Interview: David Karp, Founder of Tumblr, on Realising His Dream
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Accumulating 'microplastic' threat to shores
This is fairly concerning. Easy to overlook the fact that you are essentially wearing plastic a lot of the time, but I had never considered that it would lint off in the wash and end up in the sea.
The Top 12 JavaScript MVC Frameworks Reviewed
Can’t remember the pros and cons of all those frameworks like Spine, Sammy, Sproutcore, Backbone, and the rest? Gordon L. Hempton runs through 12 of the most popular, lists their pros and cons, and picks Ember.js as his ultimate winner
Nice list to refer back to.
Cross-section of a tree played like a record on a turntable
[via boingboing]
Behance launches Student Show
If you are a student reading this wondering if you should have online work examples, get on something like this ASAP. You might not feel like you will get the value out of it right now, but later on down the line you can only look back and regret not hustling sooner. You never know what might happen and it hasn’t cost you anything. Get to it.
The future has arrived. May your views now have an accompanying widget. I jest, but this is amazing. World. Rocked.
Update: Just thought, it’s great that people can’t see what you are looking at from the reverse side, won’t you look like you have discovered glass for the first time, staring at it and running your fingers over it?!
This transparent screen will fit any window up to 46 inches at a resolution of 1366 x 768. The thing is completely see-through, but what you’re viewing on the screen is completely private from those outside. It’s fully controlled by your touch, and reminds us of a scene right out of Minority Report or Mission: Impossible. (via Samsung’s Smart Window Reminds us of Minority Report)
Always said some of the most talented people in the World are street artists. This is in that category.
Badass Busker of the Day: This dude’s finger painting is better than your anything.
[reddit.]
5 Ways The Smart City Will Change How We Live In 2012
2012 seems more than a little ambitious for what is laid out in this article but its a good insight into the city of the near-ish future.
Stunning in every way.
Girl of last summer
Starring: Jaguar E-type
(by Mark A Lacey)
Intuitive LED clock by Vadim Kibardin
Vadim Kibardin created this clock containing only figures with no casing. Each figure has self-contained power supply and independent control, it can be fixed to any surface. A light sensor will switch the clock to white at night time and black at daytime.
