Schrodinger's Hat

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[tomdarlington]

This man is ruining my life

[tomdarlington]

Sorted, then

[tomdarlington]

What the editor of the mail is trying to tell us with this front page combo I don't know.....

[mediaeconomist]

In my last blog I wrote about how mobile data traffic is set to explode - it is expected to more than double every two years in the short to medium term. When we see this type of growth rate in semiconductor circuitry development it’s called Moore’s Law and it got me thinking.

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[thedsgnblog]

Jim Billy Wheeler    |    http://jimbillywheeler.co.uk

Based in Bristol, Jim wanted to combine his love of music and design into one crowd-pleasing project. He’s certainly hit the nail on the head with these brilliant typeface designs for his favorite bands which include Grizzly Bear, Jack White and Hot Chip. This is an ongoing project and Jim will continue to post up the rest of the music-related alphabet over on his Facebook page.

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[laphamsquarterly]

TERMS OF VENERY

What’s your favorite term of venery? We enjoy of a shrewdness of apes, though a kindle of kittens is always nice to have around the house. 

[ameasuredpace]

Clint in Dirt Harry

[explore-blog]

A timeline of the One Ring, from an ambitious project visualizing Tolkien’s books. Best thing since Jack Kerouac visualized and The Beatles charted. 

Complement with Cartographies of Time – a visual history of the timeline. 

[tomdarlington]

Very excited by this. some techno-cynicism is always refreshing

[mongosling-blog]

This may well be the best GIF i have ever seen in my life!

[nevver]

Record Label Rebrands

[lietometonight]

[liquidnight]

…everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest (via liquidnight)

[tomdarlington]

long-ish read about the making of pulp fiction

[tomdarlington]

Mobile phone network operator Three celebrate the internet with this new advert

[tomdarlington]

The 3rd edition of the TED Conference's Ads Worth Spreading initiative featuring 2 ads from the UK - The Guardian's 3 Little Pigs ad by BBH London, and "Meet the Superhumans" by C4 and 4creative

[tomdarlington]

Yeah Yeah Yeah's new single - Sacrilege