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Japanese Anatomy Scrolls

This is comparatively old webernet news, but I finally saw these Japanese anatomy scrolls, and as a fan of macabre medical illustrations (I loves me my Mütter Museum), they’re quite compelling. (The blog post in turn links to the original files

Posted: Jul. 6, 2008 01:10 AM

An Amazing Album of Historic San Francisco Photographs

I just stumbled across an amazing album of historic San Francisco Photographs on Calisphere. I’ve been digging through online collections of old SF photos, and most are muddy, brittle, damaged. These are in amazing shape and startling clear. So

Posted: Jul. 5, 2008 10:41 PM

Smith and Foulkes - Cinema Told Through Bunny Rabbits

Just found out about these folks in a review of the upcoming Animation Show 4. In America, they’re best-known product was the Coca-Cola ad “Videogame,” which I unabashedly love. In clicking around their filmography (requires a littl

Posted: Jul. 4, 2008 11:25 AM

Steven Heller Angries Up The Blood

In catching up with various media after my vacation, I got around to listening to a BusinessWeek Innovation Podcast with graphic design luminary Steven Heller on The Business of Web Design. Given the podcast’s title, I wasn’t at all read

Posted: Jul. 3, 2008 07:50 PM

BULLITT Chase Scene Geocoded

Considered by many to still be the best car chase ever filmed, the classic scene from Bullitt has long amused San Franciscans as automobiles seemingly leap through wormholes to get to totally different parts of the city. Now a fan has provided a real

Posted: Jul. 1, 2008 03:40 PM

Two Books Worth Reading

Here Comes Everybody, by Clay Shirky. In retrospect, it’s surprising that it took this long for Clay to write a book. Given my past run-ins with his postulations, I approached the book with some skepticism. It won me over, though, because, unli

Posted: Jun. 30, 2008 01:09 AM

UX Week - Programming Complete, Exciting Speakers, Things to Play With

The programming for UX Week is complete. The most recent additions are among the most exciting: Michael D. Robinson from Pixar will share with us their processes for turning story concepts into feature films, August de los Reyes and Dennis Wixon from

Posted: Jun. 25, 2008 02:56 PM

Matrimonial Symbols

I’ve learned that my wedding band fits on the bulb of my nose perfectly. Photo by Stacy.

Posted: Jun. 25, 2008 10:12 AM

The Demise of Codys Books and the floundering of the independent book store

(also posted on adaptivepath.com) The demise of independent book stores gets a fair amount of coverage in the literate press. In the Bay Area, we’re witnessing the passing of Cody’s Books, a formerly venerable Berkeley institution whose f

Posted: Jun. 24, 2008 04:28 PM

Hiking/Walking in the Burren (and other stuff in Western Ireland)

After leaving Dublin, we spent 6 days or so in the West, first south of Galway, then north. The highlight for me was The Burren. It’s a stunning landscape that requires seeing in person to really understand. Still, I’ve Flickrd some ph

Posted: Jun. 23, 2008 08:39 PM