Creative Cloud thoughts | The Hickensian
When I started freelancing eleven years ago, 80% of my work was print design, and I needed to equip myself with the right software. Quark XPress was still the daddy as far as desktop publishin …
Amazon proposes a colossal biospherelike Seattle campus
by Dara Kerr, cnet.comForget the Space Needle, the e-commerce giant is planning to bring 3.3 million square feet of office space to Seattle in the form of mirrored towers and giant spherical domes filled with plant life.
The latest fad for tech companies’ new offi…
King of the Nerds
By Alex Pappademas, grantland.comA not-so-brief conversation with the writer behind Lost, Prometheus, and this weekend’s box office–dominating Star Trek Into Darkness
Damon Lindelof walks into a conference room on the Paramount Pictures lot, moving at something less tha…
It’s not like we’re trying to get you to become either black or white. It’s mostly about giving you a reflection of what you did. It’s mostly about taking a mirror up and saying, ‘This is what you did, are you happy with what you did?’ And, yes. there will be an echo of what you did, but it’s not like, ‘Oh, cool, now I’m able to do triple jumps.’
Gamers are more hostile towards opponents that seem human
George Dvorsky, io9.comA recent study has shown that gamers who wage battle against human-looking characters are more likely to experience aggressive thoughts and words than those facing monstrous nonhuman targets.For the study, a University of Connecticut research team…
Sony’s Stock Jumped Up Following Microsoft’s Xbox One Reveal
Patricia Hernandez, kotaku.comWell, this isn’t surprising: following a somewhat underwhelming presentation from Microsoft after unveiling the Xbox One (where are the games?), Sony’s stock jumped up.Read more…
Early Buzz: The Coen Brothers Wow Cannes With ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
Russ Fischer, slashfilm.comThe work of Joel and Ethan Coen owes much to many who went before them, but they have few equals. There is no body of work quite like theirs in the post-1980 film landscape. Even in the decades prior, only a handful of directors — Billy Wil…
Can’t wait for this one.
Profile of math-inspired 3D printing sculptor Bathsheba Grossman
Cory Doctorow, boingboing.netShapeways interviews the amazing Bathsheba Grossman, a sculptor who creates mathematics-inspired 3D printed objects that can be bought on the Shapeways store. I own a bunch of her pieces, and I never tire of staring at them and handling…
fxguidetv #172: Star Trek: Into Darkness at ILM
Mike Seymour, fxguide.com
This week we visit ILM in San Fran to talk to ILM’s Roger Guyett (vfx supervisor), Pat Tubach (co-visual effects supervisor) and Paul Kavanagh (animation supervisor) about the blockbuster Star Trek: Into Darkness.
Burj Al Arab in Dubai Introduces Gold-Plated iPads for Guest Use
by Jordan Golson, macrumors.comThe Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai is perhaps the world’s most luxurious hotel, and the latest addition continues that tradition. The seven-star hotel is now giving 24-carat gold-plated iPads from Gold & Co to guests for use during their…
Because it’s teh shiny. But hey, whatever erects your burj.
Apple does not use tax gimmicks. Apple does not move its intellectual property into offshore tax havens and use it to sell products back into the US in order to avoid US tax; it does not use revolving loans from foreign subsidiaries to fund its domestic operations; it does not hold money on a Caribbean island; and it does not have a bank account in the Cayman Islands. Apple has substantial foreign cash because it sells the majority of its products outside the US. International operations accounted for 61% of Apple’s revenue last year and two-thirds of its revenue last quarter. These foreign earnings are taxed in the jurisdiction where they are earned (“foreign, post-tax income”).
In Conversation: Vince Gilligan on the End of Breaking Bad
Lane Brown, vulture.comKnee-deep in edits for the final season of Breaking Bad, which premieres in August, the creator of television’s darkest drama talks with Lane Brown about violence as entertainment, the incredible pressure of bringing a beloved serial to an…









