Artsy Fart of the Day: Floppy Disk Paintings
In 2011, London artist Nick Gentry solicited his fans and the Internet at large to send him their obsolete junk from yesterday’s technologies. This social art project has resulted in a series of portraits (as shown left) made from various donations of film negatives, floppy disks and CDs. Got some old computer or electronic stuff hanging around? Gentry’s donation box is always open.
On the 40th anniversary of the first cellphone call, Wired celebrates “12 Cellphones That Changed Our World Forever.”
Source: Wired
Forty-five years after Neil Armstrong’s one giant leap, porn star Coco Brown is taking her two giant breasts into space, as part of a 2014 SpaceXC mission. Gizmodo says she’s appeared in “Big Booty Bomb 2,” but the closest credit I can find of hers on IMDB is “Bomb Ass Pussy 2.” I don’t know which is correct, but she must be a favorite of men who are into big asses and sequels.
Source: Gizmodo
Today’s Google Doodle in the United Kingdom celebrates 150 years of the London Underground.
Source: independent.co.uk
Lest you think people just waste their time on the internet, porn clips on just two sites have generated 93 billion views since 2006, or roughly 15,000 views per person on Earth.
(That’s six views per person per day over a seven-year stretch. So, ya know, reasonable.)
Source: readwrite.com
Instagram 3.2 is out today. And yes, there’s a new filter!
Instagram 3.2 is out today! (3.3. is out for Android, too!) Looks like the update isn’t quite available yet, but it will be up today.
Here’s what’s new:
- A new black & white filter, named Willow!
- Better tilt-shift (more accurate & better quality)
- Camera redesign - new shutter button & more
Source: photojojo
Great photo of Magic Johnson sporting a 3-D headset in 1994.
From the LIFE Photo Collection, part of the Google Cultural Institute.
Source: google.com
Being (obvious) Apple fanatics, we’re all basically geeking out over the iPhone 5. Here’s a roundup of today’s Apple coverage:
- GIMME 5 Everything you need to know from the Apple announcement
- HANDS ON Hands-on first impressions with the feather-light iPhone 5
- BEST OF Our favorite new features that you may have missed
- A NEW SONG Why the iTunes upgrade is awesome
- LIVING IN THE PAST Apple should have killed the iPod Classic
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It’s official: social media users are happier with Google+ than with Facebook.
[We asked all four G+ users, and the response was unanimous! Jay Kay. There were five.]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7bk0umpeR1r69k7do1_1280.jpg)
It’s official: social media users are happier with Google+ than with Facebook.
[We asked all four G+ users, and the response was unanimous! Jay Kay. There were five.]
Amazing cool mura made from 3,480 Instagram photosl, arranged by color theme, installed at the ALT Hotel Toronto. I submitted a few, and everyone’s contributions that were tagged #altexpo will be continuously streaming on five integrated screens.
Learn more about the project via the Instagram feed of the hotel itself. Now this is how a business brands itself via social media.
Source: cl.ly
Axl Rose in 1988 was way too cool to use the pay phone.
Photo by Mark Weiss. More awesome shots of rock icons at Rock Paper Photo, which is one of the exhibitors at Photoville this weekend in Brooklyn.
Source: rockpaperphoto.com
I love novelty flash drives, like these based on the Avengers characters.
Source: geeky-gadgets.com
Fortune: The 12 Greatest Entrepreneurs of Our Time.
1. Steve Jobs
2. Bill Gates
3. Fred Smith
4. Jeff Bezos
5. Larry Page and Sergey Brin
6. Howard Schultz
7. Mark Zuckerberg
8. John Mackey
9. Herb Kelleher
10. Narayana Murthy
11. Sam Walton
12. Muhammad Yunus
Source: CNN
Maybe I can get into Pinterest if a “Kate Upton” search is gonna turn up like this.
Source: pinterest.com
Adobe releases $10 “Photoshop Touch” app for the iPad 2.
Here’s a 19-minute intro video on what’s sure to be a very popular download.
Source: scottkelby.com
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