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thisistheverge: Play this: ‘Soul Searchin’ You know the...

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:37:44 +0100

Play this: ‘Soul Searchin’

You know the expression “to pick one’s brain”? That’s precisely what gets Benjamin (the little pink guy you see above) into trouble. You control Benjamin in Soul Searchin’, a delightful platformer that sees you play with scale to get through to the end. Like the short film classic Powers of Ten, each segment will bring you down to one-fifth of your size as you continue through smaller and smaller passageways deeper into your mind.

I absolutely love seeing original ideas like this. Top-notch game!

scipsy: Incandescent Sun This image captures the 171 Angstrom...

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:54:51 +0100

scipsy:

Incandescent Sun

This image captures the 171 Angstrom wavelenght of extreme ultraviolet, showing plasma in the solar atmosphere, called the corona, that is aroung 600000 Kelvin.

thisistheverge: Learn to code, but don’t quit your day...

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:10:01 +0100

thisistheverge:

Learn to code, but don’t quit your day job

Given the ever-expanding role of software in our lives, it shouldn’t be too difficult to ascertain why so many people have been exuberantly advocating learning computer programming recently. This idea that everyone should learn to code — practiced at new websites like Codeacademy and preached by media cheerleaders like Douglas Rushkoff and Tim O’Reilly — has become practically meme-like. At its best, it has sparked a long-overdue conversation about the importance of understanding and participating in the complex systems being built around us. But the philosophy recently found an interesting opponent in noted programmer and blogger Jeff Atwood, who earlier this week argued the contrary: that average folks shouldn’t bother learning to code, unless they’re planning on making a career out of it.

brit: How Common Is Your Birthday? via The Daily Viz

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:46:49 +0100

brit:

How Common Is Your Birthday?

via The Daily Viz

poptech: Trace Heavens by James Nizam Artist James Nizam makes...

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:35:01 +0100

poptech:

Trace Heavens by James Nizam

Artist James Nizam makes incisions into the structure of a house to manipulate sunlight into light sculptures.

(via unknownskywalker)

laughingsquid: Make Your Own Scratcher Tickets

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:12:00 +0100

laughingsquid:

Make Your Own Scratcher Tickets

youmightfindyourself: Our startup’s design vision and ethos is...

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:40:39 +0100

youmightfindyourself:

Our startup’s design vision and ethos is influenced heavily by John Maeda’s excellent Laws of Simplicity.

laughingsquid: Tumblr

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:07:12 +0100

laughingsquid:

Tumblr

IP-Address Can’t Even Identify a State, BitTorrent Judge Rules

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:22:35 +0100

IP-Address Can’t Even Identify a State, BitTorrent Judge Rules:

infoneer-pulse:

The mass-BitTorrent lawsuits that are sweeping the United States are in a heap of trouble. After a Florida judge ruled that an IP-address is not a person, a Californian colleague has gone even further in protecting the First Amendment rights of BitTorrent users. The judge in question points out that geolocation tools are far from accurate and that it’s therefore uncertain that his court has jurisdiction over cases involving alleged BitTorrent pirates. As a result, 15 of these mass-BitTorrent lawsuits were dismissed.

» via TorrentFreak

laughingsquid: Concrete Business Cards

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:41 +0100

laughingsquid:

Concrete Business Cards

brit: 5 Clock Docks That’ll Make Your Nightstand Rock Do you...

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:23:31 +0100

brit:

5 Clock Docks That’ll Make Your Nightstand Rock

Do you use your iPhone as an alarm clock? Me too. So maybe it’s time to ditch the cord you have awkwardly taped to your nightstand and give your iPhone a bedside home that actually looks good. ;)

(via Schiit Valhalla Triode Headphone Amplifier)

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:25:08 +0100

(via Schiit Valhalla Triode Headphone Amplifier)

thisistheverge: Rethinking the iPhone’s App Switcher Some...

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:27:16 +0100

thisistheverge:

Rethinking the iPhone’s App Switcher

Some interesting ideas from Verge Forums user brentcas.

I’m a little crazy about user interface design. And while I am no professional, new ideas for how software could or should work can keep me up late into the night, sketching in my Moleskine. About a week ago a really simple idea hit me as I was falling asleep: the App Switcher in iOS should be taller.

And why not? When you double click the home button and the screen rises, the status bar also vanishes, and you only have visible access to four apps. If you want to change the volume, you have to swipe over twice. Meanwhile, the raised app is taking up a lot of real estate.

littlebigdetails: Vimeo - When visiting a non-existing page on...

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:29:26 +0100

littlebigdetails:

Vimeo - When visiting a non-existing page on Vimeo, the title is VimeUhOh.

/via Joris-Jan van den Boom

thisistheverge: (via Think Quarterly - andy gilmore)

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:37:31 +0100

thisistheverge:

(via Think Quarterly - andy gilmore)

I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of it’s...

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:10:15 +0100

I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of it’s members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence.

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

ben: STEVE JOBS, 2011 ON GRAY by Susan Kare Prints

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:40:23 +0100

ben:

STEVE JOBS, 2011 ON GRAY by Susan Kare Prints

considertheaesthetic: Only in my wildest dreams would I...

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:00:23 +0100

considertheaesthetic:

Only in my wildest dreams would I actually own one of these beauties. At a astonishing $3650, this gorgeous piece of furniture is well out of my reach, but that doesn’t mean I can’t admire it from afar! With it’s sleek and modern look, this trunk would fit seamlessly into any stylish urban loft. Don’t live in a stylish urban loft? No matter! This trunk has such a strong an versatile presence I bet it would look good anywhere.

Blackhawk Secretary Trunk by Restoration Hardware.

(via Apple and Samsung scoop up 99 percent of handset profits |...

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:23:16 +0100

(via Apple and Samsung scoop up 99 percent of handset profits | The @Verge)

(via xkcd: Academia vs. Business)

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:32:42 +0100

(via xkcd: Academia vs. Business)