January 2010
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iPad
It’s real, finally, and it looks almost perfect:
I skipped the liveblogging lovefest last night, and went out with a friend instead; generally, these almost real-time feeds make for pretty tedious reading, and I decided to wait until the announcement was complete before reading up on the details of the iPad.
Opinion is inevitably mixed, running the gamut of reactions: from AppleInsider’s...
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“We had until this year began a man that had been there for years who only used...”
– Eric Mynes, in a Google Groups discussion. This might be the single best email-avoidance strategy ever (though it obviously wasn’t originally planned as such).
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Fringe Typography
A selection of establishing shots from Fringe that irritatingly stuff giant, bevelled, plastic-looking all-caps Helvetica into the shot, rather than merely overlaying it.
It’s not very visible in the below capture, but the rain is actually landing on, and splashing off, the letters:
Surely having such fat, heavy-looking text perched half over the edge is unsafe?
Note rubbish reflection...
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Abandoned Mix-Tape № 17: ‘Laurasia’
Created to mark a twenty-first birthday and supply ambience for attendant partying activities.
“Woman (Mstrkrft Remix)” by Wolfmother;
“Poor Innocent Boys” by Cazals;
“How to Handle a Rope” by Queens of the Stone Age;
“Sexy Boy” by Air;
“Something Good” by Utah Saints;
“Oops Oh My” by Ladytron;
“Deceptacon (DFA Remix)” by Le Tigre;
“Trash” by the Whip;
“Truth and Lies” by the Presets;
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Conversations With the Deku Tree
Whilst playing ‘Ocarina of Time’:
Deku Tree: Though your valiant efforts to break the curse were successful, I was doomed before you started…
Emily: Oh, you bastard. Why didn’t you tell me that _before_ I started?!