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micdotcom: Missy Elliott just saw a 1,000% increase in sales Elliott is poised to record an astounding 70,000 downloads when official numbers come out this week, according to Billboard, compared to just 6,000 two weeks ago. That’s thanks to her amazing Super Bowl halftime appearance — which attracted a record 118.5 million viewers — alongside…
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blakegopnik: THE DAILY PIC: This image is not by some 1960s acolyte of Ellsworth Kelly or Tom Downing, the D.C. dotmeister. It is not, in fact, abstract at all. It is an evocation of Catholic communion wafers rendered as the dots from Wonderbread wrapping, and was made in 1968 by the artist known as Sister…
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everybodyontheinternet: On February 26, the FCC is going to decide if the internet should stay free and fair, or if it should be handed over to the cable companies. You don’t want them to pick the cable companies. Join everybody on the internet to help the FCC do the right thing.
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internetarchive: Last September, the John S. and James L Knight Foundation issued this challenge: “How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build more knowledgeable communities?” Today we are proud to announce that the Internet Archive’s plan for “Building Libraries Together” will make archive.org more community-driven, with a major grant from theKnight Foundation. The…
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I am a digital romantic. Because sex online is real sex and love online is real love and everything in between is real, too, as real as your hand down your pants, your heart in your mouth. I say this for all of us who’ve ever felt our breath quicken when a particular userpic pops…
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How virtual reality ate the Sundance Film Festival
How virtual reality ate the Sundance Film Festival At this year’s festival, VR has finally hit its stride.
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More stunning work in generative 3D animation by Ian Cheng. Thousand Islands Thousand Laws (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
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The Sculptor: Scott McCloud’s magnum opus (about magnum opuses) [New review, please share!]
mostlysignssomeportents: Scott McCloud is best known as comics’ most accessible, smartest theorist, thanks to his 1994 classic Understanding Comics. But the other McCloud, of superhero comics like ZOT! is equally beloved by the cognoscenti. With The Sculptor, McCloud reminds us that he is one of the field’s great storytellers, with a story of love, art,…
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Buddy used the payphone to call his wife and Ritchie used it to call his brother. (via)