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June 30th 2012
Written By Danny Nicolas
Also available in the Waking Ideas Store are signed copies of Joe Wang's classic, The First Book of Tasteless Fortune Cookie Fortunes. $20 USD plus shipping. "Joe Wang worked for 36 years writing foruntes for fortune cookies. He saved the ones that were rejected as being "tasteless."
June 30th 2012
Written By Danny Nicolas
Joshua Topolsky at The Verge published his early review of the Google Nexus 7. The Google Nexus 7 appears to be the best book reading device on the market today. In a recent interview Matias Duarte, Android's head of user experience, spoke about designing the device to be the perfect fit for his book reading [...]
June 29th 2012
Written By Danny Nicolas
Here are just a few photos taken from the airplane window on my 2012 trip to Europe.
June 29th 2012
Written By Danny Nicolas
Nimona is a new web comic by Noelle Stevenson.
June 29th 2012
Written By Danny Nicolas
Last year, Jonathan Coulton wrote about how the new business model for musicians and anyone trying to break into the music industry is no different than what it used to be, but also about how the details have changed. That said, leaving aside the pejorative nature of the comparison, I think it’s accurate in some [...]
June 29th 2012
Written By Danny Nicolas
Linkin Park's latest album, Living Things, is their best yet. If you were turned off by the direction they went with their previous record, give this one a shot. It's a return to the previous style that made them famous without giving up any of the lessons learned about songwriting that undoubtedly come from having [...]
June 29th 2012
Written By Danny Nicolas
Innocad Architecture designed this beautiful boardroom for Microsoft's Vienna Headquarters. Contemporist has photos of the whole building.
June 29th 2012
Written By Danny Nicolas
Despite announcing and showing off a new 7" tablet, Google's Project Glass stole the show on both days of their developer conferenceGoogle I/O. If you're still wondering what Google's Project Glass is, it's like a high tech scouter from Dragonball Z, but with better a form factor and access to the internet. Right now, it [...]
June 28th 2012
Written By Danny Nicolas
Oceania is the album we've been waiting for The Smashing Pumpkins to release for years. It has been worth the wait. From start to finish, there isn't a boring moment. This is an album that you turn on loud from track 1. There aren't any standout tracks - this is a standout album. 1. "Quasar" [...]
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