Cartoons for your ipod

What to do with that video ipod? How about subscribing to this video podcast of cartoons?

Apple II music video

The things you can still do with an Apple II.

Hasted Hunt

The Hasted Hunt gallery of photography opens today with an exhibt of photographs by the photographers of VII.

The best paper airplane in the world?

I haven't tested it myself yet, but I will soon. Here's the instructions.

Wojiuxihuan

O.K. The repeated rap Chinese version of the "wo jiu xi huan" song is a little annoying, but I'm lovin' the games. The DJ game is like Dance Dance Revolution, and then there's a skateboard game reminiscent of California Games. I'm Lovin' IT

Test your break IQ

What record provided that break? Test your knowledge here.

Discover Opera

The Metropolitan has a nifty little timeline with audio samples from which to learn about the history of opera.

Glassbreaks

Philip Glass and hip hop? Awwww yeah!

Chaos Theory

Fun (for a little while) chain reaction game. My high score is 110.

Puzzle Bobble

Now you can play anytime with this online flash version.

Airtrek travel planner

Planning a round-the-world trip with multiple stopovers? Try airtrek's flash planner.

Color lovers

Trying to find the perfect color but can't? How about letting other people direct you?

Finger boarding

I wish I could do tricks like these.

Screen clean

Lap lap lap

Straight Outta Compton

So angry and yet so pretty.

78s as mp3's

No nickel required!

Poom

The bouncing game.

Processing photography

Photographer Clayton James Cubitt and processing professional Tom Carden have teamed up to create some beautiful beautiful work. Read a little more about what went on here.

Proust's Madeleine

Looking for the recipe? Slate attempts to break it down.

Penguin remixed

Penguin's sponsoring a competition for people to remix bits of their audio books. You can listen in here.

110 reasons to eat more chinese food

You can't win if you don't play!

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival

The schedule for this summer has been announced.

Timeline

A new way to watch time go by.

The history of sampling

A neat little java app covering the above.

Frusion Breakfast Brawl

Get ready to experience the most amazing breakfast-related boxing game mankind has every seen! Ready? FIGHT!

Throw paper

Sophia pointed me to this game, which I've found oddly addictive. I think it's the sound effects. My high score so far is just 12.

50 Pounds Assorted Hand Tools and Hardware - NTS

Have you ever had your nail clippers confiscated at the gate before boarding an airplane? Now you can bid on them on ebay.

World Press Photos at UN

Yesteerday, the World Press Photo Awards exhibition opened at the UN. You can read the press release here.

Graphical representation of Google News

A cool new way to scan the headlines. Or, in the words of the about section: "Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator."

Post Secret

I can't believe I haven't linked to this yet. Share your secrets on postcards.

What is a craving?

A craving is a consuming desire; a yearning, an urgent need . . .

Lunch at noon

There once was a time when a Monday lunch was Sunday's leftovers. No longer! Lunch at noon.

DJ Format

More DJ Format videos. This one isn't quite as fun as the one for "We Don't Know," but it's fun in its own way. Three feet deep.

622 Music Videos

Not all the links work, but still a pretty impressive collection.

Airline Bag Lounge

This lounge has bags from around the world and through the ages. I wish they'd bring some of them back. Or I wouldn't be surprised to find updated versions at Flight 001.

Stamps book

Michael Hernandez de Luna and Michael Thompson have collected a number of their stamps into a new book. The site describes them as "two Chicago artists who have taken on the International Postal Authorities and really scored a bulls-eyes!  Their unique and often hilarious home-made stamps have been sent from virtually every country in the world and arrived to tell the tale. "

Buzztracker

From the site: "Buzztracker is software that visualizes frequencies and relationships between locations in the Google world news directory. Buzztracker tries to show you how interconnected the world is: big events in one area ripple to other areas across the globe. Connections between cities thousands of miles apart become apparent at a glance."

Swisssh

Crazy video of trick shots.

David Byrne Radio

David Byrne has launched an internet radio station. Listen to it here.

Straight 8

One super 8mm cartridge. No editing. See the results.

Eros

Speaking of Eros, here's the Japanese Trailer.

Aircon -1

Here's a slideshow of images from Huschang Pourian photographs of Tokyo airconditioners. More information at underbelly.

Eros

Jonesing for more Wong Kar Wai? Check out the site for the new film Eros, also featuring the work of Michelangelo Antonionini and Steven Soderberg.

The Gilman Paper Company collection of photos

The Metropolitan Museum announced that it has acquired the Gilman Paper Company Collection of photographs. You can read about it in the Times. I hope they put on an exhibition sometime in the near future.

Change purses

Last weekend Mimi bought me this great change purse from designer Yukiko Sato. It rocks and I luff it!

Tea

It's been a while since I've checked in with Orsinal, but I noticed a new game up there. tea. Cute mice and jazzy music. Who could ask for anything more?

How much is that picture worth?

Since I seem to be on a roll about photography at the moment, I thought I'd link to this NYTimes article about the business of photography in the art world. Unfortunately, I don't think any of my snapshots are going to be worth $1.3 million anytime soon. And would htat I could have afforded to buy Gursky's Prada II, 1997 back in the day. It would have been a steal!

Diane Arbus at the Met

Speaking of photographers having shows in museums in New York City, the Met is hosting Diane Arbus's Revelations. "This retrospective exhibition, the first in more than 30 years, presents the artist's signature images—such as Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962 and A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y., 1970—as well as previously unpublished photographs and writings drawn from the artist's archive" I saw this show at LACMA. Definitely workth checking out.

Larry Clark at ICP

Larry Clark has a show going on at ICP at the moment. And I was just flipping through a copy of Tulsa the other day. You can read more about the exhibition here, though I really wish people would stop setting knock out type on dark backgrounds when there's so much text. It makes my head swim. Here's a link to a NYTimes article about the show.

Toronto subway buttons

Spacing has created a series of buttons for every stop on the Toronto subway line incorporating the tile work of each station. Here's the complete set organized by line. I remember liking the typography used in the metro when I was there, as evidenced by these photos: 1 2.

Sheep dash

Test your reflexes here.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Remember the Infocom text adventure game? The BBC has ported it to flash and added pretty pictures. Crazy. Maybe I'll finish it now.

Super Mario mural from post-its

In all its 8 bit post-it glory.

Bug me not

Tired of having to subscribe to all those sites? Well, bug me not!

Flowers flowers

The Macy's flower show opens on Sunday. And the Orchid Show continues at the New York Botanic Gardens.

Waiting for the sirens' call

There's a new New Order album coming out. Peep the video here. It kinda makes me dizzy.

Type Navigator

Looking for the perfect font? Try Type Navigator

Nananca Crash!

Here's another fun game! Nananca Crash!. My high score is 3219.65. If you keep clicking the girl teleports back for an extra bash. But I'm not sure how to control that.

Wallace and Gromit coming to the big screen

Here's a little film on the new Wallace and Gromit film.

Desktop manager

For a long time I've wanted multiple desktops on my mac. With desktop manager, now I can. I don't know how I've missed this for so long!

Desktop manager

For a long time I've wanted multiple desktops on my mac. With desktop manager, now I can. I don't know how I've missed this for so long!

New Nickels

Listening to NPR, I heard that there are even more new coins coming out. The nickel is going through a series of redesigns as well. Apparently the mint makes over $600 million in profit on selling money. Oddly, I actually found an original buffalo nickel the other day.

Thomas Demand

Thomas Demand opens at the MoMA today. "Born in 1964, Demand began as a sculptor and took up photography to record his ephemeral paper constructions. In 1993 he turned the tables, henceforth making constructions for the sole purpose of photographing them."

Miao Tien

I just found out that Miao Tien, the actor who plays the father figure in Tsai Ming-Liang's films has died. Here's an article in the Taipei Times. It's time to rent Goodbye Dragon Inn.

Imitation the sincerest form of flattery?

Here's an interesting twist. I noticed that I've been getting a lot of hits from Hungary as of late on Carte Blanche Pedicure, my photoblog. Imagine my surprise when I checked out the referring site and found this.

Singin' in the Rain

I've never seen Gene Kelly do things like he does in this ad. I wonder if it's by the same people behind the Superbowl ad (the techniques of which first surfaced in a Futureshock video. I'm not sure what I think about using Gene Kelly to sell VW's after his death, but I guess that's another issue entirely . . .

NYPL Digital Gallery

The New York Public Libary launched their digital gallery today. The NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more. But note that current very high demands are causing some delays in serving image derivatives. We are working to boost performance on the image server. Please be patient, your pictures are there

The things we do for love

This is a little extreme. One of the Oscar nominated short films from this past year, 7.35 in the Morning.

Sexual high and dry

Radiohead meets Marvin Gaye.

Ring my cell

S/FJ breaks down the history of the cell phone ring tone. Sounds like even mom's are hip to the groove, "A kid I met on the subway told me that his mother doesn’t like his new 50 Cent ringtone, “Candy Shop,” not because it features explicitly sexual rhymes but because it’s not as cool as “In Da Club,” a previous 50 Cent ringtone, which received Billboard’s first Ringtone of the Year award, in 2004." Personally, my phone doesn't go off often enough to justify spending tons of money on ring tones. Right now it mimics an old rotary phone ring.

Hong Kong Art Walk

For those in Hong Kong, tomorrow is the fifth annual ArtWalk, a charity event benefiting the HIV Education Centre at St John’s Cathedral, the Society of Community Organization (SoCO) and the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care. The entry ticket allows the bearer to partake of the wine served by each of the 40 participating galleries and 'finger food' provided by our sponsoring restaurants. If I were there I'd be going! Note that tickets last year sold out.

Identity works!

Ever wonder how to set the logo for the Home Office? Well wonder no more!

Art of the Japanese Postcard

I've missed this exhibit at Boston's MFA, unfortunately, but I bought the book. It's the Art of the Japanese Postcard. The show looked great. There's a wide assortment of cards on view on the site. And the book was one of the NYTimes notable art books from last year. Unfortunately it'll take 1-2 months for me to see my copy arrive from Amazon. :-( Happy New Year everyone! Incidentally, here's what the NYTimes had to say about the book: "Keats said that reading Chapman's translation of Homer felt like watching an unknown planet float into view. You might have a similar reaction to Art of the Japanese Postcard: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA Publications, paper, $29.95). Beginning in 1900, with the lifting of the government monopoly on the printing of postcards, many of Japan's leading artists tried their hand at designing in this exotic new medium borrowed from the West. It took a while for Japanese woodblock prints to be appreciated for the masterpieces they are, and the same could be said -- in fact, is said, by Anne Nishimura Morse and other sharp-eyed scholars writing in this exhibition catalog -- about the neglected genre of the postcard. In this spell-inducing volume, you'll find the encounter of East and West given a fresh treatment. A Japanese woman swings a tennis racket against a backdrop of blue morning glories. Some of the most arresting cards are aerial views: colorful parasols amid the shadows of their owners; Art Nouveau swimmers grasping a lifesaver; and three cavalrymen riding into battle in the Russo-Japanese War, exactly 100 years ago."

Skeletal systems

Ever wonder what your favorite cartoon character might look like under all that skin? Here is one man's interpretation.

Pina Bausch on NPR

On Morning Edition, NPR had a short piece on choreographer Pina Bausch. There's a short clip of a dance she choreographed that was showcased in the Almodovar film Talk to Her. On Sunday I get to see her group perform at BAM. I can't wait!

Transformers

David sent me a link to this commercial. Talk about Transformers: more than meets the eye. I'd hate to be in the driver's seat while that thing's getting down.

Hanzismatter

While surfing around I found this site, which breaks down the (mis)use of Chinese characters in various ads and tattoos. So far, my favorite mystery is that of Marcus Camby's tattoo. Courtesy of Angry Asian Man.

In alphabetical order

The NYT best 1000 movies ever made.

2046

Kit just pointed me to the 2046 website. I took a quick peek but I really don't want to know. I want to see it cold. Eric and I went to Chinatown the other day and found the 2046 dvd and vcd. Unfortunately, it's the version from China, dubbed into Mandarin and without English subtitles. Still, I was sorely tempted. But I'll wait for the HK DVD. And my new tv.

Wong Kar-Wai news

Kino's releasing a Wong Kar-Wai DVD box set, containing five of his earlier films (the only film that's missing is Ashes of Time. I've never seen the Kino prints, but they must be better than the Chinatown DVD versions I own and so now I'm sorely tempted to get this. They're also re-releasing Days of Being Wild to theaters with a new translation. I just wonder if it's a new print. For those in the New York area, it'll be playing at the Film Forum in November. Looks like it's gonna be a WKW fall . . .

Eminem lets his politics be known

Eminem's Mosh Music Video. See it here.

Sticker shock

Sasha Frere-Jones, Dave Tompkins, Hua Hsu, and Jeff Chang have just about launched their new audioblog, Sticker Shock. I was involved in the minimal design. It's gonna be big.

New photoblogs

My cousin Dan just started his first photoblog. It's called Un Object d'art.

THREE.2

THREE.2 is a new digifotoblog posting frequent images thus far in and around New York.

Kill Kitty

Chang Cheng-Yue is performing in New York and Boston on Sunday and Monday (and he's playing in LA Oct 23. He's a Chinese Rock star, and this marks the first time a Chinese Rock artist has toured the states. Click on the banner for more information.

I love eggs

And you might too after seeing this. Though maybe eating them 365 days a year would be bad for your health. . . . Thanks to Dennis for pointing it out.

Open House New York

"The Second Annual OHNY weekend is scheduled for Saturday & Sunday, October 9 & 10, 2004. 100 fascinating spaces and places in all five boroughs will be open for tours - free of charge. Each site will offer different experiences, including guided and self-guided tours, informal talks and conversations with the designers." I missed this last year so I'm definitely going out this year to check it out. Read about it on their site: www.openhousenewyork.org

Photo books

I'm ordering two books. Eric had recommended the VII agency's book War to me a few weeks ago. At AIGA's 50 books 50 covers I saw the book itself and spent a good portion of my time there flipping through it (you would think that their site would have at least thumbnails of the winners). The other book I'm buying is Michael Ackerman's End Time City, a collection of photographs he took while in Benares. I've been meaning to get that one for a wihle and am finally breaking down and doing it.

Audio blogs

On the subject of audio blogs, here's two more that I'm enjoying (one courtesy of SF/J). Today, Moistworks is offering some mashups. The one mixing the Beatles and the All Saints is eeriely cool. Fluxblog's offering a Phil Specorish song and a funky little jam. The winner today would be Moistworks if you were to compare mp3s. Though Fluxblog's been quoted in the Times on an article about marketing through audiobloggers.

Fruits of Chaos

Fruits of Chaos is an mp3 blog devoted to (mostly) Asian pop music. At least as far as I can discern from my initial glance at it.

The 8th Tehran International Poster Biennial

"The 8th Tehran International Poster Biennial is the latest in a succession of seven national Biennials of Iranian Graphic Designers. It has been prepared for a long time, and very carefully, and has been preceeded by a number of exhibtions both in Tehran and in Europe." You can see some of the posters and the designers here. Oh to be in Tehran!

Creep (acoustic)

Cool animated music video set to Radiohead's "Creep". Very nicely done.

Mining links

I haven't checked #1/usr/bin/girl in a while, and she's put up some links to some cool games and animations. Check out the Scarecrow game, which looks like Tim Burton might have designed it; MoMa's site on Tall buildings, which is nicely designed though it bothers me that three or four of the buildings are WTC sketches which won't even be built; the speed reading test; and the cartoon Heroes.

Soul Sides

Oliver Wang (aka O-Dub) is running this great audio blog called Soul Sides. It started as a place to post record reviews, but it's since become a place where he posts mp3s and comments on those. One of the greatest discoveries in recent weeks is the Bizzie Boys. If I had the original 12"'s, I'd be wearing out the grooves. As it is, the three tracks O-Dub's posted are quickly climbing the charts according to my Itunes play count. It's too bad they only had those four singles. It's almost enough to convince me to become a record collector.

Like sand for water

A neat video showing that sand behaves like water.

Hot in Herrre

What happens when two video game combatants decide to lay down their arms and get funky? Well, you might get something like Dance, Voldo, Dance.

Middle East photographs

I've spent the last three days scanning negatives and designing and producing a site to exhibit some of the black and white photos I took while in the Middle East. A color site will have to come later (when I have the time to edit all the photos). You can find the site here.

Pentrx: Pen Spinning Revolution

I never got but the basic tricks down (and that took forever). Some of the moves shown on this site are beyond what meagre abilities I might ever hope to have. (courtesy #!/usr/bin/girl)

Terror, Terrorism, and the Human Condition

This is my 200th post on this blog. Just thought I'd note that. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my day. Guillemette guilted me into working (she's been working on her book all weekend) and so I spent part of my afternoon doing this. About the book: In an attempt to explore the impact of terrorism at its most basic level--that of sowing fear and anxiety--this book investigates our now centuries-long attraction to, and dread of, terror and its progeny, including terrorism, or political terror, and mass murder. It is also a call to thought, and an appeal to reasoned action. Charles Webel argues that while a "war" on terrorism cannot succeed in eliminating terror from our human condition, this does not mean that it cannot, and should not, be confronted by means other than war.

Women's Police Stations

There are times that I wish I did read all the books that I design, especially those for the academic press for which I do work. This book "examines the changing and complex relationship between women and the state, and the construction of a gendered citizenship and justice, using the case study of women's police stations in Sao Paulo. These are police stations run by police women to deal with crimes against women, such as domestic violence, assault, and rape." Think of how much better informed if I could read all these books (and retain the facts—that's the other problem. Remembering what I read).