Iridesco Watercooler

Jul
24th

Thu

Because we are in such a system, we are always asking ourselves whether we are brainwashed. We are always eager to get other information from different channels. But when you are in a so-called free system you never think about whether you are brainwashed.

— Tang Jie, a twenty-eight-year-old graduate student studying western philosphy in Shanghai, on Chinese goverment’s media censorship. From the article Angry Youth in The New Yorker.

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Radiodread? Rodeohead! (from Hard ‘N Phirm Industries)

Props to David Chang, the entrepreneurial restaurateur of high-standards behind Momofuku. An excellent 1 hour interview with Charlie Rose.

Jul
23rd

Wed

RADIODREAD Sure, I’m two years late to the game with these guys, but it doesn’t make a reggae rendition of Radiohead’s OK Computer album any less interesting.

Jul
22nd

Tue

My Drive Thru - sick video directed by Psyop.

The funny thing about this is that it’s some sort of music video + commercial hybrid. The song was created for Converse (the sneaker brand now owned by Nike), which explains the big star logo at the end of the video.

The ad campaign is called Connectivity, and there is a nice Flash-based website for it. The agency behind this: Anomaly.

Gizmodo: 40 Honest Gadget Ads That Won’t Be Convincing Many People to Buy Anything

Your morning smile, care of Mr. Show.

Theres Lots of Money in Those Old iPhones

Jul
21st

Mon

cubicle17:

justwatchthesky is a new tumblelog from The Big Noob’s Ryan Sims that simply, and to great effect, highlights a single lyric from a song:

The scope is narrow: An exercise in documenting words in the music I listen to with color and type. The constraints are simple: (1) Only use Georgia (serif) or Helvetica (sans) and (2) try to post as often as possible.

If you can force yourself to stop ogling the typography, you might even notice that you can play the songs from which each lyric is taken. (via simplebits)

Neat idea.

Jul
19th

Sat

Recommended: Dr. Horrible, in which Neil Patrick Harris plays a singing evil man (and looking eerily like Gordon Ramsey). The 3 free shows will be available free on the site till midnight July 20th (and then downloadable via iTunes after). Worth reading: A Letter From Joss Whedon (creator of Dr. Horrible, and Buffy and Firefly).