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none | Computers, Style

I’m not sure I’d really be able to elaborate much on this, can only say it really deserves scopanation by all yall.

Stink Digital is a little media group doing just that, almost anything and everything digital. Film, web design, phone apps, etc etc. Their latest effort as part of a campaign for Philips new 21:9 CINEMA television format is pretty stellar.  Also, visiting the film through the Philips site lets you click little nodes for some colour commentary and play with other neat little features.

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I just discovered Herman Lee, aka freshfauxx, on flickr.  Like, literally 10 minutes ago.  I was so stoked that I needed to get the word out immediately.

Lee is a veteran of the t-shirt design community, with wins at Threadless and DBH, but it was his work for MSCED that caught my eye.  His more recent work abandons the grunge, splatter, and animal motifs in favour of a simpler, geometric focus.  In fact, if I hadn’t just been told not to describe these things as retro-futurism, I would.

Looks like he’s based out of Hong Kong now, but is originally from Toronto.  Spreading love for home grown talent.

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Happy Birthday Sam Morse! Yes, that’s correct, today is the birthday of Samuel Morse, inventor of the electrical telegraph and corresponding Morse Code. I just want you to think about the implications of this invention. Sure, you could argue that the telephone revolutionized the world, but who even uses a telephone anymore? We’ve all reverted back to sending text messages and IMs over using voice to communicate. In retrospect, we could even say that Morse’s invention was prophetic.

The telegraph quickly shrunk the size of the world, allowing information to travel around the word at the speed of electrical conduction (it’s fast, I promise).  This not only lets you send a note to mom overseas, but also allowing scientific data to be sent across the world for the first time at significant speeds, allowing scientists to collaborate with each other from separate locations on time sensitive data.

Also, as a side note, he was one radical dude (see image for proof) the first telegraph he sent in 1838 read “A patient waiter is no loser.” No truer words, Morse, no truer words.

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If you’ve ever wanted a minimalist knife look no further than this. The Derma-Safe Folding Utility Knife is not much more than a razor blade in a folding sheath for storage and something to grab onto. Unfortunately the company is selling them in bulk at 100 minimum, but if you can manage to find a use for that many they’re only 52¢ each.

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none | Gear

I will admit to having personally fantasized and planned what I would do with my knowledge of modern technology should I be somehow transported through time. First, with the help of a local smithy, I invent the steam engine to kick start the industrial revolution. Then, I invent guns to uphold law in Steamerica, my newly christened steam-empire, and rule with a hot, vaporous fist.

For those of you who aren’t quite as prepared, TopatoCo has prepared a primer that will allow you to recreate the biggest technological advances of the last thousand years or so. You’ll never have to do without: Electromagnets, Radio, Pasteurization, Antibiotics, Airplanes, and more.

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It’s often the little things that really drive home that fact that one isn’t at home.

Some time ago, bigspaceship founder Michael Lebowitz put up a entry on his blog with a collection of door hangers his grandfather had accumulated during his travels before he passed away. I don’t know why, but these are exactly the sort of trifles that really awaken in me a sense of being in a foreign land.

none | Art

Okay, so I lied, this isn’t ACTUALLY Twitter, however Scott Kildall has created something close to the Twitter experience, except on pegboard in a room… His 2×2 project is an interesting idea to say the least, he has asked people to write their “posts” on 2″x2″ sticky-notes, roll them up, and place them in a hole. Others can add posts to the wall, or read posts that people have written. Check the link for images of the posts or check out the book he has created alongside Victoria Scott that captures the project in whole.

none | Art

Take a second to process what’s really going on in this picture.  Black and white objects of circular, or spherical nature, of varying sizes, arranged so they look precisely the same.  It’s perspective art, except with stuff.  You can chalk this bit of illusory art up to photographer Bernard Voita.

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none | Art

This is a video from artist Matt Pyke, created for the nokia e71 advertisement series. Check out the rest of his work at universal everything.

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