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May 9
An Atlas of Radical Cartography An Atlas of Radical Cartography is a collection of 10 maps and 10 essays about social issues from globalization to garbage; surveillance to extraordinary rendition; statelessness to visibility;…
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Pixar’s Brad Bird on Fostering Innovation - GigaOM This week The McKinsey Quaterly asks: what does stimulating the creativity of animators have in common with developing new product ideas or technology breakthroughs? Apparently, a lot.
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Platypus Genome - Animals - Science - New York Times The platypus genome is an amalgam of genes reflecting significant branching in evolution, scientists reported.
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John Resig - Processing.js John Resig ported the Processing visualization language to Javascript
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pica + pixel: The Raleigh Hotel The Raleigh Hotel in Miami is one of several properties that have been renovated and revitalized under the watchful eye of Andre Balazs. The pool is legendary having been featured in an Esther…
May 7
Harvard's baby brain research lab - Telegraph At the world’s leading baby brain research lab at Harvard, Elizabeth Spelke’s team is conducting experiments that reveal not only that humans are born with a range of innate skills, but that our…
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Clinton's and McCain's Gasoline Tax Holiday Reimagined as a Phishing Scam | Threat Level from Wired.com “I started thinking about the idea of a “scam”, the way Clinton and McCain were trying to fool people,” writes Alpert in an e-mail to Threat Level. “That led to thinking about various scams, and…
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V a l e r o Doval __________ art_design_illustration “Valero Doval is a Spainish illustrator living in London whose style is an enlightening mix of illustration and collage drawing on asian and vintage influences. Some my favorite works are his…
May 6
Ask H&FJ | Hoefler & Frere-Jones Though it feels like a modern appendix to our ancient alphabet, the ampersand is considerably older than many of the letters that we use today.
May 5
Want Ad: Beautiful Minds: The Talk of the Town: The New Yorker Movie producer Brian Grazer recently interviewed candidates for a new cultural attaché, someone who would be responsible for Grazer’s ongoing cultural education, keeping him abreast of current…