Lopolis

Well, hello again. Wow, I sure haven’t touched this blog in a long time. Maybe I will again. Maybe not.

In the meantime, I’ve started playing with Tumblr as a low-barrier way to post links and photos. I’m keeping it primarily photo/multimedia/art focused. You can follow here, if you’re interested in some more regular posting (at least in the near term): Meta.lopolis.com.

What else have I been up to? A good mix of work and play. I’m still regularly taking photos, which I post on Flickr here. I recently exceeded 4,000 total photos posted to Flickr. I can’t believe it’s been 7 years now since the first.

• The Associated Press: Iceland's volcanic eruption winding down
  From Monday, April 12th. Yes, 4 days before the real eruption started. Iceland's "scientists" were just asking for it.
  (tags: iceland volcano news media)
• Time Traveler Caught in Museum Photo?
  Whatever the story, it's an interesting exercise in photographic analysis.
  (tags: photography history photos timetravel)

• Infographics Seen This Week
  Some beautiful meta-infographic analysis.
  (tags: humor parody apple infographic data visualization)

• Pixels by patrick Jean
  Beautifully rendered video of retro videogame pixels, well… taking over the world.
  (tags: video videogames pixel animation cg nyc newyork design)

• Photojournalism with an iPhone from Afghanistan
  (tags: photojournalism photos photography iphone afghanistan journalism)

• Run Jesus Run a.k.a. The 10 Second Gospel
  Use the arrows to move and space to do Jesus things.
  (tags: humor game videogames jesus religion)

• Exit Through The Gift Shop Trailer
  Interesting and funny looking Banksy film. Street art plus a dash of Jackass?
  (tags: film movie movietrailer streetart banksy)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Trailer
  "If we're gonna date, you may have to defeat my 7 evil exes…"
  (tags: movie trailer film movietrailer humor)

• Chatroulette Piano Ode to Merton
  At a concert in Charlotte, Ben Folds himself plays an homage to the Chatroulette piano guy. Awesome.
  (tags: benfolds chatroulette music improv video musicvideo humor)
• What the Still Photo Still Does Best
  Brief homage to photojournalism in the modern era from the NY Times. Don't miss the slideshow of Charles Moore's Civil Rights era photos.
  (tags: photography photojournalism photos news nytimes)
• How the health care bill could affect you
  Breaking news! Healthcare reform has passed, and CNN is using stock photos almost entirely from Thinkstock in their explanatory slideshow!
  (tags: healthcare reform politics thinkstock stockphotography slideshow images photography photos)
• Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world
  TED talk on applying game mechanics, incentives, and challenges to solve real world problems. Interesting ideas for sure, but feels like a bit of a stretch at this stage.
  (tags: games videogames social culture gamedesign)
• Fear and Loathing in Farmville
  Interesting notes and thoughts from the recent Game Developer's Conference on the new breed of "social games".
  (tags: games gaming videogames social design facebook)

• Progress Wars
  "Watching progress bars change has never been this much fun"
  (tags: game games parody progressbars design web)

• program-glitch-esc
  Tron Legacy – Trailer 2
  (tags: movie movietrailer film video tron)
• Twitter's Code Base Visualized
  Video illustrating code changes over time by the development team as Twitter has grown.
  (tags: video visualization infographic development twitter data engineering webdev)
• Iron Man 2 – Trailer 2
  Just don't try to do too much at once, like all the other superhero franchises lately.
  (tags: film movie movies trailer movietrailer ironman)
• No Page Fold Tshirt
  (tags: tshirt design webdesign ui ux usability browser scroll)
• Life Below 600px
  There is no page fold. Starting a collection, because we're still battling this myth in web design and usability.
  (tags: ui usability ux web webdesign pagefold design development browser scroll)
• Please Scroll
  There is no page fold.
  (tags: design development humor ui ux usability web webdesign interface browser scroll)
• Data Visualization of Famous Movie Quotes
  0% damn
  (tags: film humor visualization movies data)

• Dogs catching treats in slow motion
  Beautifully shot high-framerate footage for a Pedigree commercial. I want a dog.
  (tags: dogs film video slowmotion advertising commercial)

• Photo Gallery – Iwo Jima
  An incredible gallery scanned from WWII Air Force photographs
  (tags: photography iwojima wwii photos gallery)
• The Case For An Older Woman
  Fascinating dating data analysis from OK Cupid, this time tackling age.
  (tags: dating psychology relationships data analysis research okcupid age statistics visualization)

• Vintage Lomo Lenses Attached To Canon 5D Mark II Video
  Man, I need to shoot more video with my 5d.
  (tags: canon photography photo video camera lomo)

• YouTube – Mark Malkoff Gets Carried in New York City
  Proving that New Yorkers are friendly, a guy attempts to have people carry him all the way from the South end of Manhattan to the North.
  (tags: video humor newyork nyc)
• Fraser Speirs – Future Shock
  Great writeup from Fraser Speirs on the significance of the iPad in evolving personal computing.
  (tags: apple ipad ui usability ux technology future)
• MacGruber Trailer
  Biggest budget SNL movie spin-off?
  (tags: macgruber trailer movie movietrailer film humor)

• Lamebook – Facebook Fails, Wins, LOLs and More
  Funnier than it sounds.
  (tags: facebook parody humor social)