Some things that have recently made us look twice and think too.
Beginning in 2006, photographer Lucas Foglia spent four years photographing people who chose to reject modern urban living, opting instead for an “off the grid” lifestyle in rural communities around the southeastern United States. This picture shows a girl at at her homeschooling chalkboard in Tennessee. More at Slate.
Out now, Twine is “the simplest possible way to get the objects in your life texting, tweeting or emailing. A durable 2.5″ square provides WiFi connectivity, internal and external sensors, and two AAA batteries that keep it running for months. A simple web app allows to you quickly set up your Twine with human-friendly rules — no programming needed.” Says Fast Company: ”If you think of it as a little magic box that can do anything--kind of like a Swiss Army knife crossed with a Tamagotchi--you’re more likely to find its open-ended possibilities inspiring instead of intimidating.”
Comedian Louis CK did Vanity Fair’s longrunning Proust Questionnaire; this gif was its illustration. You have to be super confident to take the absolute piss out of the traditional survey questions like his answers did… is that a good or a bad look?
Meanwhile, a tumblr devoted to Christmas Gifs.
Iconic photos reimagined as #selfies in a campaign for The Cape Times newspaper: “You can’t get any closer to the news.” Via Design Taxi.
“Bad Trip is an immersive interactive system that enables people to navigate my mind using a game controller. Since November 2011, every moment of my life has been logged by a video camera that mounts on my eyeglasses, producing an expanding database of digitalized visual memories. Using custom virtual reality software, I design a virtual mindscape where people can navigate and experience my memories and dreams.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8whTWQ-RHkk
GoPro Cats vs Laser is the new Will it blend? (Not sure if it’s by GoPro itself, but a masterful product demo…!)
In The Master, beautiful lights in the boat scene. (This screen cap is taken from the trailer of Paul Thomas Anderson’s film.) More about bokeh.