ze frank at TED. An excellent, funny, inspiring presentation. (via)
A Vanity Fair article about Paul Frank, who is fighting his former company for a fair share of the work that bears his name. A former partner: “…he got paid exactly the same as we did, and we’re the ones who did all the work. He didn’t do anything, and he still quit. What am I missing here?” This illustrates exactly how corporate America values and shits on creative talent.
This is a walkthrough of Fallingwater in the Half-Life 2 engine. Who says video games rot your brain?
Seen on a bumper sticker this afternoon: MY GAMER FRAGGED YOUR HONORS STUDENT.
I’m paranoid, and I like to be prepared (We were kept out of Independence Hall this past weekend because of my Leatherman, something I carry with me everywhere), so this mini survival kit HOWTO is very, very interesting to me.
This page gives an idea of how much patents cost, along with a pile of other good information about copyright and trademark. (via)
Chicken Little! Chicken Little! It’s funny how Dell got slammed last week with this story, and now Apple’s getting front page news about it. Seems to me like Sony is the company who should be getting a kick in the ass. Luckily, my battery is not in the affected serial range.
This is a website with then-and-now pictures of Paris, side by side. I’m fascinated with time-lapse and comparison photography, history, and imagining places the way they used to be. This is beautiful work. (via)
HOWTO: Change your own brake pads. Not for the mechanically uninclined.
This makes about as much sense as I’d expect: “Aether cements strategic shift”. Because when one business model doesn’t work, try anoth—nevermind, we’re going to try this now.