Tumblr (3.0; @alexainslie)http://www.alexainslie.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky4k2paODT1qzpw9po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/02/16/55-simply-stunning-fractal-artworks.html">Fractal Artworks</a></p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/438949576http://www.alexainslie.com/post/438949576Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:09:51 -0500mathtechvisualdesigncolorgreenfractals<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QCmsvXgxdDY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QCmsvXgxdDY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCmsvXgxdDY&feature=autoshare">TEDxBerlin - Fabian Hemmert - 11/30/09</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/TEDxTalks">TEDxTalks</a>)</p> <p>“So what we have seen are three ways to make the digital graspable for us - and I think making it physical is a good way to do that. What’s behind that is a postulation, namely not that humans should get much more technical in the future rather that technology a bit more human.”</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/438623800http://www.alexainslie.com/post/438623800Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:08:54 -0500techlanguagehumantouchgraspableUIuxmobilevideo<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/you-dont-have-to-be-bipolar-to-be-a-genius-ndash-but-it-helps-1887646.html">Genius and Madness</a>: <p>“Scientists have for the first time found powerful evidence that genius may be linked with madness. Speculation that the two may be related dates back millennia, and can be found in the writings of Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. Aristotle once claimed that “there is no great genius without a mixture of madness”, but the scientific evidence for an association has been weak – until now. A study of more than 700,000 adults showed that those who scored top grades at school were four times more likely to develop bipolar disorder than those with average grades.”</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/438138337http://www.alexainslie.com/post/438138337Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:08:03 -0500techlanguagepsychscienceartcognition<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/02/anderson_chatroulette_founder.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nymag%2Fintel+%28Daily+Intelligencer+-+New+York+Magazine%29"> Chatroulette Founder Exposed</a>: <p>Turns out it was (a). According to the New York Times’ Bits blog, Chatroulette’s founder is a 17-year-old in Moscow named Andrey Ternovskiy — and judging by his e-mail to them, he seems awesome. He loves “minimalism” and wants to keep the site from being dominated by ads. He codes everything himself, so as Chatroulette’s user population has exploded, he’s had to recode over and over to keep up. He says amazing things like, “Bandwidth bills show sums which shock me as a teenager, but I am not very worried.” He hosts the site on servers in Frankfurt, Germany, mainly as a symbolic gesture, because it’s roughly halfway between Russia and the U.S. (He’s never been to America but would like to visit.) And, for the record, he’s not onboard with all the masturbation and mock suicides: “Some people are using the site in not very nice ways — I am really against it.”</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/438083381http://www.alexainslie.com/post/438083381Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:43:11 -0500techlanguagequotevideochat<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rnf7oZf7aTo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rnf7oZf7aTo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnf7oZf7aTo&feature=autoshare">London UX team out to see DeCode at the Victoria and Albert</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/chwsfo">chwsfo</a>)</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/437626859http://www.alexainslie.com/post/437626859Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:57:01 -0500techartdesigngoogleux<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky4jdhkzfP1qzpw9po1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5470922/great-sexts-through-history/gallery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29">Great Sexts Through History - Bad Valentine - Gizmodo</a></p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/437619828http://www.alexainslie.com/post/437619828Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:53:04 -0500historylanguagetechmobile<a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/crastinate/fsLPRhXKMYx/http-docs-google-com-viewer-url-http-waxy-org">Top 100 Websites of 1999 </a>: <p>At #93: Google. “Remember your basic ‘search engine’? Here’s one that really works, scouring billions of links for junk-free matches – and it does so quickly.”</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/437235431http://www.alexainslie.com/post/437235431Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:52:52 -0500techgooglerankinghistory<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky098kNUcU1qzpw9po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://events.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/dining/reviews/17rest.html?8ur=&emc=ura1&nl=">Restaurant Review - Motorino Offers Pizza in Brooklyn, East Village - NYTimes.com</a></p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/436920022http://www.alexainslie.com/post/436920022Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:51:52 -0500pizzafoodnyc<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky00ovSsNE1qaxovpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vizualize.tumblr.com/post/395024892/eco-illustration-via-khuan-cavemen-co">vizualize</a>: Eco Illustration (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/khuan">Khuan Cavemen Co</a>)</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/436640053http://www.alexainslie.com/post/436640053Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:50:53 -0500designcolor<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxzkqlrOBP1qzrnnwo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Subway (via <a href="http://www.lefthandedtoons.com"><a href="http://www.lefthandedtoons.com">www.lefthandedtoons.com</a></a>)</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/436375656http://www.alexainslie.com/post/436375656Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:49:55 -0500foodsubwaycheesedrawntype<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxzz68zVz21qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Map of the World</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435910810http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435910810Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:49:15 -0500mapanimaldesigncolor<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxwhxkIYmJ1qzed32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Olympic Oval</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435668730http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435668730Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:56:08 -0500designArchitecturecolorlight<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky022maPU41qzsw67o1_r3_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Grass Page Markers designed by <a href="http://www.yuruliku.com/greenmarker/about/about.html">yuruliku</a>.</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435415828http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435415828Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:45:04 -0500booksdesigncolorgreen<a href="http://www.esquire.com/print-this/roger-ebert-0310">Where all crime starts and ends</a>: <p><a href="http://bobulate.com/post/394757492/where-all-crime-starts-and-ends">bobulate</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a title="Roger Ebert: The Essential Man" href="http://www.esquire.com/print-this/roger-ebert-0310">Roger Ebert</a> knows things we don’t know:</p> <blockquote>I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.</blockquote> <p>Countless lessons in ending crime and contributing joy.</p> </blockquote>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435412242http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435412242Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:06 -0500languagehappyhappiness<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rtPxlr6LDN0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rtPxlr6LDN0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtPxlr6LDN0">Hold Your Horses - 70 Million</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/patozao">patozao</a>)</p> <p>“<span class="Style1"> Clip de 70 Million, chanson du groupe franco-americain Hold Your Horses ! produit par L’Ogre, mettant en scène les membres du groupe dans un voyage à travers l’histoire de l’art.”</span></p> <p>I especially enjoyed their interpretation of David’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Marat">Marat Assassiné</a>.</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/434954488http://www.alexainslie.com/post/434954488Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:41:24 -0500musicvideoart<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyz7wmO0xA1qzpw9po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://flavorwire.com/74342/hold-your-horses-name-that-painting">Hold Your Horses: Name That Painting</a></p> <p>Théodore Géricault, <i>The Raft of the Medusa</i> (1818-1819). The giant canvas is at the Louvre in Paris.</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435034931http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435034931Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:41:09 -0500musicvideoartparis louvre<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyz73nOI4K1qzpw9po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our basic idea: To create an mail-application like interface with an elastic three-column layout that clearly separates filter, information-stream, and reaction: (via <a href="http://informationarchitects.jp/ias-2006-facebook-designs-redesigned/">iA’s 2006 Facebook Designs, Redesigned</a>)</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435011513http://www.alexainslie.com/post/435011513Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:23:00 -0500designiafacebooktech<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxxzenIOcJ1qz5747o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From Above</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/434869472http://www.alexainslie.com/post/434869472Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:34:51 -0500Architecturedesignspaceplanningmodel<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxzfpn9jUb1qa8lm1o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Günther Uecker. Feld.2003, Nagelobjekt auf Holz / Leinwand, 106 x 89 x 15 cm</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/434864430http://www.alexainslie.com/post/434864430Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:30:52 -0500bwartdesign<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxdtg8HZ2W1qzib5qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Chairs</p>http://www.alexainslie.com/post/434576256http://www.alexainslie.com/post/434576256Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:35:52 -0500Architecturedesignwatercolorgreenbluechairs