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Alan Friedman/ Not the Great Pumpkin / 20 October 2010

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The .ly domain space to be considered unsafe

From Ben Metcalfe:

For these reasons I believe the .ly domains should be considered unsafe. Anyone running a business or relying on a website with a one, two or three letter .ly domain should be incredibly cautious. This obviously includes anyone who uses bit.ly, 3.ly, owl.ly and any other similar url shortener.

Wow. Imagine if all the bit.ly links suddenly went dark.

Homemade Spacecraft

via www.vimeo.com

I love stuff like this.

Super Mario Bros.

via vimeo.com

Awesome. (via waxy.org)

Portal 2

more videos over at www.boingboing.net

And yes, it has been a long time. I cannot wait.

Safari Extensions — User CSS

via safariextensions.tumblr.com

Installed!

Also: Home page, github repo.

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Kind of random, but this week's company meeting was brought to a halt once this was up on the projector. We could not resume until the window was closed.

Curiouser and curiouser

Iron Man 2 Case Study

In June 2009, Marvel Studios asked Perception to assist in delivering a simple graphics package to be used as an 80 foot projected backdrop for the Summer 2010 blockbuster "Iron Man 2". Immediately impressed with the team's ability to immerse themselves in this world, Marvel Studios continued to seek Perception's assistance in bringing numerous fantasy elements to life. Fast forward six months later to March 2010, and Perception's role on Iron Man 2 had increased tenfold as the team delivered the last of over 125 shots, including the concepting, design and animation of various futuristic interface elements, numerous mock broadcast packages, and a tremendous amount of detailed compositing work.

via perceptionnyc.com

Drool.

The best example in recent memory of abusing technology for frivolous marketing purposes... and I paid the price.