Fucking genius. Live coding rocks (in a very geeky way, of course).
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- dj, haskell, live coding, mix, programming, synth
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- computer, instruction, manual, retro
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- browser, css, genius, html, idea, ie6, photo
A mistress of perfect consistency, the computer rejects all but the flawless, offering no explanation. When the acceptable is finally offered, the machine’s acceptance is total, unwavering and eternal.
›› Paul Lutus articulates why programmers are societal misfits
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- computer, mistake, relationship, women
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- cazals, cover, pop, spandau ballet
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- audio, flash, loop, mix, sound, user interface
I am in my thirties and do all the adult things—like paying taxes, complaining about ‘kids nowadays’, buying my music on CD—pretty well. So I don’t know why I found myself liking the teen romance flick, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, so much. Maybe it was the music, maybe it was the New York setting, maybe because I like Michael Cera. Or maybe it was a really charming story.
I’m still psychoanalysing it all…
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- band, indie, love, michael cera, movie, musician, new york, teenage
Beauty.
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- commercial, google, paris, search, super bowl, tv
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- big brother, drugs, kula shaker, music video, tea
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- generator, graphic, image, placeholder
That is exactly what you eat when you eat a zucchini, my friends. While we know it as a vegetable, scientifically the zucchini is considered ‘an immature fruit, being the swollen ovary of the female zucchini flower’.
Bon appétit!
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- botany, courgette, dinner, flower, fruit, vegetable, zucchini
A sweet story told in two minutes. Memories of my own mixtape moments came flooding back (though I never gave girls mixtapes till I was a bit older than our protagonist).
Also, you cannot go very wrong with a Kinks and a Heart song, can you?
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- cassette, love, mixtape, retro, short film, story
Apple excels at taking existing concepts – computers, MP3 players, conceit – and carefully streamlining them into glistening ergonomic chunks of concentrated aspiration.
›› Charlie Brooker ruminates over the iPad
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- apple, charlie brooker, computer, device, iphone, marketing
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