Twistori: Love. Hate. Think. Believe. Feel. Wish.
WIRED has a gallery of photos of the interior of the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The Academy's new building opens September 27th.
As excited as I am that this amazing structure will finally be open to the public, I wonder how long after the opening it is going to be until one can expect not to be buried under the inevitable throngs of people it is going to attract.
A Mr. Axel Peemoeller created this incredible directional signage system for a parking garage in Melbourne. The signage is only readable when the viewer is in the proper viewing location wherein the utility of the designs become readily apparent.
Tip 'o' the hat to the Fireball
From the description:
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke.
Another — one of what must be thousands — valuable presentation culled from the treasure that is the TED website.
Dahl, Roald Dahl
I re-watched Trainspotting last night. The Trainspotting: Collector’s Edition DVD has deleted scenes. One has Renton (Ewan McGregor) and Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) sitting in an apartment, pre park-gun-dog incident, with Sick Boy, as usual, spouting James Bond trivia. Sick Boy is grilling Renton on bits of info related to the James Bond film, You Only Live Twice. One bit stuck out:
SICK BOY
Screenwriter?
RENTON
Eh - Ian Fleming?
SICK BOY
Fuck off! He never wrote any of
them.
… a bit of banter, and then …
RENTON
Who wrote it?
SICK BOY
Roald Dahl.
RENTON
Roald Dahl. Fuck me.
… and, damn, if it isn’t the case.
This is the same Roald Dahl that wrote such children’s classics as Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Interesting fellow, really. From the mini-bio on his IMDB page:
When his then wife actress Patricia Neal suffered a series of devastating strokes in 1965, he was appalled at the lack of effective rehabilitation. He subsequently designed techniques that restored his wife to full function after the doctors had told them she’d never recover. His techniques are now standard procedure throughout the world for the treatment of stroke victims.
On August 2, 2008 at 2:55 pm, Daniel said, via Twitter: Dan: So, has it [your 6 hour old iPhone] changed your life yet? Randy: Yes I am lost and found all at the same time :)
Neil Patrick Harris was featured in an interview today on Fresh Air.
If you haven't seen his turn, as Dr. Horrible, on the internet-only mini-musical "Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog", well you're missing out on some supremely satisfying comedic entertainment. Download and enjoy.
New Toy
My first point ‘n’ shoot – the Canon Powershot SD100 – bit the dust long ago. It was the victim of careless treatment on my part and ended up with a cracked screen that, although pretty looking in a sort-of lava lamp 60s trip-out type of way, prevented one from seeing anything on the screen.
My second – a hand-me-down from my mother in the form of a Canon PowerShot S400 – did not last long before a terrible pink tinge overcame every photo it took. It was used after all. No complaints here.
In fact, no complaints on either camera. The first was a flippin’ stalwart little guy that was small enough to take almost anywhere. The second, a tad larger, due it’s using a larger memory card format, was equally transportable. Canon has been good to me.
So, naturally, I switched brands.
To be honest, as good as Canon is, I think it has gone to their heads as their cameras are a good $50 more expensive, at the least, as other brands. I did a fair bit of research and, so, this is what I decided upon (the link is to the FS3, not the FS5 as, even though I have pics uploaded using my camera, there seems to be no reference to them via flickr’s camera finder function). TIme will tell if the decision was a sound one but, damn, if it isn’t nice to have a camera again.
Interioir composite of the Tartine Bakery in The Mission, San Francisco.
I had the Ham & Cheese Croissant. My, what a croissant it was. It was lunch. So tasty, so heavy. It must have been a pound.
What I’m drinking now. From Ritual Roasters in San Francisco.
Should be chocolatey, fruity goodness.
Chances are Jobs will be fine, and will remain as cantankerous, arrogant, dictatorial, and wildly visionary as ever for many years to come
– Orac
From the blog post entitled “What’s wrong with Steve Jobs?”. Orac is “the nom de blog of a humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist …”.
You think I’m an arrogant [expletive] who thinks he’s above the law, and I think you’re a slime bucket who gets most of his facts wrong
– Steve Jobs
I’ve been consciously attempting to curtail my gratuitous and overabundant siphoning of John Gruber’s Daring Fireball content but this one was too good to pass up.
This little gem of a quote was the opening line (I dare not call it a “greeting”) of a phone call from Steve Jobs to a New York Times reporter in response to said reporters coverage of the nagging question of Mr. Job’s health.
That Steve Jobs, he really does have a bit of a potty mouth, no?
H. Champ's "composite" photoset on flickr. Inspiring.
For a company that’s so brilliant at marketing, it seems to have absolutely no clue about crisis management
– David Pogue of The New York Times
MobileMe sounds like a major failure. Apple gets a lot of things right. This is not one of them.
On July 22, 2008 at 3:15 pm, Daniel said, via Twitter: With us it's not so much cleaning our room as it is an excavation. Something forgotten and rediscovered under every layer.