June 2008
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The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the... →
“All models are wrong, but some are useful.”
Jun 30th
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A classic from a cardiologist →
“The NY Times has a long piece on the fast spread of 64 slice CT scans and their using in cardiac imaging… of course once a practice buys a 64 slice CT it’s an ATM machine sitting in the…
Jun 30th
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Muxtape Update
muxtape: Last night we released a major revision to Muxtape’s underlying software. It’s the product of three weeks of intensive development and represents an almost complete rewrite of the user interface, playback functionality, and backend song organization. Hopefully this morning you didn’t notice the difference, but the changes are significant. The site had been running on older code that...
Jun 30th
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The Google Way of Science →
Originally posted in The Technium There’s a dawning sense that extremely large databases of information, starting in the petabyte level, could change how we learn things. The…
Jun 30th
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King Khan & The Shrines @ South Street... →
photos by Jason Bergman King Khan and the Shrines played what was advertised as their first U.S. show on Friday at South Street Seaport (June 27, 2008). I heard they played their…
Jun 30th
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You know a recession is coming... →
Shared by jeanphony wow, what’s next? The espresso machine? …when agencies start throwing out the table football
Jun 30th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29) →
King Khan And The Shrines The Last Shadow Puppets Port O’Brien Frightened Rabbit Silver Jews Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Jun 29th
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How fans pollute →
Only about 42,000 fans attended the first Daytona 500 back in 1959, but an estimated 200,000 fans attended this year’s 50th edition. That’s quite a carbon footprint.
Jun 29th
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King Khan & The Shrines @ South Street Seaport,... →
photo by Jason Bergman King Khan and the Shrines played what was advertised as their first U.S. show on Friday at South Street Seaport (June 27, 2008). I heard they played their…
Jun 29th
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New Amsterdam Public Market Gets Fresh Tomorrow →
Let’s not let the bitter turf war between the Fancy Food Show and the Unfancy Food Show eclipse the other fine food event going down this weekend. Sunday marks the third seasonal New…
Jun 28th
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all the water in the world →
all the water in the world (or 1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it) including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc. (left). all the air in the atmosphere (or 5140…
Jun 28th
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Neko Case, M. Ward Guest on New Giant Sand LP →
Jun 28th
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Links for 2008-06-27 [del.icio.us] →
Pluck Social Media : Success Stories social media software back end Usability Challenge 2008 On 1 August 2008, we are asking anyone with a passion for usability to solve a usability…
Jun 28th
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The Measure of a Robot →
With lovable brain-in-a-box robot Wall-E enchanting us in theaters, and hot-bod Cylons seducing us in Battlestar Galactica re-runs, it’s clear that we’ve come a long way since the robot…
Jun 28th
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The Quantified Self →
Detailed quantifiable self-observation has a new handle. It is called ODL or Observations of Daily Living. The idea is that if you monitor your body in your daily life over time you’ll have more than just a snapshot of your health, you’ll have baselines and long-term trends.
Jun 27th
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Listening to: King Khan And The Shrines - Shivers Down My Spine. My new Favorite. These guys ROCK http://tinyurl.com/5pjjvp
Jun 27th
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just accepted an invitation to review for CHI 2009. <joke>now accepting bribes</joke>
Jun 27th
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Great speech, @BarackObama. http://snurl.com/2pwjz Just… next time. don’t start the video on page load, please. Thanks!
Jun 27th
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Links for 2008-06-26 [del.icio.us] →
Summize - Twitter Search Engine the attitude visualization under Labs is interesting.
Jun 27th
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Florent Update: Restaurant to Stay as the R&L →
When we spoke with Florent Morellet on Monday, he assured us that his 23-year-old Meatpacking District bistro – scheduled to close this Sunday at 10 p.m. – would not be occupied by a…
Jun 27th
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How Obama speaks →
Breaking down his speaking style… I agree, ecclesiastically influenced.
Jun 27th
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Mental note: read Jonas Löwgren draft paper on issues that affect the aesthetics of interaction design http://is.gd/GeX via: @daveixd
Jun 26th
Links for 2008-06-25 [del.icio.us] →
In Overhaul, Disney.com Seeks a Path to More Fun Create fairy avatars on your phone! Gourmet Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Truck Hits Soho yay! Gourmet Ice Cream Trucks Rolling into NYC Soon! …
Jun 26th
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What's on Barack's iPod? →
Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Jay Z… standard middle-aged, mis-western lawyer fare.
Jun 26th
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McCain and Obama on the Campaign Trail: Two... →
Presidential candidates John McCain, Republican senator from Arizona, and Barack Obama, Democratic senator from Illinois, are staking out contrasting positions, mostly along traditional party lines,…
Jun 26th
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Atomic Cars of the 1950s [Retro Futurism] →
“Engine in rear? Tricycle wheels? Polaroid Plastic top? Atomic power? Just as at home in the water or in the air as on the highway?” This car of the future was designed and illustrated by…
Jun 26th
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Charbay Rum Tasting →
Now this sounds good: small batch rum tasting at Lenelle’s
Jun 26th
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Inherently Shared Objects →
Instructions for sharing written on the side of this 100% orange juice lolly. The extent that sharing is actively supported, implied in the design. The cultural un/acceptability of licking…
Jun 26th
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Why Do You Lie? The Perils of Self-Reporting →
Jun 25th
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Jun 25th
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Jun 25th
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Links for 2008-06-24 [del.icio.us] →
Searchme Visual Search - Beta - rev. 1.090 cool new search engine that let’s you create coverflow-like stacks out of search results. Moving to the Mobile Web Mobile Web picks up steam SK…
Jun 25th
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Green Remodeling Epicenter...Could It Be North... →
Inhabitat’s BRA-Braille wall tiles are molded bamboo paper pulp. OK, fun facts. Portland and Seattle always seem to take the awards for most LEED-certified green buildings per capita. But dinky…
Jun 25th
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Digital politics: The future is broadband, not... →
The Personal Democracy Forum showed that industry-speak is finally moving away from blogs and YouTube and toward the tech policy issues that matter.
Jun 25th
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The Corrections →
“Recent discoveries show us that practically everything we think we know about the science of taste is wrong, wrong, wrong.”
Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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John sez: ID’s Annual Design Review just hit the streets featuring our Honorable Mention in the Interactive Category for ESPN MVP.
Jun 23rd
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twitterfeed appears to be screwed up… Removing
Jun 23rd
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Reading: MLB At Bat for iPhone - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) [snipurl error]
Jun 23rd
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Reading: Conceptual Trends and Current Topics [snipurl error]
Jun 23rd
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Links for 2008-06-22 [del.icio.us] →
An activity-theory-based model to analyse Web application requirements Seems worth a read… It’s long though We’re connecting - and wasting time - on Twitter - San Jose Mercury News Nice…
Jun 23rd
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22) →
Shout Out Louds The Last Shadow Puppets Fujiya & Miyagi I’m From Barcelona Atlas Sound Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Jun 23rd
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today is the last time I cancel plans because of the threat of rain…
Jun 23rd
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Jun 22nd
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Reading: The Secret Diary of [Steve Jobs] Jerry Yang: The first great battle of the Internet is.. [snipurl error]
Jun 22nd
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Tinkerer’s Toy - The Chumby Clock Radio - Consumed →
Rob Walker on Chumby: A tech device that, theoretically, becomes more useful the longer you own it.
Jun 22nd
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Graphic Of The Day: USA Residential Energy... →
A kind Thank You to the person at Carbon Kids Blog, for doing the heavy plotting; and, for tipping us off to the chart. Great work in progress. We have our gadget- and monster…
Jun 22nd
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Massive Cancer Information Giveaway →
Scientists at GlaxoSmithKline spent a small fortune studying cancer cells, and then gave most of their precious information away — for free — to the research community. That massive…
Jun 22nd