08 February 2012
Universal Earphones: Earphones with Automatic Side and Shared Use Detection on Vimeo
the amazing thing with this video is the use of digital voice because the person is not comfortable with English.Universal earphones automatically detect the left and right sides of the ears and provide stereo audio to the most suitable side. The earphones also support detection when a single set of earphones is being shared by two people and provide mixed stereo sound to both earphones.
07 February 2012
Disruptions: Facebook Users Ask, 'Where's Our Cut?' - NYTimes.com
A lot of cafes and small restaurants will let people hang out because they attract other people,” said Yannis M. Ioannides, a professor of economics at Tufts University. “What is unusual and new is that Facebook takes access to information about these people to make its business more powerful.” He added: “The proprietor of a cafe doesn’t use personal information about me and my friends to make money.”
06 February 2012
Your world of text
Your World of Text is an infinite grid of text editable by any visitor. The changes made by other people appear on your screen as they happen.
04 February 2012
01 February 2012
t / Steve Losh
t is a command-line todo list manager for people that want to finish tasks, not organize them.
Buy Cilice
by gregg
cilice was originally a garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair (a hairshirt). In more recent times the word has come to refer not to a hairshirt, but to a spiked metal belt or chain worn strapped tight around the upper thigh. Many religious orders within the Roman Catholic Church have used the cilice as a form of "corporal mortification," but in recent years it has become known as a practice of numeraries (celibate lay people) of Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Roman Catholic Church.
31 January 2012
The Myth of Chiburi? | [ kenshi247.net ]
by Takwann
n many iaido ryuha, chiburi is a fundamental part of kata. Chiburi, usually written 血振 in Japanese, literally means “shaking off blood,” and the image presented is that of flinging the blood of a defeated enemy off the blade with a deft movement before resheathing. Perhaps mainly due to the prevalence of Muso Shinden-ryu and Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu, some people believe that chiburi is a universal aspect of iai. However, many ryuha do not practice chiburi, and there is the opinion – which has become more widespread recently, thanks to the sharing of knowledge via the internet – that shaking off blood in this way is in fact impossible. If this is the case, then what purpose does chiburi serve? Is it pointless? Why do some ryuha practice it? And was it really ever intended to remove blood from a blade?
Tenouchi for men cutting | [ kenshi247.net ]
by Takwann
As I noted on facebook, in a dojo of 10 sensei you will get 10 different methods of striking men. I know this through experience. Although kendo does have a general ‘set’ method (defined by the ZNKR) it does – in fact – allow for a breadth of style. To exclaim that this or that is ‘wrong’ shows, I believe, not only inflexibility of mind, but potentially of method also. So, even if you don’t adhere to the method explained here, at least realise that many people actually do. What would be nice, however, would be that the people who don’t use this method to actually try it… a bit of research and self study (called KUFU in Japanese) is required in budo after all.
As implied by the above, please realise that this is not some ‘how to do kendo properly’ article at all, but is presented for your (and my) study purposes. One of the well-known kendo phrases is:
我以外皆師
‘Everybody but myself is my teacher’
25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore
by bouilloire & 2 others
21. A surprising number of people will think you've read every book in the store and will keep pulling out volumes and asking you what this one is about. These are the people who leave without buying a book, so it's time to have some fun. Make up plots.
Huhu
30 January 2012
Greer Muldowney
At 6,426 people per km2, Hong Kong boasts the most densely populated urban center in the world
Radio Interview with Matriarch of Social TV - MIT's Marie-Jose Montpetit
by sbrothier
Social TV is a huge buzzword in the TV world these days. Basically, it refers to the ways people are using social media in conjunction with their TV viewing. That might refer to something as simple as checking your Twitter feed on your phone while watching a political debate. It might also include joining a social network oriented around media discovery, like GetGlue, or Miso, where you can find out what your friends think of shows, or be notified when they are watching something. It had us wondering what impact Social TV will have on the way programmers design shows, and whether we’re returning to gathering in the living room watching I Love Lucy, only virtually. Marie-Jose Montpetit is a research scientist at the Research Lab of Electronics at MIT, where she researches putting video on multiple devices and combining it with social networking components.
24 January 2012
365 Charming Everyday Things
by gregg
365 charming items that reflect the wisdom, skills and aesthetic sense of Japanese people,offer practical use in everyday life, and deliver comfort, fun and small happiness to us,have been selected to decorate each of the pages of this day-by-day calendar.These items are now transcending the national border to be displayed and sold in Paris.
20 January 2012
Confessions of a Publisher: “We’re in Amazon’s Sights and They’re Going to Kill Us” | PandoDaily
Long-term there’s no future in printed books. They’ll be like vinyl: pricey and for collectors only. 95% of people will read digitally. Everybody in publishing knows this but most are in denial about it because moving to becoming a digital company means laying off like 40% of our staffs. And the barriers to entry fall, too. We simply don’t want to think about it.
17 January 2012
360degrees
by gregg
Even as the crime rate is dropping, the criminal justice system continues to grow. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, there will be 30 new federal prisons built over the next 7 years. Throughout this unprecedented growth, there have been few opportunities for critical examination of what is working and what isn't. It is our hope that this site will challenge your perceptions about who is in prison today and why. We also hope that it will generate ideas, big and small, about how we can reduce crime and strengthen our communities without continuing this unprecedented rate of incarceration.
Over the next two years, we are continuing to work with educators and students to develop local dialogues in schools and communities. We will be partnering with radio producers and journalists across the country to tell stories about how crime and incarceration affects not just the people who are directly involved, but whole families and communities.
15 January 2012
PressPausePlay - YouTube
by gregg
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era.
11 January 2012
Bookshelf Porn
by gregg (via)
Porn for book lovers. A photo blog collection of all the best bookshelf photos from around the world for people who *heart* bookshelves.
06 January 2012
Damien Katz: The Future of CouchDB
*sigh* when people will learn. Question of culture, I guess. Yes consensus has a different way of working, but it creates a lot of wealth, which is different from money.If it sounds like I'm saying Apache was a mistake, I'm not. Apache was a big part in the success of CouchDB, without it CouchDB would not have enjoyed the early success it did. But in my opinion it's reached a point where the consensus based approach has limited the competitiveness of the project. It's not personal, it's business.
05 January 2012
BACK TO THE FUTURE : Irina Werning - Photographer
by gregg & 4 others
I love old photos. I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today... A few months ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future.
23 December 2011
SmarterComics
by gregg
Because reading is important, reading takes time, and time is scarce. A summary comic version of important books is the perfect solution for people on the go who want to get smarter and have fun in the process.
I AM PELLE | Pelle Martin
by gregg
My areas of expertise include Creative direction, Art direction, Web design, App design, Graphic design, Concept development, User experience, Motion Graphics, Animation, Video editing, Post production, Quality securing and making people fell good when they work with me :)
19 December 2011
Examples | Pusher
by oseres
Here we show where people have been doing cool stuff with Pusher.
If you've made something cool with Pusher let us know.
Dishes – Jean-Francois De Witte « Whitezine | Design Graphic & Photography Inspirations
by 4004 (via)
Dishes, Spoons, forks, everything you can use in the kitchen can be here, transformed into animals, flowers, or people
tout bon - video, images, insolite
by hapatchan
Video Humour, actu people et buzz, image fun, jeu flash drole et insolite sur tout-bon divertissement
18 December 2011
Should Sighted Developers Use Screenreaders To Test Accessibility? | badeyes.com
by Monique
There is some controversy about the idea of sighted web designers and developers using screenreading software to test web sites for accessibility. Some people suggest one must use a screenreader to test their sites. Others believe it is counter productive. I think that very few sighted people can get the correct results by using screenreaders to test a website. I further think that too many people think that the accessibility testing is complete once they’ve used a screenreader on their website.
