Link love for October 29

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

Shoot from edge to edge with the Lomo Sprocket Rocked Panorama camera (above).

That Spunky Sound 0.12 particle synthesizer.

Greek your text Like a Boss with the Gangsta Lorem Ipsum generator.

There’s a new Processing Plug-in for Eclipse.

A new experiment shows that memory of inconsequential events is improved significantly when they happen around the same time as a novel, exciting, or surprising one. BOO!

A letter you can send to requests for spec work if you want to decline politely and explain the reasons for your decision.

K. Stockhausen’s Advice To Clever Children.

The OXO Candela Zoom makes us want to sleep with a night light again.

Nicole Lazzaro’s “The Future of UX is Play: The 4 Keys to Fun, Emotion and User Engagement” (video).

Link love for October 8

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

A Reusable Bottle Made From Bamboo and Glass (above).

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization (video)

Is it time to change the way we educate?

Ancient Nubians Drank Antibiotic-Laced Beer

Panspermia theorists say India’s red rain contains life not seen on Earth

Desk-It Adhesive Notepads

Do we really desire Google to tell us what we should be doing next? Yes, but with some qualifiers, says William Gibson.

GOOD Guide to Education Innovation

Chip Conley Took the Maslow Pyramid, Made It an Employee Pyramid and Saved His Company

The Analogue Monologues is a new series of mini video documentaries by Vince Clarke.

Bacteria Have Eaten Giant Gulf Oil Plume, New Study Says

7 Books To Read for Sustainable Eating

Feed in a news article, blog post, or press release, and Poligraft will present you with an enhanced view of the people, organizations, and relationships described in the piece.

A linguistic mystery has arisen in Scotland, surrounding symbols on stones that predate the formation of the country itself.

Link love for August 10, part 2

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

The origins of abc (above).

Where did the money to rebuild Iraq go? (infographic)

Penguin 75: Designers, Authors, Commentary.

Amon Tobin records The Foley Room (video).

Why the next big pop-culture wave after cupcakes might be libraries.

An archive of MTV’s ’120 Minutes’.

Handwriting and flourish art.

Ford films found in Kiwi vault.

Researchers create the world’s first synthetic cell.

Update

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

No Unwind tonight, as Flow is going all day and night tomorrow. I’ll be playing a two hour live session of improvised ambient, downtempo, dub, glitch, and minimal techno, starting at Noon.

Update

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

I will be playing another live session at Unwind tomorrow evening. At the moment, I don’t intend to record these sessions, so they will need to be experienced in-the-moment. I have posted a recent session I made at home in preparation for the first event.