Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hacker
I think this guy’s analogy is lame, and I told him so.
Banana-looking packaging for banana juice
I like how they made the corners green and brown to look like stems. Neato.
Rent your Parking Space at Car Harbor
TechCrunch on a not-yet-started service in San Fran that will broker the renting of parking spots (private citizens and schools)to people desperate for a spot. Interesting mobile possibilities. I left a comment.
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‘The Delicate Art of Parking’ - An Anagram Pictures Inc. Production
Faux documentary about Parking Enforcement officers in Vancouver.
E-waste banned from trash - Mercury News
Starting in February California law requires batteries/tech waste to be dropped off at a “household hazardous waste center” rather than going in the trash. Voluntary compliance. Do people even know about this?
the box doodle project
Box scraps turned art. Great gallery of visitor submitted characters and illustrations.
Stanford on iTunes
Lectures, interviews, music and sports from Stanford on iTunes. Interesting.
BLDGBLOG: “The city as an avatar of itself”
Totally cool.
[IxDA Discuss] MS, MFA, or Mdes?
Thread on IxDA.org mailing list. People weigh in with their thoughts on the different degree types offered by interaction design programs currently.
Trends in Japan - Shiny mud balls
Wow, who knew you could shine mud?
TechCrunch ยป BillMonk - Social Money
Who owes what? Neato use of SMS to send in adjustments “from the field”.
scanR - Turn Your Camera Phone Into A Mobile Scanner
If your phone has a 1 megapix camera or greater, email scanR your pics and they will send you a cleaned up version of your image. No OCR done from what I can tell (that would be a killer feature!)
Re: Discard incoming sms messages
Stop kannel from sending any SMS response when an incoming message hits the default (unknown) keyword handler. Infinite email loops can be annoying - infinite sms loops can be expensive!
musicBottles - Exploring the component parts of a musical performance
Each part becomes audible when that instrument’s bottle is uncorked. Interesting problems shown in video - ie representing real time interaction of jazz parts. Also “affordances” of glass bottles good for listening, not for music making (mixing.)
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Sushi Finder - thanks for all the fish
“Why do good websites die? In our case, it was the transition from a fun, not-for-profit side project to trying to make it work as a business. It’s not a new story, but we’re sorry to see it happen to us.”
Notes on the Denial of Perspective 02 - Felice Varini
“Felice Varini paints (lines, concentric circles, triangles) on things (tunnels, castles, groovy interiors). A seemingly random smattering of elements that, viewed from a specific point in space, coalesce into a tangible planar element.”
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The World Is Not Flat (TwinF) | Our Travels, Your Experiences
Trave log of a Seattle couple on a year long trip around the world. They’re asking for suggestions of places to visit, things to see along the way from netizens who visit their site.
ConsumerReports.org - Organic products, when buying organic pays (and doesn’t) 2/06
A nice run down of different foods.
Spot Runner - Welcome to Spot Runner
Hah! Digitally insert your company and product name, slogans etc into a library of prefab advertisements and then schedule them to run on national TV.
Play Windows Media files in Quicktime
Yes, yes. One less media player I’ll have to open. Nice.
Hello
John is currently thinking and designing in San Francisco.
Projects
Message Muni
A simple and forgiving text messaging service for San Francisco Muni arrival times.
DSButtons.com
DS Buttons are an invitation to play.
Collaborators
Adam DuVander
of WifiPDX and Simplicity Rules fame.
Josh Heumann
Polaroid alchemist extraordinaire.
Sean Madden
The Pixelnomad.
Name Redacted
Qué mysterioso.
Tom Watson
Stays up late over at 110am.