Archive for May, 2007

Ze Frank on Creativity

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Ze Frank on creativity via 43 Folders
“Cecil Vortex recently talked with with Ze Frank about the creative process, including how he came up with new stuff every day for The Show. Lots of good stuff to glean from this short interview, including how Ze employs an association trick called morphological synthesis.”
CV: Do you have any [...]

Hold on

Friday, May 25th, 2007

I am in the process of moving from here to here since this domain became available, www.theopine.com. I am learning the ropes of Word Press, re-designing and organizing the site. I believe subscribers to the RSS feed have been transferred to this location and please change your feed readers, links, bookmarks etc to [...]

A few interesting links

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Unkl: Not the music collaboration
LiveSurface: Design resource
El Boton: Buttons buttons more buttons
Buzka: More social bookmarking
GRAND OPENING - Pong: Great idea
MyMiniLife: A flash based virtual world
Iraq for Sale: Banned in Congress, go figure
VIRB: Way cooler than MySpace

Vinyl + MP3 = Great Combination

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Speaking of piracy and copyrights, First Word Records is taking the innovative DRM-free high road in publishing music, similar to Saddle Creek earlier in the year (and other innovative labels). They are offering vinyl and MP3’s as a package deal when purchasing the so lovely tactile plastic 12-inch disk called records. We love vinyl but [...]

The Essential Guide to Piracy

Monday, May 14th, 2007

via Techcrunch: “CrunchGear has written a layperson’s guide to piracy, explaining the scene, the tools, and the mindset of bored teens and organized criminals alike. While you won’t be able to download Spiderman 3 with the information he provides, it’s a fascinating look at one of the most divisive topics in computing today”.The Essential Guide [...]