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Chrome Experiment of the Day: To showcase the versatility of HTML5 (and their browser in the process), Google enlisted the services of Arcade Fire and director Chris Milk to produce “The Wilderness Downtown” — an interactive music video for “We Used To Wait,” which uses Google Maps and Google Street View to incorporate scenes from the viewer’s “old stomping ground.”
You technically need to be running Chrome to view the “experiment,” but it worked just fine for me on Firefox, although your experience may vary.
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This is the most epic thing I’ve seen today. Also, it works on Safari too. :D](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7z77db0oO1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Chrome Experiment of the Day: To showcase the versatility of HTML5 (and their browser in the process), Google enlisted the services of Arcade Fire and director Chris Milk to produce “The Wilderness Downtown” — an interactive music video for “We Used To Wait,” which uses Google Maps and Google Street View to incorporate scenes from the viewer’s “old stomping ground.”
You technically need to be running Chrome to view the “experiment,” but it worked just fine for me on Firefox, although your experience may vary.
[googleblog.]
This is the most epic thing I’ve seen today. Also, it works on Safari too. :D
This may have been what I’ve been up to for the past three weeks, excluding most of the fun that I had. :3
Thailand (& Cambodia) were AMAZING.
That is all.
(by followthatway)
(via schbank)
- Reduce
The Simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction- Organize
Organization makes a system of many appear fewer- Time
Savings in time feel like simplicity- Learn
Knowledge makes everything simpler- Differences
Simplicity and complexity need each other- Context
What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral- Emotion
More emotions are better than less- Trust
In simplicity we trust- Failure
Some things can never be made simple- The One
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful
(via ryanroberts, mnmal)
I’ve been contemplating using RFID in some of my projects for a while now, personal and professional, and I think this one hits the ticket. For €30 (£24 / $40) you get a USB RFID reader and 10 tags to connect to things.
I can see using this for home automation, with a windows PC running a script each time I come into the flat, or opening a URL to my university portal when I swipe my card. There are many possibilites, and thanks to the method they use to build an ‘application’—it’s not as limited as I found my nabaztag.
You can get one at http://www.touchatag.com/
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One of the most obnoxious proposals by any client for compensation in freelancing film is:
We can’t pay you, but this will look great for your demo reel.
Edit* (After Justin’s reblog) Agreed, it’s definitely depends on the case. I’ve worked on several cool things for free…but what I mean was when the client feels ultra entitled like they are doing YOU a huge favor. That…I hate.
When you volunteer to do something for free, I get that it’s a good thing. It’s when you expect to be paid—you shouldn’t let yourself down from someone looking for a free ride.
I also consider it pretty bad when you work for cheap too, as you shouldn’t devalue what your time and work is worth. Many do.
The Best News I’ve Heard All Week
I spent most of last night unable to sleep due to a decision one person had to make over my accommodation placement.
You see, I’d already signed a lease to one place when the one with friends got on the market after one of them dropped out. Of course I wanted to fill the space and help everyone out.
The conversation I did have with my current landlord was not an easy one. She understood, but said that since I’d already signed it I had to bind to it. My knowledge of Law is a little sketchy, but I did remember what I learned about the Law of Contract—and was pretty it isn’t formalised until all parties agree. Since there was no signature on behalf of the landlord, the contract was still unformed.
However, I came out of there feeling more useless than I did coming in. I spent every waking moment freaking out about this and that and what could have happened if I just ran with that stupid contract. Sleep, due to this, was forthcoming.
Thirteen hours later I awake from exhaustion. My father’s out. However, on the table there’s a print-out on the table. The Landlord has cancelled the lease.
Oh, and I probably did the second-largest happy dance I ever had. I need to get these fellas something to say thank you. Now I can live with friends and be a lot happier than I probably would if I was there this year.
*does another happy dance*
