January 2011
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Jan 29th
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Why I Hate the Avant-Garde, part one →
Like an embarrassing family secret, I’ve always found discussions of Art History mum about the unconfortable relationship between the avant-garde and - let’s face it - fascism, the “artist is the superman soaring over the ignorant masses” kind. Which was pretty blatant between the first and second World War, as while the Nazi regime was condemning many artists as...
Jan 28th
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Jan 23rd
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The paperlike device
So I finally lost it and bought a Kindle. Sure I have blogged against Amazon’s stupid policies in the past, and the Kindle seems the nexus of such. But on the other hand, I did want an e-reader that doesn’t suck, and nowadays it’s indeed hard to find electronics/internet companies not behaving like assholes in some ways. It’s easy to choose some lesser evil over Apple (I...
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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“A vague and gnawing pang of anxiety centered around an IM window that has...”
– Five emotions invented By the Internet: such as the one cited above. Sooner or later, the German language will come up with a single (long) word for each. (via Kottke)
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Instant adventure gaming →
I was never much of a Sierra gamer, probably because unlike Lucasarts’ you would get to a Game Over screen if you did something wrong… days before. Which was pretty frustrating. But there’s something compelling about being able to play those games instantly in the browser. If only you could play Monkey Island… No, I better not hear about it. I’ve got work to do.
Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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“Meanwhile, in the field of digital art, an entire generation of creators shop at...”
– John Maeda, in Maeda @ Media (2000), Thames & Hudson. Substandard shit is what you’ll get through PhotoCopy. It’s AutoTune for images. What the hell, DFT - you guys used to sell the digital equivalent of paint mixers, now you’re marketing varnish!? What a waste of CPU...
Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 1st
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Two out of five
Almost eighteen hours into 2011, I think it’s time to finally time to look back at the last 365 days. I’m going to steal Daily Meh’s idea and rate 2010. With stars, as if it was a movie. Which it felt like, in some (not so good) ways. The good things about living through 2010: - Had all basic needs fulfilled: food on the table, clothes, decent housing and hot water. Plus some...
Jan 1st