A fifa/ea interactive site which takes live fifa related tweets from around the world and presents them in a nice way:
Try it for yourself
The fact that microsoft really went all out with their windows7 launch party theme, and didn’t just produce a bad videobut also supporting material for it.
Seriously?! There’s an article on this here.
I spoke to an ex-coworker who’s moved to Microsoft’s current advertising agency and he claims (and i believe him) that they had nothing to do with this, and M$ decided to do it on their own. *Slow clap*
If you’re a space nerd, be sure to tune in to the live lunar impact:
“A live NASA TV Broadcast is planned for the LCROSS impacts starting at 6:15 a.m. EDT/3:15 a.m. PDT, Oct. 9, on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv.
The 1.5 hour broadcast includes:
* Live footage from spacecraft camera
* Real-time telemetry based animation
* Views of LCROSS Mission and Science Operations
* Broadcast commentary with expert guests
* Prepared video segments
* Views of the public impact viewing event at NASA Ames
* Possible live footage from the University of Hawaii, 88-inch telescope on Mauna Kea.”
That’s 11am GMT.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html
Lastly, i also like the fact that it’s OK to like Starbucks! Thomas Hawk, a great photographer, has just written a post about why, as if in answer to my growing concern that i suspect i am going to be spending an increasing amount of time (and money) there. In essence he breaks it down into ten points. I have struck out the ones that don’t apply to me, but for many they’re still valid:
1. I’m addicted to caffeine and they deliver a powerful punch. I saw an analysis on their coffee a ways back that indicated that they had higher caffeine levels than competitors.
2. When I’m on the road I can count on Starbucks for reliability. Getting a consistent known experience vs. an unknown experience from a local coffee shop is huge. What do I mean by this?
3. Almost every Starbucks has a bathroom. When you are committing to photographing 20 hours straight in a strange city this in invaluable to count on. This is actually the most important reason why I count on them I think.
4. Starbucks offers free wifi through my UVerse account. I can count on the fact that I’ll be able to log on for a brief break from shooting and take care of internet business.
5. Starbucks almost always has available power outlets to recharge my camera batteries, my iPhone, and laptop while I enjoy my beverage. I can also use the down time to offload images off my memory cards and on to my Mac clearing up more space for the next leg of my shoot.
6. Starbucks has comfortable seating. Sometimes you want a soft leather chair. Other times you want a chair and a table. I’ve found almost always that the accomodations at Starbucks are comfortable.
7. They are everywhere. Most everyplace I go to shoot I can simply type Starbucks into my iPhone and usually find one very close.
8. The coffee tastes great.
9. I can always count on a big glass of ice water with lots of ice from them when I order my beverage. This is so much nicer (as I can often get very dehydrated while shooting) than the piddly little water cups that they give you at places like McDonalds.
10. Getting all of the above for the price of $3.25 or so for a grande non-fat latte is a *huge* bargain. Starbucks delivers tremendous value and they do it with consistency that I can count on vs. other coffee houses where I might not get the same experience.
The original post can be found here. I encourage you to check it out and subscribe, he’s a thoughtful chap and has brought to my attention a number of concerning flickr practices i was not aware of.
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