December 2011
2 posts
Arcade Fire Presents Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond... →
Really cool use of the camera to add interactivity to this video.
First Listen: The Roots, 'undun' : NPR →
Really solid album.
November 2011
1 post
BIG GHOST CHRONICLES: Big Ghost Presents: The Take... →
Sorry to all the Drake fans out there, but Ghost does it again. The funniest.
October 2011
1 post
“How Toronto Lost Its Groove” by John Lorinc | The... →
A very well-researched and thoughtful discussion of the fiscal and political challenges facing Toronto. Definitely opinionated, but not dismissable.
September 2011
4 posts
BIG GHOST CHRONICLES →
Very few blogs make me laugh out loud consistently. Ghost can’t be beat.
First Listen: St. Vincent, 'Strange Mercy' : NPR →
Yes.
Huxtable Hotness →
Style breakdown of The Cosby Show, one episode at a time. One of the best blogs I’ve seen in a long time.
MIT Media Lab's Brilliant New Logo Has 40,000... →
Brilliant design, amazing execution. Inspiring.
August 2011
2 posts
TIFFr is ready for TIFF11
Yesterday we updated TIFFr for TIFF11 (after many hours of data wrangling and server configuration). We hope that it serves you all well this year.
We had many ambitious plans to upgrade TIFFr in many new and wonderful ways but life (and some laziness) got in the way and we only managed to upgrade our servers and overhaul the way we ingest the data. We’ll be working to eek out some small...
CINEMETRICS →
Amazing intersection of film, design and science.
July 2011
4 posts
Obama Live Tweets →
Obama answers live questions from Twitter users. You have to admit this guy is a great speaker. I’m on an Obama kick with all this budget talk.
Yeah, ok, fine, this is old news.
“If thou make virtue thy aim, and take pride in doing virtuous actions, thou wilt...”
– Don Quixote de la Mancha
Groundhog Decade →
A great article summing up the current problems with film distro from a user’s perspective.
BABEL TALES / BABEL TALES : PETER FUNCH →
Amazing photographic series of composited documentary images. Look through the whole series and you’ll be impressed and inspired.
April 2011
2 posts
The Weeknd →
I’m probably late to the game with this, but this album is smooooove. Toronto keeps killing it!
Life+Times →
Jay-Z’s site is beautifully designed and packed full of interesting content. A worthy web destination.
March 2011
6 posts
How to Make a Thunder Baby →
Essentially the funniest blog on Earth.
3ERD →
Stereoscopic (3D) images turned into jitter-gif images. Amazing.
Two images separated by space turned into one sequence separated by time. That’s what I like to call ‘brilliant’.
CBC.ca | Q | Janelle Monáe on Q UNCUT →
Janelle Monae (@janellemonae) is pretty much the greatest.
Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami... →
Crazy devastation. Great use of technology.
moviebarcode →
Very cool way of representing a film. Found via @iA (via @flowingdata)
February 2011
10 posts
Aurore de La Morinerie →
Another equally impressive fashion illustrator. Amazing.
François Berthoud →
Amazing fashion illustrator, just saw some of his work at the Design Museum.
Art Project, powered by Google →
Inspiration #5.
Sometimes you can forget that Google is quickly, eerily swallowing up all of the information on Earth and just enjoy the things they do.
January 2011
6 posts
AKIKOMATIC LLC →
Akiko Stehrenberger is possibly the best poster designer in Hollywood right now. Now you know.
“the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy...”
– Sacha Baron Cohen Follows Up Borat and Bruno with Saddam Hussein Adaptation The Dictator - Thompson on Hollywood
How the first cable was laid across the Atlantic... →
I’ve always been curious how this came to pass. Seriously.
Film site MUBI pulls in $2.4 million to socialise... →
2011 is going to be exciting. And busy.
Please Allow Me To Correct a Few Things →
A (supposed) response to Keith Richard’s autobiography by Mick Jagger. Really well-written and fascinating, regardless of it’s veracity.
Snow Day for Lhasa - Esmerine + Patrick Watson →
Beautiful commemoration of the passing of Lhasa de Sela
December 2010
7 posts
Banksy (Yes, Banksy) on Thierry, EXIT Skepticism &... →
An interesting (email) interview with Banksy about the skepticism around the veracity of Exit Through the Gift Shop.
About to give the new posthumous Michael Jackson album a spin on @spotify.
Ted Hope: Brave Thinkers of Indie Film, 2010... →
Number 4 with a bullet.
Das Racist kicked out of England | Music |... →
These guys are awesome, I hope the UK lets them in eventually so I can see them live in concert.
Letter from ‘Manhattan’ by Joan Didion | The New... →
Prompted a couple of good film discussions. (via @xoxSNP)
Janelle Monae tonight!
“I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than...”
– Albert Einstein - Wikiquote
November 2010
7 posts
Pictory →
This is my newest and most intense design and inspiration crush right now. Everything about this site is perfect.
I'll Be Your Mirror London curated by Portishead &... →
All day art thing headlined by Portishead! Might have to go to this even though it’s a bit expensive…
Boutiques.com →
Google jumps into the online fashion retail game with this site that uses visual recognition to find similar items. Don’t know about the “Hate” button under each item, but we’ll see what the fashionistas think.
It’s a big day for huge new Internet property launches (see my previous link).
Amazon Studios. →
Amazon has started their own film studio, leveraging the power of the Internet to launch Hollywood careers and take a cut while they’re add it.