2017

posted January 29, 2018 #

excellent Prairie Home Companion show footage

Trust, media manipulation, and abuse

posted January 29, 2018 #

@anildash has a nice Twitter thread / convo on the above topics

posted January 29, 2018 #

these covers whip ten gallons of ass. https://t.co/imaLjEXvyx

Gunpei Yokoi on Wikipedia

posted January 29, 2018 #

a worthwhile read

posted January 29, 2018 #

It's 2018. Cereal bags should have ziploc closures by now.

posted January 29, 2018 #

@yewknee Bruno is a talented dude but it's like he went from the 3rd to 4th floor at the Mix Factory. #oldnashville

Lateral Thinking With Withered Technology

posted January 29, 2018 #

Interesting read here from Adam Ghahramani on Nintendo's Product Philosophy: Lateral Thinking and Withered Technology. It's a mouthful of a title but the piece goes into videogame designer Gunpei Yokoi's philosophy on using an unestablished "unsexy" technology and leveraging it in a new way. This is particularly appropriate when thinking about the new Nintendo Labo - an undertaking that strives to rethink cardboard.

Overall, the article talks mostly about the philosophy itself and not specific examples from Nintendo but I think the general understanding of both Lateral Thinking and Withered Technology will lead to seeing the implementation exists in more than just game companies.

What Is Life?

posted January 29, 2018 #

Remember when Elon Musk pontificated on the possibility that we're living in a computer simulation? Well, take that idea and flesh it out to a four minute supercut of many brilliant thinkers postulating on the same idea and you get What Is Life? from No Bad Days.

I doubt watching this would convince anyone one way or the other but it's certainly a nice jumping off point for some research or simply a discussion on the possibility.

via Caspar.

Brandon Bird 2018

posted January 29, 2018 #

It's been a long time since I checked in on the offerings of Brandon Bird, arguably the Internet's first breakout star for creating original art from well established pop series. It seems that he's been busy with a SEARS collection and multiple absurd Frasier pieces - exactly as I'd imagine.

Bird's work can be a little hard to swallow since it is so kitschy and harping on nostalgia* but a brief check-in every now and again leads to some honest chuckles. Worth it.

* this is a subjective opinion, I know there are plenty of folks who disagree

posted January 28, 2018 #

tape deck mountain - Elephant #np Now playing on DKFM, at https://t.co/GLDr5S5qtn https://t.co/iIjFsiluF8

posted January 28, 2018 #

We interrupt your Grammy-riddled Twitter feed for this delightful bit of fake news, spotted on Lower Broad by @nancy_c_floyd. cc: @AshSpurge https://t.co/mV36rQXsd5

posted January 28, 2018 #

@yewknee https://t.co/Jdiv9iz1I1

posted January 28, 2018 #

Find a good bar then don't tell a soul about it.

posted January 28, 2018 #

I said tonight: Nirvana was the Warhol of the 90s. @JohnDarnielle is Mark Twain, most others (ask me) are dolled up Whitman & Thoreau.

posted January 28, 2018 #

@JohnDarnielle I also, unpopularly, argued that cover songs are glorified soup cans if they aren’t embodying a vital newness or interpretation.

posted January 28, 2018 #

So DJ Khaled is just a fucking Bostone right?

posted January 28, 2018 #

I died in a Vegas gun massacre and all I got was this lousy Clapton song. #TheGrammys

posted January 28, 2018 #

#INSPIRATION: Moebius's TRON designs. https://t.co/T12YclCOtQ

posted January 28, 2018 #

Sting looks like he has Stage II Beetleguise disease. https://t.co/gfZxbRVMUb

posted January 28, 2018 #

Bobby Brown's "Every Little Step" is the only thing I can think about when I hear "Finesse" https://t.co/oGX9i7j8eQ