A RetroScope is kind of like a personal security camera on a time-delay. Setup a video camera, tivo it, watch yourself 10 minutes later. Sounds like a good party trick.
Month: October 2005
Helping out an artist
Hey kids, if you’re a fan of the erasure vintage look and want to help out an artist in need, check out Tiphanie’s artworks on the cheap. She was nice enough to help me out on the first new conform series last year (image 16). I ordered one of her Luminary Bliss prints.
Design, structure and status
The last month or so has been an interesting one for the site. I started the redesign about a month ago and it’s still going strong. This time around, it’s not just about looks, most of my efforts have been concerned with structure; thinking about how people visit the site and ways to keep them around. It’s not easy. If you’re really interested, read the change log. The site will never be finished but this layout should stabilize within the next few weeks, I still haven’t figured out how Michael is actually quantifying his progress.
Despite my best efforts at becoming a structural whore, eightface has managed to pop-up on the radar of a few CSS gallery sites — most notably, CSS Beauty, Design Shack and Fadtastic. So, hello to all the new visitors and thanks for the constructive comments and feedback. I’ve made a few changes a result, namely toning down the grunge on some of the headers.
A few people have mentioned their love/hate of the grunge stylings. I’m inclined to agree that a lot of the grunge and erasure sites popping up are a direct response to the austere 37 Signals school of design that we see so much of these days. And yes, it is a fad. One of those things that floats across the internet every few years. Usually in response to an outpouring of corporate work and people wanting to do different things with their personal sites. The vintage, worn look is very forgiving and has been one of my staples since the days of Photoshop 4 on the family P90.
Stanford iTunes
Stanford iTunes has a number of lectures, music and videos available for download.
Book lawsuits hurt the authors
The rash of lawsuits against Google are hurting new authors, rather than helping them.
Top 10 Ways to Destroy the Earth
The top 10 ways to destroy the earth. One day someone very smart was very bored. There are some pretty creative methods here.
Mr. Suicide bath plug
Out of 5
Out of 5 presents a weekly themed mix-tape with 10 songs chosen by 10 individuals.
Bad New York Times
The Star calls bullshit on the New York Times for their review of the recent Broken Social Scene album. The problem is that the review spends a lot of time talking about the band’s Montreal roots, which is great, considering they’re from Toronto.
5Q with Khoi Vinh
We have another short interview up at Seal Club. This one is 5 questions with Khoi Vinh of subtraction. Featuring screams of terror, penguins and grain embargoes.