Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Munich Lamp. ^ Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany via KultureFlash [bTang reBlog] 9:21:27 PM

branches Trees. johndan posted a photo: After the ice storm a decade or so back, the woods on our property became filled with bent trees, broken branches, etc. The trees soldier on. By (johndan). [johndan's Photos] 9:18:15 PM

D-Tower Interactive mood survey. D-Tower, built in Doetinchem, The Netherlands, is a sculpture where the intensive (feelings, qualia) and the extensive (space, quantities) exchange roles, where human action, color, money, value, feelings all become networked entities. Designed by NOX Architects, the tower is connected to a website in two different ways. 1. The website is a visualization of the responses of the 45,000 inhabitants of Doetinchem to a questionnaire which deals with emotions like Hate, Love, Happiness and Fear. 2. The four emotions are represented by four colours: Green, Red, Blue and Yellow, which are also the colors of the lamps illuminating the building. If there was a lot of happiness in the city on day 1, the tower will turn blue. In a capsule placed underneath the Tower inhabitants of Doetinchem can also place personal messages on the emotional "Landscapes". [bTang reBlog] 8:21:01 PM

Samsung P735 Samsung P735 on T-Mobile. The Samsung P735 is now listed on T-Mobile’s website. Features of the P735 include: Megapixel camera with video recording Unique twist design (see photo after jump for more details) 176 x 220 pixel 262K color TFD display MP3 player MMC card slot, 32MB card included The price is listed online at a cool $499. No rebates are available at this time. [MobileTracker] 7:15:41 AM

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Make Your Own From Backstage.com The do-it-yourself film. How to Make Your Own Indie Film. Backstage.com is running a feature story on Creating Indie Cinema. The Guide to Making Low-Budget Films is a great intro into the world of making movies: "The rationales for making films are manifold: an undying passion to tell a particular story, a chance at making millions of dollars, or the hope of creating a 'calling card' flick which will result in more work. An actor unhappy with the roles he's been getting (or not getting) might decide to take his career into his own hands by producing a vehicle for himself. A writer unable to sell her screenplays (or tired of seeing her work destroyed by others) may finally direct her own project." … [Hacking NetFlix] [Cinema Minima] 6:33:47 AM

Advertising and RSS News: Overture Testing Ads Rolled Into RSS. This came across my desk tonight from a trusted source, and I checked it out, and it seems to be real: Overture is testing RSS ads in limited release, on small(er) feeds like this one from the MobileTracker blog. MobileTracker notes the news in this posting: If you’re an RSS feed subscriber you have probably noticed that the feed is now full text. That means you can read via RSS whatever you would normally see on the main MobileTracker page. If we add more content “after the jump” (like photos, which is often the case), you’ll need to click through to see it. You’ll also notice on the RSS feed that there are now advertisements. These are content targeted ads which means they should relate to the topic of the article. The ads are provided by Overture and powered by FeedBurner. We’re proud to work with both companies. Here's what the ads look like. This is what I've been on about for some time now - the inclusion of a major ad network play in RSS as a step toward the monetization of RSS, and the support of full text RSS as the way to go. It's very exciting for bloggers, and marks the first major step for most of us beyond just running Adsense on our sites. As many already know, RSS is often half or more of our traffic/readership. I very much hope the tests go well, the learning is good, and this gets rolled out to the masses as soon as possible. In short, this marks Yahoo's first big step toward the right side of the tail, where Adsense has lived and ruled for the past couple of years. Way to go, Feedburner, for playing such a crucial role in this important first step, and kudos to... [John Battelle's Searchblog] 6:23:06 AM