kottke.orgJason Kottke's weblog, home of fine hypertext productsAll blacks are not created equal...a team at Rensselaer and...- June 16, 2008 All blacks are not created equal...a team at Rensselaer and Rice University have created the world's darkest material. Plain old black paint reflects between 5 and 10 percent of incident light; the new material reflects only 0.045%. (via animamundi) (link)http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15871.html Two is a trend: unusual movie reviews. First up was <a...- June 16, 2008 Two is a trend: unusual movie reviews. First up was Peter Bradshaw's review of The Incredible Hulk in Hulk-speak and now comes Christopher Orr's review of M. Night Shyamalan's newest stinker, The Happening. Orr hated the movie so much that his entire column is a list of spoilers so that you can mock the film without having seen it. (link)http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15872.html Exxon logo sketches- June 16, 2008 Raymond Loewy is well-known as an industrial designer but he was also responsible for some of the world's most iconic logos. Pictured below are several sketches that Loewy did for the new Exxon logo: Big business moved more slowly back then; the sketches were done by Loewy in 1966 but the name change and new logo didn't go into effect until 1972. Loewy was also responsible for several other logos: Shell, Hoover, BP, Nabisco, Canada Dry, and U.S. Mail.http://www.kottke.org/08/06/exxon-logo-sketches George Saunders has an idea for a TV show: everyone...- June 16, 2008 George Saunders has an idea for a TV show: everyone on earth thinks that they have superpowers but they really don't. (link)http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15869.html Phrase of the day: serious leisure.- June 16, 2008 Phrase of the day: serious leisure. (link)http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15868.html Tomatoes are currently spreading salmonella across the United States. In 1981,...- June 16, 2008 Tomatoes are currently spreading salmonella across the United States. In 1981, the culprit in a smaller outbreak was marijuana. Hey High Times, dude, the NYer is totally bogarting your pot coverage on this...we need a potcast, stat! (link)http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15870.html The idea of evolution did not begin with Darwin...he just...- June 16, 2008 The idea of evolution did not begin with Darwin...he just (just!) explained how it happened and backed it up with evidence. "The only novelty in my work is the attempt to explain how species become modified," Darwin later wrote. He did not mean to belittle his achievement. The how, backed up by an abundance of evidence, was crucial: nature throws up endless biological variations, and they either flourish or fade away in the face of disease, hunger, predation and other factors. Darwin's term...http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15867.html Garfield is the current go-to media for parody and remix. <a...- June 16, 2008 Garfield is the current go-to media for parody and remix. Nothing Garfield, Garfield Minus Garfield, Garkov (Garfield with random dialogue), Garfield as a real cat, Lasagna Cat, Garfield Randomizer, Silent Garfield, what if Conan the Barbarian was Garfield's owner, The Death of Garfield, Garfield Loses His Lunch, Garfield Variations. (link)http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15866.html The "american gothic" tag on Flickr is quite interesting; I...- June 14, 2008 The "american gothic" tag on Flickr is quite interesting; I like the ketchup and mustard one myself. (link)http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15865.html An upcoming film from Pixar: Andrew "Finding Nemo" Stanton's adaptation...- June 13, 2008 An upcoming film from Pixar: Andrew "Finding Nemo" Stanton's adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars. As Binary Bonsai notes, this is a bit of a departure for Pixar, what with all the sexuality and violence. (link)http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15836.html |