segunda-feira, 02 de agosto de 2004

Long-awaited Doom 3 leaked online. Copies of the eagerly awaited blockbuster computer game, Doom 3, have been leaked on the internet. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 10:21:44 PM    comment []

Web Zen bonus round: Thrift Store. radios records furniture books watches trading cards secret fun spot web zen home, web zen store, (Thanks, Frank). [Boing Boing] 10:19:24 PM    comment []

Dan Gillmor's new book, We. Dan Gillmor's new book, We the Media, has hit the shelves. I was asked to read this earlier for a blurb, and was completely taken with it -- it's the sort of book that I will be encouraging others to read for years to come, the sort of book that underpins both my work at EFF (because so much of Dan's thesis about democratized reportage hinges on the importance of a free and open network) and my work as an sf writer (because Dan's vision of the future is so compelling. Here's the blurb I wrote for Dan: "Clear-eyed, hype-free and for all that prescient and inspiring. We the Media is Gillmor's heroic effort to bridge the tech-obsessed polyannas like me and the skeptical grownups whose hardened attitutudes won't admit of this stuff. He's done us all a service by writing it for us." Dan's publisher, O'Reilly and Associates, have put up a website for his book here: Link [Boing Boing] 10:08:33 PM    comment []

Chicago's Cloud Gate. Cloud Gate is Anish Kapoor's recently unveiled artwork in Chicago's Millennium Park. The surreal sculpture has caused quite a stir and the media are pissing off Kapoor by nicknaming it "The Bean." Former BB guestblogger Jenn Shreve sent along links to architectural writer Lynn Becker's photo essay of The Bean Cloud Gate under construction, an image gallery of the completed work, and a Webcam site. Jenn says: "Cloud Gate combines the blobular, organic shapes that have been so prevalent in recent design with the reflective surfaces common to Gehry's architectural work and turns the idea of sculpture  as something to be *looked at* on its ear, transforming the very looking into an experiential, interactive encounter--all within the public sphere. Plus it looks like an alien just layed a mega egg in the middle of the city, which you gotta love." Link [Boing Boing] 10:01:10 PM    comment []

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