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Written by Lee Poirier
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
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 I love the detail in the luger. Massive drama considering they're just utensils.
http://www.lazypalace.com/funny-food-art/ has a great collection of food based art. Some amazing, some just ok. Worth a look, though. |
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Written by Lee Poirier
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Friday, 08 January 2010 |
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Jewelry Designer Robin Dahlberg and her friends have an annual tradition to celebrate New Years by having a game party. In honor of that, and the fact that their home is 100 years old this year, they designed 100 cupcakes. Each with a different game. Oh, and as far as cupcake decorators are concerned, these ain't no punk bitches. Amazingly intricate work. Check it out. It's a quite an impressive collection of games. http://www.steelheadstudio.com/100cupcakes/ I was able to guess 74 correctly. |
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Written by Lee Poirier
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 |
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Check out the Cell Size and Scale comparison tool from the Genetic Science Center Though I've seen similar demonstrations of scale, they've always been cosmological. The Genetic Science Center at the University of Utah is hosting (and I imagine, created) this simple but very cool flash app that shows the relative size of things in the micro-scale. Cool stuff guys. [Update: I've looked around their site a little more and come to the conclusion that this size and scale tool is just the tip of the iceberg. Compared to the Interactive Cell, Vesicle Logistics Breakdown, the Fight or Flight cellular response animation, or any of the other amazing articles they have on their Amazing Cells segment of their site, it's only semi-cool. Everything is beautifully illustrated and explained.] |
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Written by Lee Poirier
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 |
 I looked over the interwebs and wasn't able to find a good example of the script that was originally included in the LP liner notes of Albert Brooks' comedy album "Comedy Minus One".
I purchased a used CD of the album at Half-Price Books (Greatest. Bookstore. Ever.) and didn't realize that it was missing, so I'm replicating it here. For those who don't know, Albert Brooks is a highly regarded and respected comedian/actor/director. He had two comedy albums, "Comedy Minus One" and "A Star is Bought". The second is a an album put together based on the premise that he wanted it to have as much exposure as possible, so each track is targeting a different demographic. I first encountered Brooks in SNL re-runs which featured short films he produced, my favorite being "The Famous Comedians School", where he tries to dissect comedy scientifically at the school of the same name. The 7 year old repeating "I don't like it" is classic. He also directed and acted in several films, my favorites among them being Taxi Driver (Actor), Real Life (Director/Actor/Writer), Lost in America (Director/Actor/Writer), Broadcast News (Actor), Mother (Director/Actor/Writer), and Defending Your Life (Director/Actor/Writer). If you still don't know who he is, you've probably heard his voice in either Finding Nemo (he voices Marlin, Nemo's dad) or the Simpsons, where he's played many characters (not the least of which was Bond Supervillian - Hank Scorpio).
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Written by Lee Poirier
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Monday, 05 October 2009 |
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I have recently been thoroughly enjoying Slide Shot, a deceptively simple yet addictive game built on the heals of old school windows games like Pipe Dream and Klotski. Having just finished the game, and not finding any solutions on the internet I thought I'd post the answers here.  This game is available free through iTunes, and a $1.99 version with 6 additional levels (called Lite, curiously enough) is also available. [EDIT: Curiously Enough, indeed. The developer of Slideshot, Marc Schomerus, posted the full app and then lite app for $1.99, giving people (like me) the opportunity to effectively tip him for his efforts to make this game. SO - if you like the game, BUY THE LITE APP! It's only 2 bucks, and I guarantee you got more than 2 dollars of enjoyment out of it.] |
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Written by Lee Poirier
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Sunday, 16 August 2009 |
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If you have read my sparcly populated site in the past, perhaps you've heard of the nightmare I went through with Network Solutions (who can suck it) when I lost my domain name. The practice that I became a victim of has recently been addressed by ICANN, and I couldn't be happier.
Never ones to let a good deed go unpunished, scammers quickly learned to take advantage of a user-friendly policy that allowed a misregistered domain name—perhaps due to a typo—to be withdrawn at no cost. Scammers used this "Add Grace Period" to grab huge numbers of domains, throw up pages full of advertising, then withdraw the applications before the bill came due.
It was a practice known as "domain tasting," and it gave the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) a bad case of indigestion. ICANN, which manages domain name assignments, ultimately responded by imposing penalties that would ensure any group that performed an excessive number of these premature withdrawals wound up with a substantial bill. In a report on the results of the new policy, released yesterday, ICANN announced that its actions have essentially eliminated the delicious art of domain tasting.
You can read the entire article "Domain tasters" bitter as new fees put an end to their games at Ars Technica. |
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