple pepper jam, or chai water buffalo yogurt‚—is worth 10 percent more than the same product made elsewhere.”
“The brand called Vermont” -The Boston Globe
Augmented Reality with Yelp's new iPhone app.
Augmented Reality for the iPhone is here early thanks to the new Yelp iPhone app easter egg.
How to activate it.
Download the new Yelp app (came out yesterday). So you shake your iPhone 3 times. That activates a feature called Monocle. A message should come up if you activated it. A blue box will come up saying “the Monocle has been activated.” It will create a button in the top...
“Postcards from Italy” (Beirut Cover)...
“The Pennsylvania Macaroni Company” -...
“Snow And Lights” - Explosions In The...
37signals’ new book, Rework, is available for pre-order.
And if you haven’t already, check out their most recent book, Getting Real.
WatchMerlin Mann is writing a book.
“It’s about learning to iterate between the effective use of your time and the effective application of your attention.”
Also…
“The internet is becoming this thing where it’s just people trying to be successful on the internet by showing other people how to be successful on the internet.”
Seven Lies About Lying (Part 1)
Errol Morris’ multi-part essay on the nature of deception and lies for The New York Times. Part 1 features an interview with Ricky Jay.
ERROL MORRIS: And it can’t be accidental. You can accidentally deceive somebody, but you can’t accidentally lie to somebody. If you’re lying to somebody, you have to know you’re doing it.
RICKY JAY: I’ve written about verbal deception, for example, the...
“ “The mind’s a great place to have an idea, but a crappy place to hold...”
– David Allen, creator of the Getting Things Done.
Watch“The Man Who Walked Around The World”
A short film for Johnnie Walker by BBH London.
WatchBobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale (from The World Science Festival 2009)
Watch555 KUBIK (facade projection by URBANSCREEN)
“How it would be, if a house was dreaming”
MP3 - “Backwards Walk” - Frightened...
WatchThe Story of Stuff:
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social...
Yellow-Yellow vs. the BearVault 500
The BearVault 500, a container designed to keep bears out of campers’ food, is repeatedly compromised by a tiny black bear in the Adirondacks. The bear, named Yellow Yellow, has not only figured out how to open several redesigns of the supposedly bear-proof vault, but appears to be training apprentices.
From The New York Times article:
Similar to a childproof medicine bottle, the...
Still thinking about John Hughes. I’m not over this one yet.
Here’s a touching story about John Hughes the pen pal. There are a lot lessons in there.
John told me about why he left Hollywood just a few years earlier. He was terrified of the impact it was having on his sons; he was scared it was going to cause them to lose perspective on what was important and what happiness meant. And...
MP3 - “Turn to the Sky” - March...
VIDEO - Dan Harmon doing his dailydanza.com impression.
Bonus video. Tony’s having trouble sleeping.
Superego! Podcast Episode 2:5
Superego! Podcast Episode 2:5
Another fantastic episode. Subscribe via iTunes.
WatchVIDEO - The second full trailer for Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are.
MP3 - “Goodbye, Casio” - Volcano,...
“ “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert A. Heinlein
WatchVIDEO - “Sectionate City” - Andrew Bird (live on From the Basement)