eBooks get more expensive – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs
In my own personal opinion this is really disappointing. I'm with Amazon on this one.
art & absurdity
Monster illustrations from ‘Yokai Jiten’ ::: Pink Tentacle
via pinktentacle.com
Pink Tentacle posted some fantastic illustrations "of a few creatures profiled in Yōkai Jiten (“Yōkai Encyclopedia”), an informative guide to 100 of Japan’s traditional monsters, written and illustrated by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki in 1981."
This one of the Umi-bōzu is my favorite. I'd hang this image up in my living room.
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The Technium: Penny Thoughts on the Technium
via kk.org
I'm personally experiencing this process in my own life having felt an over abundance of technology whose features aren't really adding value to my life. Or as Kevin Kelly puts it in the interview:
"I‘m interested in how people personally decide to refuse a technology. I’m interested in that process, because I think that will happen more and more as the number of technologies keep increasing. The only way we can sort our identity is by not using technology. We’re used to be that you define yourself by what you use now. You define yourself by what you don’t use."
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Here Come The Waves
via decemberists.com
Available on iTunes December 1st. Looks awesome.
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kookaburra Nights
Whipped up a custom desktop image for my new MacBook. Until now I hadn't ever made a desktop that was 1280x800 so all my other ones fit weird. I hope to have this out in more sizes soon but for now you can download it in my downloads section in 1280x800.
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A Different North
via designunder.com
I found this via Digg this morning. Just a couple of days ago I was actually thinking about what a map like this might look like. Who ever decided which way was North anyway?
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