mauvedeity

Our computers live in the ticks of the clock. We live in the big spaces between those ticks, when the time actually passes. By becoming “always on”, we surrender time to a technology that knows and needs no such thing.

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—	Douglas Rushkoff in Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age (via minimalmac)

startupquote:

Design is more important than technology in most consumer applications.

- Dave McClure

unlikelywords:

Why the Oxford comma is important.

Via @Peterc / Stellar

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Update:

I think this is the original, inspired by this.

Terry Lucy: So, I've owned a Mac for over six months now »

minimalmac:

terrylucy:

Some of you may remember my delight as I purchased my very first Mac (2010 MacBook Air, 128 GB w/ 4 GB RAM) back in March this year. Its been over six months now, so I should have downloaded a ton of Apps and have loads to say about them, right? No. I still use the same 5-6 Apps I had installed within the first month of getting my MacBook Air.

Why?

Well, because I am learning. While I was still getting to grips with Snow Leopard, Apple went and dumped Lion on me, which was an addition to an already steep learning curve. I can’t bring myself to download and try new applications before I have mastered what came out of the factory.

What we believe in, Mr. Lucy.

simurai:

Tried to make a Brushed Metal style in CSS3. The texture is done by using 3 repeating-gradients with different length. That makes it look somewhat random. For the linear version, browser support is pretty ok, but for the radial one it’s not quite there yet. I think only in Safari 5.1 and Chrome Windows.

In addition I tried to add a conical gradient for the circle with just faking it with ellipse gradients. It’s ok for low contrasts and if you cover the middle part with an icon or so.. hehe.. ;-P A much more real looking technique is used in this experiment, but I believe it currently only works in Safari and Chrome Windows. Let’s hope that CSS4 will add support for real conical gradients.

See live Demo.

tumblinfeminist:

In this movie, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range of new print and television advertisements to lay bare a stunning pattern of damaging gender stereotypes — images and messages that too often reinforce unrealistic, and unhealthy, perceptions of beauty, perfection, and sexuality.

It’s a great trailed and I can’t wait to watch the whole film.

The most effective delusion is the one which holds you captive to the illusion of your own freedom. For if your freedom depends on a certain belief, ideology, device or lifestyle — if you can’t truly be free without it — then are you not actually a prisoner to it?

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—	Prison by James Shelley (via minimalmac)

Screeny – The Simplest Screen Recording App For Your Mac. »

minimalmac:

I’ve covered Screeny here before. It’s a great and simple screen recording app for Mac that provides a few extra features that QuickTime does not.

I just got word that it is free for today only. It’s well worth it at the regular price so you would be crazy to pass it up.

(via Chris Long)

skeletales:

White lion cub (by lorenteige)