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newyorker: Cartoon of the day. For more: http://nyr.kr/JWOmj9
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The Kardashian is a unit I proposed a few classes back as a measure of attention. Conceptually, the Kardashian is the amount of global attention Kim Kardashian commands across all media over the space of a day. In an ideal, frictionless universe, we’d determine a Kardashian by measuring the percentage of all broadcast media, conversations…
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Yet for gamers to just sweep that important first part [that most videogames are “incredibly silly”] under the rug over and over again in favor of brainless, high-octane enjoyment feels like a crime against the medium they love. To accept childish dreck without protest-or worse, to defend the dreck’s obvious dreckiness just because the other…
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As Blow once told me, something is either smart or it’s not; the “for a game” part is meaningless. Taylor Clark (via notgames) gospels according to Blow?
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jentian: Silhouette Showdown, a game in progress. Fill in the shape as much as possible using the physical space of your body. Using Processing and a generic webcam, these are the shots from our prototype test today. Stoked!! It will be a team battle, the players are shown a silhouette on a screen, and then…
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sevensheaven: Design of a series of toy soldiers for a campaign of a plastic manufacturer, created by Sevensheaven.nl
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smarterplanet: Microsoft Research wants to automate your house, introduces HomeOS — Engadget Ever wondered if you could control your house’s climate, security, and appliances — along with your PCs and peripherals — using Microsoft software? That day may soon dawn, as its Research arm has started testing its home automation software, called HomeOS, in twelve domiciles over the past…
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julian: #cowclicker
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pacalin: Seriously people…it wasn’t his fault. Blame The Man. it8bit: GPOY photo by pacalin
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Painting is a physical thinking process to continue an interior dialogue, a way to engage in a kind of internal discourse, or sub-linguistic mumbling. Amy Sillman (via etceterablog) This summer I’m going to start painting again. This quote hits exactly on why. (via jenlindblad)