June 2009
19 posts
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Jun 30th
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Jun 29th
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Atlas Obscura: Wondrous, curious, and bizarre... →
Jun 29th
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Jun 26th
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China blocks Hummer takeover, because of the... →
That’s right, not even China wants Hummer. Ouch. (via The Null Device)
Jun 26th
Jun 21st
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Five classic cocktails every man should know →
So… what’s in a Martini after all?
Jun 21st
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WatchWatch
The trailer for Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood. Put simply, the best Shakespeare film adaptation (since it’s an adaptation of MacBeth), and high on my Best Movie Ever shortlist. No cinematic moment gives me the goosebumps as much as that ending. Makes Arthur Penn, the guy who shot that ending to Bonnie and Clyde, look like a wuss.
Jun 20th
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Jun 18th
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Jun 15th
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Another useless trick
On with the Processing saga. One of the things I’m interested is in live video manipulation and EyeToy-like interaction with the computer. So the other day I went to buy a cheapo webcam so that I could do my experiments without risking an accidental punch at my Canon HD camera, besides keeping a cleaner desk. I entered an electronics store, picked up the ten euro camera that didn’t...
Jun 13th
Your logo makes me barf →
A weblog about f-ugly graphic design. Mild when compared with a walk outside. After all, Portugal is the country where authority uses Comic Sans, and where some genius was probably paid millions to come up with this as a brand identity to Europe’s biggest sporting event (thankfully UEFA redesigned that logo to something a bit less humiliating).
Jun 13th
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Object oriented
During the last couple of weeks I’ve been learning Processing, another tool in my Master’s degree’s utility belt. My workgroup is supposed to deliver a big project in one month and Processing will be our programming language of choice. I’ve meant to learn it for a long time, but there’s nothing like real need to get me to actually do something. So I bought my first...
Jun 10th
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Jun 9th
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37 Data Visualization Blogs →
This list will be very useful to me, as I’m working in a Processing visualization at my Master’s.
Jun 7th
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Jun 6th
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Jun 4th
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Entre uma rocha e um sítio duro →
N’o Procrastinador Profissional lanço-me contra o fenómeno do trabalho não remunerado ‘oferecido’ aos licenciados. - A rant against the no-pay internships that constitute 80% of job ‘offers’ for young people with college degrees here in Portugal. You can attempt to read it. It’ll seem funny even though it isn’t.
Jun 2nd
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“STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN’T BREED”
– Jenny Holzer’s Twitter account. More.
Jun 1st
May 2009
18 posts
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May 31st