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Michael Abbott, who writes a blog called The Brainy Gamer, has a new post that strikes the same chord that our own Charles Berkeley Miller often does, musing on the design and culture of sports and intimating how it might overlap with digital game design. Abbott’s post is about the joys of keeping score in [...]

Here’s an instructable on how to build your own pneumatic muscle for ~$30.

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is all situational. I am missing working on large, flat images. I haven’t collaged or painted in a really long time, and i think its pretty much all because I don’t have room. It sucks. I migrated into drawing people on the subway in my little black book because that was the only space I [...]

A conversation has been let free at this year’s Cannes festival involving the roles and credit of traditional ad agencies and their digital counterparts. Michael Lebowitz made a statement about the unfair structure the awards at Cannes, and I believe the mindset of the industry as a whole, has towards ownership and realization of [...]

Newsvine - Berkeley tree-sitters hanging on, 18 months in
In the past two weeks, the mood has swung wildly.
Protesters howled, flung excrement and shook tree branches as campus-hired arborists cut supply lines and removed gear.
But by late this week, campus police were conducting delicate negotiations with tree-sitters, offering to provide food and water if protesters would [...]

PriceGrabber.com - Comparison Shopping, Online Shopping, Product Reviews
It’s not a recession, but with Iowa under water, oil verging on priceless, and the economy quickly tanking, one suspects a site like Pricegrabber would be helpful.
(tags: coupons deals discount finance shopping bargains)

Slickdeals.net
More in the “inexpensively deal with your life” category.
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Online Coupons | Cash Back
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I’ve been reading theories about games and game design for a long time, and I’m always happy to come across writers and thinkers whose ideas interest me. Recently I discovered two writers who are approaching games from a very systematic, design-oriented perspective.

The first is Richard Terrell, who has been posting his thoughts on his blog, [...]

Coming back from Israel was a major transition for me. You wouldn’t think that a 10 day trip would have such a jarring impact but it did. New York is so intense a way to live, and so is Israel, but much different. The land of Milk and Honey, you really got a sense for [...]

It’s all about Perspectives, I think. - The Omni Group Forums
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How to Make Exercise a Daily Habit (with a May Challenge) | Zen Habits
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All The Best Tips on Getting In Shape, In One Handy List | Zen Habits
This is a fantastic list of ways to bring yourself to exercise. My [...]

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Ikea ad, originally uploaded by swerdloff.

Very strange Ikea ad, seen at Union Square, where I ran into Leora. A fairly neat, if not particularly green, way to get the word out about the new [...]

My mom (Smita Sathe) and I have finished programming a new piece by artist Barbara Bloom for the Dia Art Foundation’s continuing web projects series. The opening reception is tonight…

Here’s something I don’t understand. People are complaining about the “torture” at Guantanamo that is intermittent, uncontrolled, piercing noise, and yet New York City allows their trucks and construction workers to do this whenever they like.
Can you tell that I’m suffering through a nearby “construction” site? I put that in scare quotes because in the [...]

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My final presentation for the HeadTrack (formerly HeadJack) project.

Captain Morgan decided to use the Posewood website I built last year to promote the ultimate pose off in Canada. The contest winners get to go and party in Vegas!
The U.S. promotion gets you party access to the Playboy mansion!
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The new issue of the Escapist has an essay by Jason Rohrer in which he outlines his hopes and dreams for the future of games. Though the piece is wide-ranging, the core of his argument is that the problem with the industry is actually that most developers put gameplay first, trumping whatever artistic visions the [...]

Summer is here, and though a bit too much time has elapsed since the last update, I’m happily in the creative throes of finally finishing feltedsignalprocessing.com, in addition to redoing my general portfolio site, chootka.com.I’ve been busy, very bus…

Apple Shooter online game. Don’t shoot your friend. Or do. Whatever.

Wired.com Gadget Labs: Fashion Computers Just as Air-Headed as Their Catwalk Contemporaries
The problem is that the word design is often confused with the word decoration.

Don’t be caught in Williamsburg without your very own Hipster PDA.

I’d like to talk about my two very good friends I made this year in NY from school. Taylor levy and Hulya Aktun. Because both of them are not here for the summer, and I really really miss them. Their companies made me very happy and forgot myself is in…

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Take the sleep light on a Mac: Jonathan Ive (Apple’s head designer) was once challenged that this was trivial eye candy. His answer? That a soft, pulsing light perfectly represents the sleep state of the computer. That it also looks good is an intentional bonus. Lately, this design has been refined — the light glows steadily when the display sleeps, indicating that the machine is still on. It also glows steadily while the contents of RAM are written to disk on entering hibernation.

That is design: Details sweated over so thoroughly that they look almost childishly simple. Which is why it rankles so much when some airheaded moron sprays a little glue onto a gadget, rolls it in a bag of crushed glass and calls it a “Designer Phone”. It’s utterly demeaning to any real designer.

- Gadget Lab’s Charlie Sorrel

I wish I took better pictures and video. I’ve found a bunch of old video and pictures that I’ve taken, capturing events that I want to remember, but have crummy memories of because my video skills are bad.

I wish I took better pictures and video. I’ve found a bunch of old video and pictures that I’ve taken, capturing events that I want to remember, but have crummy memories of because my video skills are bad.

After much futzing with my Wordpress theme and not getting what I want - I’m very picky - I’ve decided that perhaps it makes the most sense to just roll my own. Anyone out there in Swerdloffdom have any experience, tips, tricks, ideas, suggestions, warnings, or otherwise?

Blogging is an excellent excuse to keep up with your friends. My friend Jason from High School recently posted something insightful that I’d forgotten. The value of charging for your work.
I have been known to undervalue myself at times because in my mind, what I do is easy. If it wasn’t would I be able [...]

Here’s an interesting DIY video on making a Twittering Teddy Bear by hacking into an old Teddy Ruxpin.
One cool addition I haven’t seen before (because it hasn’t been available) is the bluetooth audio. Now that we have those available there’s all kinds of wireless audio we can do.

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@crackhead that’s TERRIBLE. RIP GEORGE CARLIN. Oh man, that’s just depressing news. #
Comment about Jersey at night http://tinyurl.com/67n6q8 #
Woke up this morning and remembered that one of my heroes died last night. They don’t make ‘em like George Carline anymore. *sigh& #
A nice tribute to George Carlin: http://tinyurl.com/5vxqrj #
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Porkpaccio, originally uploaded by swerdloff.

Chris and I had dinner at Momofuku Ssäm tonight. I was overwhelmed by how delicious everything was, and the excellent company.
Next to me was a couple on a [...]

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The Stage deli, originally uploaded by swerdloff.

Seen today before I went with Chris Abraham to an event at Monkey Bar for the Golden Links. Always good to see and catch up with Chris.

This is the media wall I had an intern for last semester. The architect just told us that he put our video work on the website, and our works might be show on the wall for the opening. Quite exiting!This media wall is located in Beiging. Featuring the …