having a bad day at the office? then crank up the volume and watch the mr. citymen by eric lerner. especially mr. fortune (seen on the left) and mr. dreamer will make you happy!

probably [via ehrensenf], but i cannot remember which episode…

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jeff han [1] is a researcher at the new york university. he gave a talk at the ted-conference. if you’re a bit interested in the – possible – future of interface design, you have to watch the ~9 minute-long video below. it nearly blew my socks of, when i imagined how i could swipe through my 7000+ images on my hd like that. handling of big chunks of date seems to be really fun with that kind of interface.

and i also found mr. han quite entertaining. he has to talk really fast to get all the ideas and thoughts out quick enough, or his brain is gonna explode (pun intended…)

[1] bummer: while searching for his homepage, i found out, that i’ve already blogged him with with the same project… yeah well, talk about short attention span. but if you want, you can watch some other talks here.

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just a quick note to all the MT-users under my readers: since i’ve implemented this anti-spam measure a month ago, i’ve gotten TWO single comment spams. i didn’t even bother analyzing them carefully, wether they’ve been submitted by a robot or a human.

i must say it’s quite a relief, going from five comment-spams per minute to two spam-comments per month.

and since i haven’t heard from chris – the server admin – i guess the load on the server must have gone down a bit, too.

so, if you got a problem with comment spam, then install this plugin here, it really helps!

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do not click on the play-button below if you have a low tolerance to rude words!

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do you want to see how your lung capacity compares to top athletes? for the first time it’s now possible to test your lung directly on the internet through a nifty new algorithm. you can take the free lung test here.

the screenshot on the left shows my capacity at the start of the test (i was better when i didn’t press command-shift-4…).

let me know in the comments how you did!

[via ehrensenf]

technorati tags: flash, lung, lungtester, test

it would be cool to have a recent mac. it would be even cooler with that little program you can see in the video below. the geekiest way of managing desktops ever…

[via fscklog]

(oh, and yes, my holidays were brilliant, i’m sifting through the images now…)

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this is a fine piece of craftsmanship and also a good political statement, the green hummer project.

This is the perfect SUV. Our SUV is healthy, friendly, non-polluting, simple, inexpensive, fun, and socially responsible. There are no black tinted windows to hide us from view. No air conditioning to further isolate us from the outside. No gas tank to fill and fill and fill. No greenhouse gasses pouring from the exhaust pipe. No frustration, no yelling, no honking, no road rage. No clocks to set, no alarm to annoy, no menus to scroll through. No video game system, DVD player, or GPS system.

they even have a page with videos you can browse through.

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