Massage school accused of having peep hole (1)
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Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote (3)
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You might remember the incredible Wiimote hacks by by Johnny Chung Lee, who gave us head tracking demo for desktop VR displays. Lee, a PhD student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University is back with some more useful Wiimote hacks, this time to turn any surface into an interactive whiteboard. He shows how to turn a wall into a whiteboard with a DIY LED pen interface, and also how to create a ...
‘Freelancer’ by Leah Palmer Preiss (1)
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Created for a gallery show of works based on famous paintings, this image is a freelance illustrator’s lament on Orphan Works & other torments, based on Bosch’s Wayfarer. It’s acrylic on map on canvas, 10×10″. Written by Leah Palmer Preiss - View Profile | Share This
Bill Buxton Lecture on Sketching and Experience Design at Stanford (1)
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Bill Buxton gives a lecture at the Stanford University Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (CS 547, June 1, 2007) giving an excellent deep dive into some of the topics in his book, Sketching User Experiences. Designing for experience comes with a whole new level of complexity. This is especially true in this emerging world of information appliances, reactive environments, and ubiquitous computing, where, along with those of their users, we have to factor in the convoluted behaviors ...
Another Reason to Book That Ticket to Paris (1)
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Patricof's open letter to Icahn, and activists at large (1)
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Carl Icahn, who opines on corporate governance and investor activism via his missives to executives and blog The Icahn Report, is not the only financier blogging. Venture capital veteran Alan Patricof, the founder of private equity firm Apax Partners, occasionally posts his thoughts on the Huffington Post. In his latest, he directly addresses Icahn and his activist brethren....
Vespa Holland is riding the wave of scooter popularity and high gas prices (1)
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Lookalike of the Day: Pout Edition (1)
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Street Peddler (1)
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SBS has emerged as frontrunner in the race to find effective advertising. To highlight their coverage of the 21-day Tour de France, the network turned to Syndey-based ad agency RazorJunior. Print pieces that read “Even the Ads are Endurance Events” are accompanied by their very own live rider, avec yellow jersey. The stationary cyclists ride from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every day, rain or shine, taking a breather only on the scheduled rest days ...
Chuck Hagel has Become a Sexy and Intriguing Running Mate Option for Barack Obama. But What Does He Think About Environmental Issues? : Red, Green, and Blue (3)
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Not only would a dual-party ticket be refreshing to some of us, but it could provide evidence to support Obama's claim that he wants to work with Republicans rather than participate in a tit-for-tat Washington culture.
We’ll Never See Tom Ford’s Child?! (1)
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© Getty Images Your weekend is probably already starved for some food for thought. Ponder this, from Chic Report’s recent interview with Tom Ford: In Fantastic Man, you mentioned you want to adopt a baby and be a father by the end of 2008. How’s that coming? “What I learned from Fantastic Man–and from saying that–is that I will never say anything about it again. I would love to be a father; I’ve often commented ...
This Summer, Trade Your Tom Ford for a Speedo (1)
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In case you didn’t notice, Chic Report is feeling feverish about all things Olympics. Speedo has asked the fashion experts at Comme des Garcons to spruce up their LZR Racer Suit. So far, 48 world records have been broken by swimmers racing in this seamless suit, originally designed with the help of NASA. Now they’ll feature stars and stripes, adding patriotic flair to a special edition that will be available only to American Olympians. For ...
St. Patrick’s Versace Ride Continues (1)
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Presdo Calendaring (1)
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Presdo is a calendaring service that uses a simple form input as the command line for entering natural language commands for events. To use, enter event statements as with Google Calendar. It is always assumed that you are the subject—the WHO. You just have to fill in the rest of the WHAT, WITH WHOM, and WHERE parts of the statement, e.g. "Have lunch with Judy on Thursday at 1pm." Once you've submitted the basic event ...
Man, They Look Good! (1)
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Take a cue from these celebs and borrow from your boyfriend’s closet. (Well, figuratively.) Rocking le menswear: Erin O’Connor in Yves Saint Laurent at the Yves Saint Laurent at Dover Street Market Party, Kate Moss in London filming an ad for Rimmel, Lake Bell at the premiere of Snow Angels, Ashley Olsen in Calvin Klein at the CFDA Awards, Keira Knightley in Chanel at the premiere of The Edge of Love.
GridMaker Script for PhotoShop (1)
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Andrew Ingram's GridMaker is a brilliant script for Photoshop that can be used to automatically generate guides in your PSD. The script allows you to enter the series of columns that should be laid out both horizontally and vertically. Then you set the maximum dimensions for the canvas. To generate a Blueprint grid, for instance, you'd enter "30,10" to create a PSD with a series of repeating columns of alternating 30 pixel units and 10 ...
Balsamiq Mockups: Prototyping Software (3)
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Balsamiq Mockups is an incredible application for creating user interface mockups. The application allows you layout interface sketches using the 50 interface controls included. Controls are added to the canvas or notebook by dragging and dropping or by using an insert input with auto-completion suggestions. As with Visio, many controls may be easily customized by editing values in the properties panel, and may be modified to show state, e.g. selected, disabled, etc. This looks like ...
