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“Former Home House of Eminem Marshall Mathers” “Cat looking at cat looking at eminem house” “Pic me looking at guy guy cat Eminem’s house” Via Who Would Buy That
The iPod is a work of art and it brings back the utility of the original walkman, without the hiss. The promotional material for the Walkman 2 showed it hidden behind a compact cassette box. The iPod does the same thing – but contains 400 cassettes. Cassette tape Walkmans have always been more ergonomic than CD Walkmans, which can’t fit the into most pockets. In fact, clothing dictates one of the most successful form factors: ‘pocket size’. Regardless of any other issues, MP3 players don’t have the problem that CD players have, and the iPod is almost exactly the same size at that other design classic Sony’s 1983 WM-20, cassette tape sized Walkman. The CD was never a successful portable form factor. Walkman History
Lets play a game and imagine that we are in charge of Google strategy. The diagram above is my stab. There are two principal axes, both of which Google has started on, but do not yet appear to form part of a core strategy. In other words, the Google appliance currently looks like a distraction and distinct business compared with the core search business in which the adwords service is the biggest initiative. Continuing from the idea of Google beating Microsoft to desktop search, the vertical axis proceeds from Internet search to Unix server based intranet search, followed by Windows client desktop search and, lets say, a Symbian cellphone/PDA client. Components of each search, such as desktop email, and cellphone contacts, can be hosted by Google or combined for access from any machine anywhere via a thin client. Value added services such as sync and backup and security are offered….
Good Experience – Interview: Rick Robinson, VP of Community Products, AOL “Weblogs, over the last several years, have migrated to replace, in some cases, people’s home pages. It’s natural that the blog and the home page would combine. And when you remember that AOL has the largest collection of home pages in the world, it kinda gets interesting.” via Anil
Great works of architecture a relatively rare, even rarer are those buildings that define an entire movement. One of these buildings has just been built, Foreign Office Architect’s Yokohama Port Terminal. It is the first building to use the type of organic, contoured surface that defined the style of many University projects a few years ago, as 3D computer models evolved from illustrative use for presentations to being the primary design tool. foreign office architects
Ikea, who are usually known for bringing modernism to the masses are threatening to demolish a building by Marcel Breuer, best know for his classic modernist furniture. ArchitectureWeek – News – IKEA Threatens Breuer Icon – 2002.1204
Salon suggests that Elliot Abrams’ appointment top policy advisor on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could prove disastrous. Salon.com News | Bush’s frightening Middle East appointment
Even parents at the service in Maidenhead, Berkshire, were shocked to hear Mr Rayfield say it was scientifically impossible for Father Christmas to deliver so many presents so quickly.
Everybody’s talkin… about decentralization at Supernova. Chris Gulker posts some fascinating weblog metrics which demonstrate that in ultra networked communities like weblogs popularity shows a power law distribution where traffic naturally centralizes. So although the Internet may be a meritocracy of equal opportunity, some become more equal than others.
Carter warns of “‘catastrophic consequences‘ of a pre-emptive US war on Iraq” in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, whilst former Conservative UK Prime Minister Thatcher praised opposition party Prime Minister Blair “for backing the United States in its war against terror” as she received an award in Washington for her pursuit of political freedom.