Extra Future

Year: 2010

  • PixelLab’s Box2d

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A much cleaner and more highly optimized version of Box2d done in Javascript than I’ve covered previously.][link] [link]: http://box2d.thinkpixellab.com/ “Box2d – by Pixel Lab”

  • Google Maps & Label Readability

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    [An examination on why Google Maps seem so much more “readable” than Yahoo or Bing.][link] [link]: http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-readability “41Latitude – Google Maps & Label Readability”

  • Creating A Personal Radio Station With iTunes Smart Playlists

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    Phil Nelson
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    This is a recipe for using iTunes Smart Playlists to create a personal radio station from your music library, which will play old favorites, new jams, and obscure stuff in ratios which you can tune yourself. The purpose of this isn’t to tell you how to handle your music, but rather to help you get…

  • “Archer” Season 2 Beings January 27th

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    [My favorite new show of last season comes back, and I am happy][link]. The [DVD of Season 1][dvd] would be a great thing to add to your post-Christmas list, as it releases December 28th. [link]: http://www.fanbolt.com/headline/10020/ “FANBOLT.COM – ‘Archer’ Season 2 Gets A Premiere Date” [dvd]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00475B0G2?ie=UTF8&tag=extrafuture-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00475B0G2 “Archer Season 1”

  • A Waste of Money and Time

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Security professional Bruce Schneier on what really makes plane travel safer, and the difference between theater and reality][link]: >Of course not. Airport security is the last line of defense, and it’s not a very good one. What works is investigation and intelligence: security that works regardless of the terrorist tactic or target. Yes, the target…

  • Cargo Collective’s 4th Amendment Wear

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    Phil Nelson
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    [The 4th Amendment printed in metallic ink on shirts, underwear, and socks, to make your TSA encounters more interesting.][link] Just to refresh your memory, the full text of the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution: >The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,…

  • iPhone and iPad now support TrueType font embedding

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    Phil Nelson
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    [About which your humble narrator is extremely excited.][link] iOS has supported SVG fonts for awhile, but SVG fonts are much larger in filesize and lower quality as of yet. [link]: http://www.zeldman.com/2010/11/26/web-type-news-iphone-and-ipad-now-support-truetype-font-embedding-this-is-huge/ “Web type news: iPhone and iPad now support TrueType font embedding. This is huge. – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report”

  • Scott Wilson’s iPod Nano Watch Kits Raise $350,000 on Kickstarter

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    Phil Nelson
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    Obviously [crowd-sourced patronage will never work.][link] The project still has 3 weeks lefts to go, too. [link]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunatik-multi-touch-watch-kits “TikTok+LunaTik Multi-Touch Watch Kits by Scott Wilson — Kickstarter”

  • National Opt-Out Day, November 24th

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    Phil Nelson
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    [For those wondering, it is the official position of Extra Future that these TSA changes are absurd acts of security theater from a government with no respect for it’s citizens. Opt-Out if you’re flying tomorrow and send them a message.][link] [link]: http://www.optoutday.com/ “National Opt-Out Day”

  • Warren Ellis Recieves A Case of THE BLACK BLOOD OF THE EARTH

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    The nature-defying science coffee mentioned [previously on Extra Future][prev] is now for sale, and [Warren will surely wind up in hospital later today][link]. My jealously is palpable. [link]: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=11156 “Warren Ellis » received goods 22nov10” [prev]: http://extrafuture.com/2010/03/08/funranium-labs-experiments-in-coffee/ “Funranium Labs’ Experiments In Coffee”

  • Sweatshop Movie Night: LADY FRANKENSTEIN

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    [Tonight, on the SWEATSHOP, the 1971 italian horror film LADY FRANKENSTEIN. Join us for love, laughter, and my eventual intoxication.][link] [link]: http://3liza.tumblr.com/post/1611637719/tonight-on-sweatshop-our-premiere-movie-night “Aggregating”

  • Doctors Save Girl’s Hand By Grafting It To Her Leg For 3 Months

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    Phil Nelson
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    [This is exciting and very future:][link] >In July, nine-year-old Ming Li lost her hand in a tractor accident. Her arm was too damaged to reattach it, so they grafted it to her leg instead. Three months later, her hand’s back on her arm and regaining function. [link]: http://gizmodo.com/5692472/doctors-save-girls-hand-by-grafting-it-to-her-leg-for-3-months “Doctors Save Girl’s Hand By Grafting It…