Alextremist

Goodbye for now

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:45:00 +1000

I’ve used Tumblr since mid-2007, about eight months ago. I’ve used it to collect content created by other people. That was cool for a while, but it’s now approaching mid-2008 and I no longer enjoy it.

Here are other tumblelogs I’ve enjoyed: benjaminf, alexa, marybethsc, and zehnuhr.

On that note, I’ll see you later — either later this year, or next year.

"Thailand is located just north of Shirtland."

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:21:00 +1000

“Thailand is located just north of Shirtland.”

- Vicky Pollard, via Jess.

Thank you, Lewis Sell! Lewis has Tumblr now, I never mentioned....

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:31:03 +1000

Thank you, Lewis Sell!

Lewis has Tumblr now, I never mentioned. He got custom tattoo paper.

Horseshoe Bend — a five exposure HDR (via Dellplain).

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:16:15 +1000

Horseshoe Bend — a five exposure HDR (via Dellplain).

Urban Dictionary: Props

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:50:20 +1000

Urban Dictionary: Props: “Slang term for “accolades”, “proper respect”, or “just dues”. Popularized in the 1980s by rappers who shortened the term “propers” which was in turn being used as an abbreviated version of “proper respect” at least by the 1960s.”

I had no idea of the history of giving people props.

International Dance Party! by Niklas Roy.

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:34:00 +1000

International Dance Party! by Niklas Roy.

VideoSpewin'

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:28:00 +1000

All five videos currently on the front page of VideoSpew are hilarious. Coincidentally, all five were posted by me.

Corbis ReadyMech Cameras

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:27:05 +1000

Corbis ReadyMech Cameras: A few nicely designed pinhole cameras, which can be printed and built. Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is two Sundays from yesterday.

MGMT and Yeasayer playing together (photo by Elizabeth...

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:25:00 +1000

MGMT and Yeasayer playing together (photo by Elizabeth Weinberg).

Orbital (by Dunny via c3o.)

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:32:00 +1000

Orbital (by Dunny via c3o.)

Super Mario in 14kb of javascript

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:20:18 +1000

Super Mario in 14kb of javascript: “Here’s an experiment in keeping things small and confined to one Javascript file. There are no external image files or anything, everything is rendered with Javascript using either canvas elements or old fashioned div-making tactics” (via raygrass).

More at Rumblings (via rachelanastasia and diniscans).

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:19:00 +1000

More at Rumblings (via rachelanastasia and diniscans).

Seven Jokes That Came True, by Jeff & Patrick

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:25:00 +1000

Seven Jokes That Came True, by Jeff & Patrick: “Some jokes are funny because they’re true. Here are seven jokes that were funny because they weren’t true, yet.”

One of the best CH articles I’ve read/watched.

Costumes by Jean Jullien.

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:23:53 +1000

Costumes by Jean Jullien.

Coming soon: superfast internet

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:20:04 +1000

Coming soon: superfast internet: “The internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. … It has already been used to help design new drugs against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills 1m people worldwide each year. Researchers used the grid to analyse 140m compounds - a task that would have taken a standard internet-linked PC 420 years. … Holographic video conferencing is not that far away.”

Last night, again. I’ve started uploading photos to my...

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:26:00 +1000

Last night, again. I’ve started uploading photos to my flickr.

Playing with Brock’s slave flashes last night.

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:25:16 +1000

Playing with Brock’s slave flashes last night.

The view from my balcony, in the form of a pano I took this...

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:16:00 +1000

The view from my balcony, in the form of a pano I took this morning (see larger).

Holga panorama by UrbanArtfare (via Mitch).

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:20:58 +1000

Holga panorama by UrbanArtfare (via Mitch).

"One day we will die, and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are..."

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:19:00 +1000

“One day we will die, and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are young, let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see.”

- Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.