Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category

  • Why isn’t anyone hacking television?

    Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

    boingboing.net recently posted about a pirate TV signal hijacking an episode of Dr. Who airing in Chicago in 1987. Here’s the vid:
    (YouTube link)
    Fascinating. Hollywood had tricked me into believing that this wasn’t all that rare of an incident, but lo and behold this pirate transmission happened 20 YEARS AGO and was the last [...]

  • Ova Looven

    Monday, May 15th, 2006

    Four years ago I discovered the band Antarctica and thier album 81:03. I distinctly remember first hearing the song Absence it on the Live365 station, the London Undergound (now defunct).
    I bought the CD and it has remained one of my favorite albums ever since. It has never left my “inspiration” playlist. Anyway, [...]

  • They Are Made Out of Meat

    Sunday, May 7th, 2006

    “That’s what I’m trying to tell you. Meat made the machines.”

  • The Five Fists of Science

    Sunday, March 26th, 2006

    Matt Fraction has posted a 22-page black and white PDF Preview to his upcoming graphic novel, The Five Fists of Science.
    It’s Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain vs. JP Morgan and Thomas Edison. Sounds Brilliant.

  • GUTS

    Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

    Chuck Palahniuk, one of my favorite authors, has posted a short story from his book HAUNTED. I’ve not read the book yet, but this story is a great find. And by great, I mean perhaps-the-most-disturbing-emetic-short-story-I’ve-read.
    It’s called GUTS.
    Thanks to Jenny for pointing this out to me.

  • Amazing multi-touch screen demo

    Monday, February 20th, 2006

    This has been all over the net for days, but in case you haven’t seen it:

    Watch it