q-o-o-p.net http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:26:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 USB Typewriter http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=717 http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=717#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:07:39 +0000 q-o-o-p http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=717 สุดตีน..

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Treat Your Fingers to the Best of Both Worlds With a Modded USB Typewriter
With one foot in the present and another firmly in the past, these DIY instructions will turn that beautiful vintage typewriter in the attic into an awesome part of your digital routine. And give you some serious literary street cred.

Each mod will take you between five and ten hours depending on ability, but if you, like Instructables contributor jackzylkin, agree that the “mighty hammering of typewriter keys has long since faded away, replaced by the dull click of the computer keyboard,” the time might be well spent (or check out his Etsy store). Even if you just want to make a statement against those typewriter-clinging luddites, a fine mechanical keyboard is something we can all agree on. [Instructables via CrunchGear]

http://www.etsy.com/shop/usbtypewriter

]]> http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=717 0 Microsoft Research: Buttons Beat Multitouch Mouse http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=715 http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=715#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:54:00 +0000 q-o-o-p http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=715 Microsoft carried out some exhaustive research into the benefits of multitouch-enabled desktop mice over traditional desktop mice. And discovered there aren’t really any benefits at all for most users, who prefer the speed offered by mechanical buttons and wheels.

The end result of the survey found that the traditional three button mouse was the quickest and easiest way for its 12 participants to navigate around and manipulate images on a screen, even when the test subjects could see their individual finger touches represented above their selections.

Here are the researchers in action:

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Using the right button to rotate and the scroll wheel to scale pics won in terms of speed, and even when using the multitouch features users reverted to the old-fashioned “click and hold” technique for throwing pictures around the screen—because it’s simply easier to move one finger at a time than two. [Microsoft via I Started Something]

]]> http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=715 0 LEGS & Mother Take Over The Standard NYC http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=713 http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=713#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:54:10 +0000 q-o-o-p http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=713 กริ๊ดดดดด…

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Last night, it seemed like everyone in NYC was talking (and tweeting) about one thing: The Standard Hotel. Funded by Target, Mother NY and LEGS took over the Standard as the stage for a Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular — an LED light and fashion show with enormous ambition and success.

Hot off of VMA nominations for their Florence and the Machine video, LEGS continues to blur the line defining the modern director. This latest feat turned 155 rooms (with 66 dancers inside) into pixels, backed by a 30 piece orchestra, as they animated the hotel’s southern facade to bring a live experience to the streets. In attempt an artistic democracy, Target even distributed 1,500 binoculars and had the music available on a toll-free number for those not close enough to hear.

Aside from the exceptional creative and production merits of this work, it’s encouraging to see brands like Target stepping up and financing non-traditional curation (by Mother NY) and innovation much like Intel has entrusted VICE with it’s currently touring Creators Project. As old mediums retire, new ones are born and those who find ways to tell stories within new structures will continue to push our “blurring” industry forward whilst finding new ways to create.

Check out some photos as we await more video and extras about the night and feel free to share any content you may have captured in the comments.

Update: Check out some behind the scenes from lighting animator, Michael Figge, from the team at Eight VFX.

]]> http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=713 0 Why Ideas Are Expensive http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=710 http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=710#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:00:43 +0000 q-o-o-p http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=710

Intellectual Ventures founder and modern day Merlin Nathan Myhrvold explains why it costs a lot of damn money to create new ideas. Hint: Think Hollywood. [Eureka on Gizmodo]

Eureka is our week-long meditation on the wonders of invention, inventors and genius.

]]> http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=710 0 1951 World War One http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=708 http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=708#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:51:31 +0000 q-o-o-p http://www.q-o-o-p.net/blog/?p=708
เกมส์ เครื่องบินที่ดีมากเกมส์นึง..มันส์โครต ชอบๆ

1951 – World War One is the prettiest looking top down RPG-ish plane shooter I have ever seen, and I think that is saying something.

Read more: http://www.148apps.com/reviews/1951-world-war-review/#ixzz0w2ea2jOq

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