If you’re a fan of typography or old-school printing machines, I highly recommend watching “Linotype: The Film”. Its about a quickly disappearing type-casting machine called the Linotype which has over the years been replaced with computers.
A Space Shuttle on the Streets of Los Angeles
A photo set of the space shuttle Endeavour returning home after its last mission and heading toward its final destination, the California Science Center in South Los Angeles.
How Facebook figures out the best cropping position for photos
Ever notice how thumbnails of photos on Facebook always tend to be perfectly cropped? Turns out that this isn’t just coincidence and that the engineers at facebook have actually come up with a clever algorithm to figure this out.
The best interface is no interface
It’s time for us to move beyond screen-based thinking. Because when we think in screens, we design based upon a model that is inherently unnatural, inhumane, and has diminishing returns.
A really good read on why we should be focusing on removing/simplifying elements from interfaces. I’ve found that this usually happens when you over-think and end up finding solution for problems that don’t even exist.
Portrait of an Instagram Artist
I know that some people make taking pictures of their food and posting it on Instagram look very easy, but the artist known as “@thexavius” walks us through the process of how he uses Instagram to make ordinary shots look magical.
Red Bull Racing’s American Vacation
No big deal. Just driving a Forumala One car around New York and New Jersey.
Quora: What are some English phrases and terms commonly heard in India but rarely used elsewhere?
Let me revert back to you on the same after I have done the needful. I will be out of station this weekend as my cousin niece is passing out from college. All her mugging and all the coaching classes paid off for her I guess. The ceremony is at a hill station. It will be good time pass. It is also my native place so all our near and dears will be there. Definitely worth using up all my casual leaves.
The continuation of this goldmine of a thread can be found on Quora.
Obsessives: Soda Pop
Obsessives is a series about people who are obsessed with their trade from my new favorite site, chow.com
33 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The ‘Toy Story’ Trilogy
Some interesting ones:
- In their most productive week during production, Pixar completed 3.5 minutes of animation.
- The movie was originally supposed to be called “You Are A Toy.”
- Toy Story 2 is the best reviewed movie of all time on Rotten Tomatoes. Toy Story 1 is number 4.
China Plans To Build The World’s Tallest Building In 90 Days
The building will also cost less due to BSB’s construction methods, with its projected cost at US$628 million—as compared with the US$1.5 billion Burj Khalifa.
BSB already is renowned for its time efficient construction after building a 15-storey building in six days in 2010 and constructing a 30-storey hotel in 15 days in 2011.