SXSW 2010

After an incredible week in Austin, I'll be getting back to regular posting. First up when I get back, dissecting the interactive portion of SXSW (that's the little orange guy on the right).

Road Trains

It's been an absurdly busy week or so, however I stumbled across this gem of an article and wanted to share. Years ago I saw a Discovery channel program about proposed highway trains in San Francisco. However, back then they were mechanical - cars could join a center lane (conveyor belt thingy) and travel at a high rate of speed from one destination to another, eliminating the need for steering, braking, or anything really. The big knock on them was that they required major infrastructure changes - and as we've seen over and over again with the electric car industry, changing this nation's transportation infrastructure is almost blasphemous.

However, now that more and more cars on the road are essentially computers, utilizing technology like Wi-Fi to have them communicate with one another is a distinct possibility. Check out this interesting article and read all about Road Trains - they're feasible and could change transportation for the better immediately.

Cool stuff.

OK GO

Incredible video for Ok Go's 'This Too Shall Pass.'

The Days Are Getting Shorter

Interesting article about how the Chilean earthquake has actually shortened the Earth's daily cycle by 1.26 microseconds. Crazy. Read the article Check it out here.

APRICOT

"She treated him with the intelligence he deserved..."

Micro Workers

Here's an interesting idea. Got a tiny job? say, driving a little traffic to your blog, improving your search results, etc? Micro Workers is a site that pairs small jobs with people looking to make a few quick bucks doing them. Seems like an amazing idea for the unemployed...

Check it out here.

Corpsify

Big Spaceship has done it again, this time re-imagining the classic surrealist pastime 'exquisite corpse' in the online space.

Corpsify is only in beta phase, and isn't open to the public just yet, however, by following @Corpsify on Twitter, you'll get the access code, and can play/draw to your heart's content.

Cool stuff.

Today on TSAD: Old Country Buffet

Today TSAD's on shuffle and we're gonna jam to a couple of sweet tracks I've been digging recently, if you'll just follow me...

First up we have Broken Bells - also known as Danger Mouse and James Mercer (the Shin's lead) - with a sweet track called 'The High Road.'


See the rest of the post over here.

Space is Dope

Truly sweet pic. If NASA's good for one thing it's stunning imagery. See the full pic and more here.

Dante's Inferno: A Guide To Stunning

So if you're a gamer, odds are you've encountered some sort of messaging for EA's Dante's Inferno over this past year - whether you knew it at the time or not. This brilliant yearlong campaign done by Weiden+Kennedy set out both to advertise, as well as inform the average gamer about a truly twisted piece of literary history. A $200,000 budget broken up into 10 $20,000 months, the campaign apparently got 47 million impressions. Un. Fuckin. Believable.

Read the whole breakdown, month to month here.