stevenf.com - I need to talk to you about computers. I’ve been...
Fantasic and very perceptive post about what the iPad represents. Worth reading for the pleasant mélange of analogies alone.
(via Instapaper)
Fairly easy to see where most of the British national papers see the future of text-based news going.
Sleep Talkin' Man
Quite simply the best blog. Ever.
Orson Welles on Citizen Kane and Rosebud (via Kottke.) Fantastic interview (despite the interrupting interviewer). It takes something special to puff on a cigar, drink from fine china and hold forth the way he does in this.
It’s not December until you’ve seen a Weegie snowman half-inching your precious, precious Bru.
In Defense of Pax Americana - David Brin
Via the ever-excellent Futurismic.
Reblogged from pirata
I love the serendipity of the Interwebs. A random search for ‘Edinburgh’ on Tumblr comes up with this video, and ten minutes later I’m adding a band to my Simplenote list of music I want to investigate. Even five years ago, I’d have had no chance of finding a new band like this except through seeing them gig in Glasgow or personal recommendation. Diamond. Cheers Internet.The Guardian explores the Darknet
Fascinating and long investigatory article by the Guardian about the ‘deep web’, unindexed repositories of knowledge and unsearchable, invisible private networks. I love the Guardian’s tech coverage for its relative lack of hysteria and assumption of intelligence on the part of the reader. Great stuff.
What would it look like if the Earth had a ring system like Saturn? Incredible and beautiful video, although it does kind of skip over the ramifications of having several trillion tons of rock and dust in close orbit, not least the high probability of regular impacts.
Visualizing empires decline on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
