Archive for December 2008

A Dog Named Jam

In Photos on 31 December 2008 with 3 comments

Ottawa, Canada.

And, yes, this is really embarrassing

In Fray, Powazek, Video on 25 December 2008 with 9 comments

Wanna see me rock the earnest late nineties long hair goatee look? Watch the video above. It’s from Net Cafe – an early net culture tv show which put all its shows in the Internet Archive. I’m on the show about “online literature” about 15 minutes in. Also on the show is Annalee Newitz, who [...]

In Fray: Sex! Monorails! Naked Mole Rats!

In Fray on 23 December 2008 with 1 comment

For the few of us actually online during the holidays, we’ve posted a few more stories from Fray issue 2: Geek.
Dig, Poop, and Roll
I discovered what may have been the banana peel on the slippery slope between animal lover and freaky fetishist.
Story by Rachel Fershleiser, Illustration by Scott Vanden Bosch
One Rail to Rule [...]

Wishing You A Grisly Death in the New Year

In Christmas, Judaism, Life on 23 December 2008 with 55 comments

Consider the following thought experiment.
Imagine that suddenly everyone around you begins to act funny. First your coworkers start to ask you what you’ve got planned for the Dark Days. Then you notice that storefronts are putting up decorations of burgundy and black, 10 foot-tall spikes festooned with bones. When you walk into stores, they’re all [...]

Nice Things People Have Said About Fray Lately

In Fray on 18 December 2008 with 1 comment

“Deliciously humorous and entertaining as well as educational, Fray sates the hunger for a good story.” – Utne Reader’s 2008 Altnerative Press Gift Guide
“The offbeat articles and engaging interviews will keep you amused and the original artwork is a great way to find a new sources of inspiration.” – Cool Hunting
“This is the future of [...]

Making The Bloody Thing Up

In Magazines on 16 December 2008 with 4 comments

A quick story of magazine-making fun.
In 1992, the features editor of Autocar magazine decided to play a little joke. He rewrote the ledes of the stories in the year-end “Road Test Yearbook” so that the dropcaps spelled out a message for attentive readers, spread across many pages.

The message, with punctuation added, was: “So you think [...]

links for 2008-12-15

In Links on 15 December 2008 with Comments Off

Don't Panic
Just found this. Another offline magazine with online submission process. Interesting.
(tags: publishing magazines community)

Boing Boing Gadgets: Speed bumps design flattens self for slow drivers
This is the best kind of deterrent: slow down the people going too fast, leave the people behaving appropriately alone. Great metaphor for online community building, too.
(tags: community barriers)

Matt Honan: The [...]

New in Fray: Three Stories from Geek

In Fray on 14 December 2008 with Comments Off

What do nerdy paintings, The Crow, and pocket protectors have in common? They’re all in Fray issue 2: Geek.
Nerdkore Painting
The dramatic chipmunk, the Star Wars Kid, Mentos in Diet Coke … Jeremiah Palecek has painted them all.
Interview by Heather Champ
The Really Real World
It took the cast and crew a good minute to realize something [...]

links for 2008-12-13

In Links on 13 December 2008 with 1 comment

Pink Tentacle: Scientists extract images directly from brain
Images from the brain? My mind is blown.
(tags: science future)

Video of Me @ FOWD

In Community, Crowdsourcing, Event, Interface, Internet, Video, Wisdom of Crowds on 12 December 2008 with 6 comments

Last month I presented at Future of Web Design 2008 NYC. Now the Carson folks have put the video online. Have a look!