I'm sure most people will have seen this by now, but it's pretty awesome music for coding to.
Portal 2 Soundtrack – Songs To Test By →
May 29th, 2011Learn To Play Pool In 10 Minutes on Devour.com →
May 28th, 2011If only I'd seen this before going to a stag do pool tournament a couple of weeks ago! The most interesting bit is at about 6mins in.
Dice Portrait to Memorialize Friend →
May 25th, 2011
Harrison Ford's stunt double →
May 24th, 2011This is a brilliant, gutsy story. The rest of the article is good too. Lots of little gems.
Via Kottke http://kottke.org/11/05/indiana-jones-stunt-double
The Legion of Super-Groomsmen (GeekDad POTD) →
May 24th, 2011
MarsEdit
May 23rd, 2011
I’m trying out MarsEdit, after seeing Shawn Blanc’s post ‘An Ode to Software’.
No need for ‘files’ →
May 23rd, 2011Looks like both Google and Apple are trying to kill the concept of ‘files’ for end users.
You just want to get information into the cloud. When people use our Google Docs, there are no more files. You just start editing in the cloud, and there’s never a file.
Making of Tron: Legacy – Audio Awesome mix
May 19th, 2011
This is an outline of how I produced my Tron: Legacy Audio Awesome Soundtrack mix, which you can read more about and download here.
A warning: This post is quite long, and has a fair bit of detail. I wanted to put this info out there, but haven’t spent a huge amount of time tidying it up or making it digestible. Ask questions in the comments if you’d like more info or clarification.
Afro Tree
May 19th, 2011
You may recall the creepy tree outside my home http://fredsherbet.com/2011/04/the-trees-down-our-street-had-their-branches-cut-back-and-now-leaves-are-growing-out-the-stumps/
Well, it's not so creepy now, but definitely still weird. It's grown an afro!
Facebook awarded patent for photo tagging →
May 19th, 2011Interesting patent. Facebook's photo tagging was innovative. I have no idea if it was the first platform to allow tagging regions of a photo.
I have to wonder, would Facebook have not made this innovation if there was no possibility of being granted a monopoly?
