stuff to look at, yo?Tumblr (3.0; @textests)http://blog.scottbp.com/<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/arc">ARC 2012: The future is on its way</a>: <p>This looks great! smart stories and essays. But why do they have to use DRM?</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/18098384911http://blog.scottbp.com/post/18098384911Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:13:49 +0000<a href="http://minimalmac.com/post/17758177061/microsofts-biggest-miss">Microsoft's Biggest Miss</a>: <p><a href="http://minimalmac.com/post/17758177061/microsofts-biggest-miss" class="tumblr_blog">minimalmac</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>One of the benefits of a long car trip with my wife is the opportunity to have really great and insightful conversations with the smartest person I know. Yesterday, on the first leg of our trip, we spent some time discussing Microsoft’s many missed opportunities. <a href="http://parislemon.com/post/17002229521/lets-see-how-the-competition-goes-just-to" target="_blank">The failure to take the iPhone…</a></p></blockquote>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17842990931http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17842990931Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:35:35 +0000<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36579366" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle.</p> <p>An interesting talk on interface design and principles</p> <p>(by <a href="http://vimeo.com/36579366">CUSEC</a>)</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17769040743http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17769040743Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:12:31 +0000<a href="http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/">Everything Is a Remix</a>: <p>Everything is a remix is a fascinating series of videos exploring the roots of creativity and copyright law. It is definitely worth watching at least the first part.</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17765016314http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17765016314Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:07:29 +0000<a href="http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/anatomy-of-an-unsafe-abortion/">Anatomy of an unsafe abortion by Dr. Jen Gunter</a>: <p>A powerful piece of writing, a powerfully emotional situation</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17547169206http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17547169206Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:10:30 +0000<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IWoEQRl8dCs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>USS Macon, the flying aircraft carrier & Sparrowhawks.</p> <p>Interesting sidenote, the poster on youtube notes no copyright infringement intended but surely this would be US government footage, hence public domain, and the music is from 1911, hence public domain.</p> <p>But then at the bottom there is a notice saying this is available under a creative commons license. That’s copyfraud!</p> <p>(by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWoEQRl8dCs">paqman67</a>)</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17502551641http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17502551641Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:25:58 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz4wy2iuwx1qz4rmio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sometimes a bad pun can be a thing of beauty</p> <p>Eau De Humanity (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zom-bot/4903852687/lightbox/">Dr. Monster</a>)</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17321923300http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17321923300Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:39:37 +0000<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9VDvgL58h_Y?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Beware the ginosagi, it will very slowly kill you!</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17150062488http://blog.scottbp.com/post/17150062488Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:39:29 +0000<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YQIMGV5vtd4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A swarm of little flying robots? What could go wrong? But seriously I think I want one.</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16863109635http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16863109635Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:56:38 +0000<a href="http://www.quora.com/Engineering-Management/Why-are-software-development-task-estimations-regularly-off-by-a-factor-of-2-3/answer/Michael-Wolfe">Why are software development task estimations regularly off by a factor of 2-3? - Quora</a>: <p>A great illustration of a major problem in my (and so many others) work today</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16811755806http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16811755806Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:27:04 +0000<a href="http://vimeo.com/couchmode/knuepfel/videos/sort:date/23507405">Extending the Touchscreen - ITP Thesis Teaser on Vimeo</a>: <p>Some great ideas on touchscreen UI design experiments</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16756964815http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16756964815Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:12:26 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydoqkMYRy1qz4rmio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a little disturbing for my brain</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16489127323http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16489127323Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:47:08 +0000<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/12/22/magazine/the-lives-they-lived.html#view=uneasy_rider">The Lives They Lived</a>: <p>A beautiful story of life, love and a last ride on a Harley.</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16430232449http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16430232449Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:16:41 +0000<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RK8rKKp-vP0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Maybe humans have some promise after all</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16408089046http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16408089046Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:57:03 +0000<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gdSHeKfZG7c?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>WHat some french kids think of ancient technology (like from the 80s)</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16166289977http://blog.scottbp.com/post/16166289977Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:50:53 +0000<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP0QJ_Ba1Bs">Trailer for Moonrise Kingdom</a>: <p>New Wes Anderson movie… looks cooky</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15770005342http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15770005342Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:23:39 +0000<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34813864" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Fotoshop by Adobé (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/34813864">Jesse Rosten</a>)</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15630543543http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15630543543Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:22:35 +0000<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/V7qnG5rBfO0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Bassnectar Explains Dubstep (in under 3 minutes) (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7qnG5rBfO0">kdynamic</a>)</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15613816163http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15613816163Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:35:53 +0000<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HUEvRyemKSg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Cory Doctorow talks about the past and the future of the struggle for open computing</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15567739914http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15567739914Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:18:54 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxhm7g6CY51qz4rmio1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>goldfish - cat - flying shark! the circle of life (click for .gif)</p>http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15512267801http://blog.scottbp.com/post/15512267801Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:09:00 +0000