http://www.nofi.org by Jeffrey Melton, designer and media artist. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:41:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm lovin' my recent birthday present from my wife: a shiny new iPod Touch. It's quite a step-up from my 2nd gen iPod (which served me well for six years, despite its monochrome display, bulky form, dwindled battery life and lack of a dock connector). It's handy to check email, news ... http://www.nofi.org/2008/07/25/mobilemine/ Todd Selby photographs people and their possessions in their NYC homes Indie Game Developers Enlist Algorithms to Do the World-Building for Them Neo2 Magazine Free Experimental Fonts Circos visualizing genomes and genomic data History of Debt in America A Brief History of Money http://www.nofi.org/2008/07/23/links-for-2008-07-23/ Winners of 2008 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Beatmaker - The first music creation studio for the iPhone and iPod Touch Secrets of book publishing I wish I had known - from the author of Bit Literacy Rickshaw Commuter Messenger Bags - from former Timbuk2 designers Time Travel Posters - interesting work Visualizing On The ... http://www.nofi.org/2008/07/21/links-for-2008-07-20/ The Printable CEO™ Series - a series of printable forms that help manage the day-to-day chore of achieving your goals Walking the Line When You Work from Home 30 Most Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth Beautiful Monsters - the first in a series of articles intended to serve as an ongoing ... http://www.nofi.org/2008/07/15/links-for-2008-07-15/ I am pleased to announce my 2008 Summer mix podcast (1hr05min, 74.9Mb MP3) of original music for your consideration. It's equal parts reflective, chilled-out, lazy. A suitable soundtrack for your morning cuppa, yard and crafting projects, reading on the couch, afternoon coding sessions and breezy evenings on the front porch. Track ... http://www.nofi.org/2008/07/03/2008-summer-mix-podcast/ julien vidal - nice work blueprintcss - a CSS framework which aims to cut down on your CSS development time. It gives you a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even a stylesheet for printing. The End of Theory: The Data ... http://www.nofi.org/2008/06/27/links-for-2008-06-27/ I've been catching up on comedy: Flight of the Conchords (amusing mumblecore with novelty songs, best appreciated in small doses) and the mindbending The Mighty Boosh (hilarious, surreal, bizarre, brilliant). It's interesting they both exist as radio, stage and TV series. http://www.nofi.org/2008/06/26/flight-of-the-mighty-conchords-go-boosh/ This sly, provocative video for Jerk It led me to the buzzworthy group Thunderheist. Can't stop listening. Work it. http://www.nofi.org/2008/06/26/move-suhin/ Mystery on Fifth Avenue - The architectural designer Eric Clough embedded clues into a Fifth Avenue apartment, leading the family who lived there on a scavenger hunt through the rooms of their home Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab Unthinkable Futures - A small game Brian Eno and Kevin ... http://www.nofi.org/2008/06/20/links-for-2008-06-20/ I updated the seasonal mixes of my original music to a new podcasts category. You can subscribe to the podcast feed with your favorite reader or add it directly to iTunes. I also archived the folders of demos and outtakes for easier downloading. View a listing of my current work. ... http://www.nofi.org/2008/06/17/new-podcast-category-and-feed/