Style points: http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/28/photo-stylish-robot.html http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/2009/04/reader-submission-patricks-photos.html Legal Notes: The Google books settlement may not be — a settlement that is. http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/googles-book-settlement-delayed-as-resistance-appears.ars Didn’t they teach these fools to be careful who they bully. Lessig twitters Warner Bros. take down notice. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/29/warner-music-claims.html Images: If you’re feeling the need to be totally creeped out. Bits from the latest auction of MJ’s stuff. …
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Morning Linkage (Apr 27)
Some vaguely related photos from Milan Design Week. Many cool seating surfaces. Some that I would hesitate to call chairs. http://www.core77.com/blog/milan09/milan_design_week_09_tuttobene_13287.asp Design as a profession is currently having a crisis of relevancy. Trying to figure out how it can value to society rather than merely add value to the bottom line. As is the case in …
Morning Linkage (Apr 24)
In the I wonder who was after what department. The judge in the Pirate Bay trial is a member of a copyrights advocacy group. And this is just coming out? Either the PB lawyers are incompetent (mistrial, incompetent defense) or clever (mistrial, judge not impartial) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/judges-conflict-of-interest-surfaces-after-pirate-bay-trial.ars Fabulously beautiful Japanese depictions of nature. http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/04/nature-of-utamaro.html Half a million …
Morning Linkage (Apr 23)
Black and White is old skool and that’s good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruipalha/ I probably qualify for “life experience credit” for this course but you all might want to consider it. Internet Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview, by Robert Lanham http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/4/20lanham.html Earth Day link — an unobtrusive rain water capture system http://www.aquascapeinc.com/why_rainxchange Wow — that’s like, so, Elvis …
Morning Linkage (Apr 22)
To fuel the OO vs. everyone else debates. Manga about Ubuntu. (Get ’em early while they are still impressionable…) http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/ubunchu-the-ubuntu-manga-is-now-in-english/ The last dinosaur will soon be extinct. (Thank God, the thing is creepy) http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/21/pleo-extinct.html I love the ways people are finding to put the artifacts of excess to use. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/04/recycled_catalog_dollhouse.html Lovingly recreated decals for old machinery. …