Au Hasard Balthazar is the finest film you’re likely to see this year - maybe ever.
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When released in 1966, Jean-Luc Godard apparently called it “The world in an hour and a half” and I can’t think of a better review.
It is a story of a donkey named Balthazar but it is not really about him at all. It can be frustrating, slow, unusual and cold, but it’s also beautiful, enigmatic, and deeply, deeply moving. Au Hasard Balthazar is the reason I watch movies
At dontclick.it, an attempt has been made to remove what is likely the most basic of computer-human interactions - the button click. I can’t even begin to describe how badly it fails. I understand what they tried to do, but… ah hell, go ahead and try yourself. You’ll see.
Originally uploaded by jurvetson.
Apparently, this Mind Map-like drawing was spotted on a white board in Google’s building #43, wherever that is.
Tony Buzan invented the concept of “Mind Mapping” in the 1970s after studying how we use our brains to learn, store and recall information. I’ve flirted with it a few times, with mixed results. Other areas of my life have benefited from an increasingly visual representation, so this weekend I finally got around to reading Buzan’s The Mind Map Book. The book is full of what appears to be science, but I doubt that’s what it is. Either way, I’m going to give it a go and see if there’s any basis for the hype.
I love NASA.
I have used, and mentioned here, some great web interfaces lately. As a counterpoint, I’d like to mention that using Bloglines is a terrible experience. I keep trying to like it, as a centralized collection of feeds is important, but it really is horrible. Since I’m not interested in the social aspects of the site, there’s not enough there for me to suffer through it. I hope they someday make managing several hundred feeds less painful, or that someone points out the “use good interface” checkbox I’ve missed.
Okay, they’re really going to need to make the Slingbox compatible with my Mac.
Unlike many of the brilliant folks at the office, I feel that obsessing about fonts borders on silly. Serif, Sans serif, and Monospaced pretty much covers it in my book. Of course if the font is made from time-lapsed photos of headlights, now that’s a different story altogether.
A silly toy for creating your very own Flickr badge.
Can Flash be used as a screensaver? I want this one as mine
Just can’t stop watching it.