Photo: Snooze, from Flickr (CC) Stipping things down to the bare minimum is Apples mantra. But isn’t easy equal to boring? Excerpt from an interesting article on the subject: Think about it… skiing, dancing, chess, photography, flying, dressage, gardening, dog training, environmental activism, religion… when people are into any of those things passionately (as opposed… Fortsett å lese Can you have too much ease-of-use?
Forfatter: Morten Skogly
Creator of Things
SxSW puts 2.6 GB of music online for 2005 conference
SXSW did something truly groundbreaking for their 2005 conference, when picked on song from each of the hundreds of bands performing at the festival online, and distributed it them with BitTorrent. If you have ever, like me, worked with clearing content from bands for online publishing, you can appreciate the amount of work this must… Fortsett å lese SxSW puts 2.6 GB of music online for 2005 conference
Regler for Ekstra Joker Nord
Aka: Reglan førr Jokernord Eksempler på brukerinnsendte regler til Jokernord, gjort legendarisk av Bård og Harald på NRK, i programmet Team Antonsen. §5 Ikke lov til og vrenge bøtta når det er en homojoker i nærheten §7 Du må enten bøtte eller vrenge toeren hvis den havner under en selvmordsjoker. §9 Hvis homo jokern er… Fortsett å lese Regler for Ekstra Joker Nord
Smileplastics
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Smileplastics has created a solution that gives hard plastics a new life as building materials. On their website you can see interesting uses for this mixed plastics material. I’ve been facinated and frustrated with plastic for years. It is a beautiful material with endless uses, strong, and colorful, but we usually… Fortsett å lese Smileplastics
Seven mile boots
The project SEVEN MILE BOOTS is a pair of interactive shoes with audio. One can wear the boots, walk around as a flaneur simultaneousy in the physical world and in the literal world of the internet. By walking in the physical world one may suddenly encounter a group of people chatting in real time in… Fortsett å lese Seven mile boots
Den tilfredse fiskeren
(Photo by Sir Mervs, via Flickr) En fisker hadde avsluttet arbeidet for dagen og satt ved båten sin på stranden og så på solnedgangen. En rik forretningsmann gikk forbi, og ble irritert over å se fiskeren som latet seg. – Hvorfor er du ikke ute og fisker? spurte forretningsmannen. – Fordi jeg har fått nok… Fortsett å lese Den tilfredse fiskeren
Quote: Garden of Rama
Taking a crap when three giant birds are watching your every move is certainly not an easy task. – Arthur C. Clark, Garden of Rama
Bomber Jack Clone
I spent a few weeks creating a Bomber Jack clone from scratch for a radio show at NRK, and ended up reskinning it at least 3 times for other projects (easy money). This version was made for the Norwegian election in 2003. Valgfleskspillet. And here is a screenshot from another clone, made for the childens… Fortsett å lese Bomber Jack Clone
Procrastination!
photo credit: bart234465 Have you ever wondered how many times they say «Bad boys» in the (horrible) song «Bad boys (what you’re gonna do when they come for you)»? Of course you have! And the answer is 43! I’ve counted. You’re welcome! But in the category «Repeat use of a word in a popsong», the… Fortsett å lese Procrastination!
Leseforeningen
NRK – Leseforeningen – A website I designed, built and worked on a while back.