Every now and then I come across a piece of software that makes me think “damn, that’s cool.” Most recently, I’ve been playing with thumber. It’s a simple premise: feed it a Quicktime .mov and it turns it into a post of thumbnails. Nothing more, nothing less – and the results are beautiful. Check out… Continue reading Pixelated – in a Good Way
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Efficient Markets
I couldn’t help but notice on Friday that Freddie Mac’s stock ticker looked like this: Take a look at the chart for a sec. It closed the previous day at $8. It opened at about half that, $4 – or a 50% plunge. Then it rose steadily throughout the day to down a mere $0.25… Continue reading Efficient Markets
Quebec: No Love from Map-Makers
For some reason, I keep coming across maps that seem to misplace Quebec. This Aer Lingus map showed upstate New York in up-province Quebec. Now today I came across this map in Wired: It’s a game of Risk from 2027 and the world has a new group of nations that didn’t exist a mere 20… Continue reading Quebec: No Love from Map-Makers
Fireworks & Rooftops
Last night’s fireworks were a bit of a disappointment for those in Manhattan. A combination of rain and wind conspired to blow all the smoke from the detonations towards us – and obscured the fireworks. However, there was one amazing sight: the image of hundreds of people on their rooftops holding umbrellas as they strained… Continue reading Fireworks & Rooftops
The Challenge of an Original Thought
Over the past few days I’ve been reading through a stack of Wired magazines that have accumulated in my apartment over the past few months. As I was reading through an article Eureka! (a photo essay on where inspiration comes from), I came across the following image: It’s the Cornell cafeteria where in 1946 Richard… Continue reading The Challenge of an Original Thought