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cool tool for library geeks
books1 Originally uploaded by jeangenie. This is indeed a flawless lifehack: John Udell’s Library Lookup bookmarklet. It’s so elegant: find a book on amazon, click the bookmarklet, and instantly display search results from *your* library for the ISBN of the book you are currently viewing. I have been playing with it for hours, charging through…
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sound toys
way fun ear candy: sound toys
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Stumbledupon: Lope
I’m lovin’ the art at Lope, found using stumbleupon, which is my new favourite websurfing tool, and which, along with blogging, is the only kind of social networking technology I’m interested in using. Found that via Jill Walker.
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Now this is retro chic
Found via Dan Hill (the man has taste), Kempa.com has the best show-and-tell blog post I’ve seen in ages (including pics): One strategy that major record companies have been employing lately to deter downloading is adding bonus computer content to new CD releases. I recently discovered that this technique is not unique to CD’s, but…
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Body as Machine
Came across a fantastic Fritz Kahn image called Man as Industrial Palace at city of sound. The image comes from the Dream Anatomy Exhibition at the US National Library of Medicine. In the early 20th century, Fritz Kahn produced a succession of books on the inner workings of the human body, using visual metaphors drawn…
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Buffy/LOTR mashup
This is wonderful: Once More with Hobbits: A Lord of the Rings and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Musical Adventure
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Tinderbox
To call Tinderbox “a personal content management assistant”, as its developer eastgate does, is a bit modest I reckon. From what I gather, it is elegant, powerful, and totally modular – the most exciting thing for me is the ability to make mindmaps (something I do all the time) that are expandable and connectable (something…
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A Quiz for Theory Geeks
Finally a quiz meme worth taking up – What 20th Century Theorist are you? Turns out I am Michel Foucault! Happy with that result. OK, I cheated – the first time I came out as Lacan but that was just wrong, wrong, wrong. Found via cnwb (still don’t know what that stands for by the…
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Content Binges and Broken Things
From the eagle eye of Lorbus: This Is Broken – where you can send photos of stupid signs, gadgets that don’t work, and other broken things with an explanation of the context. It may fulfil the stated aim – to promote industry awareness of user experience, but it’s strangely appealing as well…I love the idea…
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Found Magazine
Poignant: Found Magazine collects found things – my favourites are the discarded handwritten notes.