August 2008
13 posts
Gal-Moji →
Like leekspeak, Gal-Moji replaces the original Japanese letter with similar looking letter.
In the Time of Trees →
Photo Essay
Phelps' Miracle Finish →
Frame-by-frame photos of Phelps’ .01 second win
International Documentary Association's 25 best... →
”Hoop Dreams” as number 1, “Blue Line” number 2
Old Masters and Young Geniuses →
“Galenson says that artists fall into two general categories: 1) The conceptual innovators who peak creatively early in life. They have firm ideas about what they want to accomplish and then do so, with certainty. 2) The experimental innovators who peak later in life. They create through the painstaking process of doing, making incremental improvements to their art until they’re...
My Quest to Build the Perfect Burger →
“Just looking at the basic burgers at each of these chains—particularly the Big Mac—showed me a couple of very key things: First of all, the burgers are a perfect size. You can grab them in both hands, and they’re never too tall or too wide to hold on to. And the toppings are the perfect size, too—all to scale, including the thickness of the tomatoes, the amount of lettuce, etc.”
We knew the web was big... →
“1 trillion (as in 1,000,000,000,000) unique URLs on the web at once”
Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static... →
Not only does software this fix exposure, it greatly increases the video resolution as well
Me, Myself and I →
Why do we capitalize the word “I”?
Why Norwegian is the easiest language for English... →
“Scandinavian verbs have some of the easiest conjugation you can find in Europe. Present tense is made by adding an -r to the verb, regardless of who’s doing it.”
35 Greatest Works of Reverse Graffiti →
Or also known as “Environmental Graffiti” because it removes dirt or dust to create designs or images
Non-Blinking Woman →
This commercial won the Bronze award in Cannes
Olympian Phelps' unusual diet →
“And at a staggering 10,000 calories, would feed five average men for a day.”