January 2012
13 posts
iBooks Author vs. ePub Author
journalismworkshops:
quatermain:
OS X Programmers/Companies: Read This
So, yesterday Apple launched the new iBooks Author application for the Mac. It looks great, produces fantastic dynamic content, and more than one person assumed that it was outputting ePub3 files. However, that was not the case, as is extensively documented by Daniel Glazman (co-chairman of the WC3 CSS working group) on...
MLK Day gives me mixed feelings.
shapefutures:
We set aside one day of the year to return to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s values when we should be educating about and exemplifying them all year round.
Every year we remark on how far we’ve come in pursuing Dr. King’s dream, when these days I frequently see more steps backward than forward, frequently in backlash and fear of actual progress.
The same pieces of biography,...
Happy National Mic Check Day! →
world-shaker:
1…1-2…1-2…
December 2011
21 posts
Watchfastcompany:
The Power Of Circles (and we’re not talking about Google+ here).
In the 19th century, artists including Degas, Monet, and Renoir got together periodically to discuss their commissions, their patrons, and their industry. This circle met consistently, and the artists credited these small gatherings with not only making their careers but the rise of the impressionist movement.
Longreads: Brain Pickings' Maria Popova: My Top 5... →
curiositycounts:
longreads: The 5 best longform pieces of 2011
bluessongoftheday:
Blue Christmas
- Porky Pig
ecantwell:
chriscantwell:
markbringelson reblogged your photo: In case you were wondering, here’s as much of the…
[Re: It’s a Wonderful Life] Ok, I suspect I understand why perfectly intelligent people like this film, but honestly I cannot stand it. Basically, I loathe it. Stewart is annoying as hell all the way through; one of his worst performances. The film itself was shot like a frickin’...
WatchFirst Look: ARRI L7 LED Fresnel Lights - AbelCine
“Do amazing things every fucking day.”
– Brian Paris The Awesome (via miasmusings)
November 2011
23 posts
“As we live we all get caught and torn by various traps. Writing can trap you....”
– Charles Bukowski (via thecuttingroom)
The Harry Potter Fandom Can Do Anything. →
tookatrainoutofneworleans:
marrymeinparis:
We can make a puppet show.
We can make a musical.
We can make a second musical.
We can cross two Harry Potter related things and make it hysterical.
We can take a famous line from the movie and change it.
We can take pictures from the movie and make it look like a picture from another movie.
We can take things way too literally.
...
“The things you own end up owning you.”
– A Black Friday reminder from Tyler Durden (via thegreg)
Doha News: QDC: Pork now available for purchase in... →
dohanews:
Pork meat is now available in Qatar, an employee at the Qatar Distribution Company has confirmed.
As a conservative Muslim country, Qatar has previously limited access to alcohol and completely banned pork meat in the country, as both products are considered haram, or unlawful, in Islam.
“For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $45 remains in the local...”
– Green Friday National Buy Local Day-Nov 25th 2011
Beyond the Banks: 3 More Ways to Move Your Money Away from Corporations | | AlterNet
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