How Pixar almost lost Toy Story 2 to a bad backup
May 16, 2012Pixar’s Oren Jacob and Galyn Susman recount how the files for Toy Story 2 were almost lost due to an accidental Linux command and bad backup.
The Making of the Leica M9-P »Edition Hermès« – Série Limitée Jean-Louis Dumas
If you’re a fan of handmade goodies, you might want to check out this video about the making of the Leica M9-P »Edition Hermès« – Série Limitée Jean-Louis Dumas. Also, if you’re a fan of Leica, you might want to check out the Leica’s M Monochrom Camera, which only shoots in black and white and will set you back about $8000.
RELATED: 1923 Leica O-Series camera sells for $2.79 million
May 14, 2012The frequent fliers who flew too much
Article from the Los Angeles Times, about people who bought the AAirpass, which are tickets that gave them unlimited first-class travel for life on American Airlines.
May 7, 2012In the 2009 film ”Up in the Air, the loyal American business traveler played by George Clooney was showered with attention after attaining 10 million frequent flier miles.
Rothstein and Vroom were not impressed.
Qlocktwo W
If you were ever on the lookout for a handsome yet geeky watch, this my friend, is what you’ve been searching for. Available in English, German and French. While you’re there, checkout the Qlocktwo Touch as well.
The Nerd Handbook
I stumbled across this article recently and even though its a bit dated (almost five years), its very relevant to how “nerds” live and work.
May 2, 2012First, a majority of the folks on the planet either have no idea how a computer works or they look at it and think “it’s magic”. Nerds know how a computer works. They intimately know how a computer works. When you ask a nerd, “When I click this, it takes awhile for the thing to show up. Do you know what’s wrong?” they know what’s wrong.
Blackberry 10
RIM just announced its new platform based on QNX called the Blackberry 10 and it looks like RIM is focusing a lot on touch and gestures. To be honest though, from the short video in that article, it looks like the combination of typing and swiping on that keyboard would slow you down considerably as you have to search and select words while typing. Also, it looks like RIM made their design decisions based heavily on inspiration from the Windows Mobile and Android.
May 2, 2012Caine’s Arcade
Caine’s arcade is the story of a 9 year old boy who made a cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts store but never managed to get enough customers to show off his skills. Thats until Nirvan Mullick stopped by and decided to send an entire flashmob to Caine’s arcade.
Apr 16, 2012Subtle Patterns
If you’re looking for a nice background texture for your next web project, subtlepatterns.com has some nice texture backgrounds for you to use.
Apr 16, 2012Silly list scroll effects
I’ve seen some crazy cool things being done with CSS3, but the silly list of scroll effects takes the cake. Checkout the main.css file for some fancy CSS work.
Apr 15, 2012City Transit Line posters
I’ve always been a sucker for maps to city transit lines. I think its because it has the ability to show something so complex in the most minimalist of ways. This shop on etsy.com has a few nicely designed posters and t-shirts of city transit maps from around the world.
