The Disneyfication of Joy Division, from CR Blog http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog

The Perils of Franchise Fatigue [Single Franchise Publishing], from What Games Are http://whatgamesare.com/

Dubtrot: My Little Pony dubstep, from kottke.org http://kottke.org/

This Girl Sneaked Into This Russian Military Rocket Factory [Image Cache], from Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com

Time is a dimension like any other, fixed and defined down to its tiniest increments: millennia to microseconds, aeons to quartz oscillations. Yet the data rarely matches our reality. The rapid eye movements in the mirror, known as saccades, aren’t the only things that get edited out. The jittery camera shake of everyday vision is similarly smoothed over, and our memories are often radically revised. What else are we missing?

books about cities to grace a wishlist

Geek's Guide to Portland 2011, from Waxy.org http://waxy.org/

ing or dying niches. They sometimes flame out, complement or eat their original niche depending on circumstances. Some tribes massively outgrow the niche from which they emerge. Others remain a small part of a larger scene. Sometimes tribes that come from niches are reincarnations of older ideas in new forms. At other times they are sub-divisions of an existing niche formed for ideological reasons. Ideological tribes are usually the hardest to grow.

As niches are the breeding ground for tribes, so tribes are the seeds of new niches. A niche is essentially the grouping that remains after the initial energy of the tribe has worn off and a social structure evolves in its place. Once a niche is formed then it the best opportunities lie in pushing some members into becoming a new tribe. And around it goes.

The Next Wave: Local Games?, from What Games Are http://whatgamesare.com/

architectural holiday homes - oh yes

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y, about 3,000 people were living on the island, mostly employed by the fishery. When the fish population declined in the 1960s, so did the human population, as many were forced to look elsewhere for work.

ephemera, mightcomeinusefulsomeday

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Technology will continue to increase in importance. Nearly everything is digital  and agencies with the best digital talent will win vs. agencies who are not up-to-speed.  An agency’s “digital smarts” will help drive strategic direction

great stuff from bldgblog on Die Hard, the IDF and walking through walls

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great article about the past and future of a historical and architecturally significant building