[this/that]
films : : Finnish Film-director Kaurismäki reveals secret of success: "I'm a lousy film-maker"
([j], note the drinking)
politics : : Bush on North Korea: "We must invade Iraq" - sounds true but its The Onion.
posted by [jm.] at Friday, January 17, 2003

Adding a bit to our previous project on postcards, this is 1000 journals.com, passing along 1000 journals from hand to hand...

posted by [j] at Thursday, January 16, 2003

[tech]

:: exilim zoom

[play]
:: cool math | ages 3 - 100

[bits]
:: what is deinterlacing ??
:: usa has gone mad
:: alcohol, chemistry and you
posted by [v] at Thursday, January 16, 2003

history :: what is linux ?

Back in August of 1991, a student from Finland began a post to the comp.os.minix newsgroup with the words:

>Hello everybody out there using minix -
>I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't
>be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.

The student was Linus Torvalds, and the "hobby" he spoke of eventually became what we know today as Linux.

:: if you are interested to find out more about linux and how it can work for you go here. a popular version of linux is red hat. that some of the idgrids are using.
posted by [d] at Wednesday, January 15, 2003

Girls Redefined : :
We airbrush everyone, says GQ editor.
Kate Winslet's latest GQ photo shoot has raised some noise, since the not-stickshaped actress has been airbrushed slimmer in the photos. Notes from Atlanta points to this pic of Winslet - the mirror image is unairbrushed.

...and thanks [d].
posted by [jm.] at Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Check the official Hamilton 2003 world cycling championships site and see you in October!
For design addicts, sports events are design friendly - I feel it's less about the sport and more about bringing a huge amount of people together around an event. Services, volunteers, media, local community, all sums up to be a designed systems product.

posted by [j] at Tuesday, January 14, 2003

:: turning poing
i got another junk mail message
on my cellphone today

:: to answer [j] about digifest
i went last year to digifest and i did find it interesting, informative and inspiring. at the end of the last day - there was a party with some good installations, drinks and beatz. very good presentations by the europeans involved in the festival. they seem to look at digital medium more from the perspective of art, human interaction and message. the american presenters had excellent presentations about technology, use of interrface and very well done product presentations(macromedia flash, mx, virtual guides, etc.. ) the only thing last year was the price - but they seemed to address this issue for 2003. im looking forward to go again this year. please add to the discussion / what do you think about digifest ?

[jm] wb :)
posted by [d] at Monday, January 13, 2003

Who attended the digifest conference last year and what did you think?
(post to this blogg.)

posted by [j] at Monday, January 13, 2003

[skyscraper design]
Rem Koolhaas designs Bejing skyscraper. (from Aula's blog)
?How can you make a high-rise building that?s not about height?"

[author blogs]
Writer Williams Gibson, especially famed for his novel Neuromancer, has started a weblog in which he has so far tackled various subjects per day - so it's more like a journal than a blog. Interesting stuff, though. Mainly to do with his books, but also about pets gone wild: "The physiology of catnip, though only in cats, is such that if it worked that way on humans it would be one of the most widely abused substances in the world."
Neil Gaiman is another blogging author who continues to post frequently. Recently he answered the question how a blog might influence his writing (January 8, 2003).
posted by [jm.] at Monday, January 13, 2003

[bits]

:: andy's bike | teca concept vehicle is a case study
:: hytter | project for trekker and biker accomodation

...ok girls, make-up tips =)
posted by [v] at Sunday, January 12, 2003

[tech]

:: id keeper
:: dodge tomahawk [video]
:: smart personal objects | m-s tech watches in need of styling

[info]
:: speed of light, gravity match
:: von hagens to exhibit corpses having sex
:: kazaa can be sued in u.s.
posted by [v] at Sunday, January 12, 2003