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hamoid: My first animgif programmed in Nodebox. I still prefer code, but I see the advantages of Nodebox: Pause, play and rewind your animation. Go to the previous and next frames. Tweak values and modify your program *while it runs*. No need to stop and restart your program. This is great for experimentation. Export a…
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youremykindofperfect: azyin: think-progress: What the U.S. flag looks like when it comes to marriage equality. this is what i will now consider my country’s flag Wow. This is powerful.
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The quickest way to find out what the boundaries of reality are is to figure where they break. Kevin Slavin at Seed Magazine. What is Reality? I’m caregiver for my elderly father who is now bedridden. I find little time to reflect because being present is basic. But something that happens is my dad will be…
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futurescope: Project 2020 by Trendmicro and ICSPA Pretty. This is something I’ve never seen. Or at least rarely. First a scenario process with a report, then a scifi series based on the results. More like this please. Well done. To all filmmakers out there: If you need help with the scenarios, contact us! We’d love to…
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theparisreview: Maps of imaginary worlds, from the new collection of essays by Umberto Eco, The Book of Legendary Lands. (via) Pictured: Top: Tobias Swinden, An Enquiry into the Nature and Place of Hell (1741) Bottom: M. O. MacArthy, Carte du monde d’Homere (1849), Ulysses’s journey.
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mitchwagner: T-shirt. torn between wanting a version drawn by Chuck Jones and one drawn by Picasso
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cinoh: Charles Eames ca. 1950 Natural designs embodied in Mojave Desert plants fascinated Eames, who liked to mount them on the wall of his studio. From them, he said, he would get inspiration for his own designs. The eames studio was fitted with a 22’ long tack board for such specimens and other experimental designs.
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blackheartpress: Color sheets for Josef Albers’ Never Before series, and one sheet with the general layout for Never Before.So awesome! Donated to the Met by some guy called Kenneth Tyler, who hung out at Tamarind 3 years after it was founded by Wayne and Adams, himself founded Gemini Ltd -> Gemini GEL and Tyler Graphics…
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theatlantic: Are You a Workaholic? Blame Your Parents People tend to have one of three beliefs about the meaning of work and which category you fall into largely depends on your parents, according to new research from the University of Michigan. Workers who are job-oriented are those just trying to make a living who much prefer the…
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Coffee as medicine? Japanese scientists show how it helps the heart
Coffee as medicine? Japanese scientists show how it helps the heart azspot: The next time you take a coffee break, you might want to consider a triple espresso. The extra caffeine may reduce your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.