Extra Future

Month: February 2010

  • Shawn Medero’s Daily Briefs

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    Of possible interest to readers of Extra Future: My old pubhacking pal [Shawn Medero is posting daily briefs][link] in the morning and afternoon varieties, collecting links and thoughts that come across his desk and brain. Our areas of overlap are remarkably slim. [link]: http://shawn.medero.net/ “Shawn Medero”

  • Fullness

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    Phil Nelson
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    As another one of Extra Future’s [6-hour projects][6], I present the following: [Fullness][link], a web page which displays today’s date (22 February 2010). Each second that passes from the moment the page was made live will “age” it, blurring the text. As the viewer’s memory of the page ages and deteriorates so will the page…

  • The 3 Types of Knowledge

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    >[There’s the *shit you know*, the *shit you know you don’t know*, and the *shit you don’t know you don’t know*.][link] I’ve long said that one of the primary factors for being considered an “expert” on a given subject, is *knowing how long shit takes*, which is a split between *shit you know* and *shit you know you…

  • Buy Food For Artists Directly On Todays #SWEATSHOP

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Eliza Gauger][link]: >I’ll have a SWEATSHOP account set up on Eat24Hours.com, a website that acts as a portal to every delivery restaurant with an online menu. You, the Sweaty Victims Unit, will be able to order food directly to the studio in order to sustain the artists during our long haul. Bay Area locals are…

  • Apple Now Blocking ‘Overtly Sexual’ Apps from App Store

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    Phil Nelson
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    [First they came for the creepy almost-porn apps, and I said nothing because I wasn’t into creepy almost-porn apps][link]. I’m sure this makes sense to businessmen, but I am really fucking uncomfortable with Apple being in charge of what is considered “overtly sexual.” This is purely “[I know it when I see it][know]” fascism. There…

  • The Layer Tennis 2010 Season Kicks Off

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    [The nerdiest of sports begin anew][link], starting with this afternoon’s match of [Kohi Vinh][vinh] .vs. [Nicholas Felton][nick]. [link]: http://layertennis.com/100219/ “Coudal Partners’ Layer Tennis Presented by Adobe CS4 | 2010 Exhibition 1 | Introduction” [vinh]: http://www.subtraction.com/ “Khoi Vinh” [nick]: http://feltron.com/about.html “Feltron”

  • AdBrite, Longtime Advertiser on Goatse-Laden Sites Like Boing Boing, Uncomfortable With The Word “Shizz”

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    [Adbrite][link], the company most known for providing spam pages with endless supplies of 7 Minute Diet and GET RICH NOW banner ads, has apparently decided that those big, bad, grownup words like “shizz” are bad for business. To be honest, it has gotten to be a hassle to deny the 100s of “Weight-loss Secrets of…

  • Panic Takes A Look Back At Accolade’s Amazing Box Art

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    [1984-1990 was a great time for video game boxes][link]. Nowadays, nobody will release cover art that doesn’t look like an explosion happened in the game’s art asset department. [link]: http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/02/accolades-amazing-box-art/ “Panic Blog » Accolade’s Amazing Box Art”

  • Dan Bogan’s Interview with why the lucky stiff

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    Phil Nelson
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    [This is a serious WTF moment][link], as _why [famously “disappeared” from the internet][diss] in August 2009. *Update:* Burp. The interview is from February 13th **2009**, not 2010 like my brain read. [link]: http://why.usesthis.com/ “An interview with why the lucky stiff on The Setup” [diss]: http://www.rubyinside.com/why-the-lucky-stiff-is-missing-2278.html “why the lucky stiff is missing”

  • Enhance Your Television Experience With Bland!

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    Phil Nelson
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    From the Extra Future Theater of the Air comes the following public service announcement regarding “Bland!” the hot new trend in televison: You can, if you want, download it in a in [Ogg][ogg], or [m4a][m4a] format. [ogg]: http://extrafuture.s3.amazonaws.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Bland.ogg “Bland! in Ogg” [m4a]: http://extrafuture.s3.amazonaws.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Bland.m4a “Bland! in m4a”

  • Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

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    Phil Nelson
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    [One of my favorite games of 2009, released for one of my favorite devices][link] for the slim price of $2.99. Worth every penny. [link]: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=350642635&mt=8 “Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store”

  • “A conversation I have every month or so”

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    Phil Nelson
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    [and me.][link] It really shouldn’t have to be said, here in 2010, but shit. Restaurants: Have your hours, at least, in a plain HTML document. I don’t even need your menu. [link]: http://venomousporridge.com/post/389785000/a-conversation-i-have-every-month-or-so “venomous porridge – A conversation I have every month or so”