snippets of thoughts and media, mostly collected, and sometimes created by ian.Tumblr (3.0; @ianspalter)http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/<a href="http://differentkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/11/main-source-breaking-atoms-original.html">Main Source – Breaking Atoms: The Original Elements</a>: <p><a href="http://s834.photobucket.com/albums/zz270/DifferentKitchen/?action=view&current=2B2XA1Pnhx.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz270/DifferentKitchen/2B2XA1Pnhx.jpg" border="0" alt="Main Source,Large Professor"/></a><br/><br/>From <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/steadyb/~3/U-xWO1AgIxw/" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic">Steady Bloggin</span></a>’:<br/><br/>”<span style="font-style:italic">Hooray for bootlegs. The cover is self explanatory – this is a compilation collecting the original sources used by <span style="font-weight:bold">Large Pro</span> in creating</span> Breaking Atoms. <span style="font-style:italic">…</span></p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/253933363http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/253933363Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:42:24 -0500<a href="http://io9.com/5409701/why-james-rhodes-is-comics-ideal-black-hero">Why James Rhodes Is Comics' Ideal Black Hero [Black Superheroes]</a>: <p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/11/warm1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_warm1.jpg" width="500"/></a>When it comes to superhero fiction, there are certain iconic archetypes; Superman is the iconic whitebread hero, Batman the iconic OCD loner. But did you realize that <em><a title="Click here to read more posts tagged #ironman" href="http://io9.com/tag/ironman/" target="_blank">Iron Man</a></em>’s <a title="Click here to read more posts tagged #jamesrhodes" href="http://io9.com/tag/jamesrhodes/" target="_blank">James…</a></p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/253933358http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/253933358Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:42:24 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjhzxdeaz1qztl6fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://popozao.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">popozao</a>)</p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/253765443http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/253765443Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:20:49 -0500“Sure, there are massive business markets where Windows remains essential. But the Web is a bigger platform than Windows. The Web is universal. Every computer is on the Web. The Web provides us with a core set of software and APIs that work everywhere. Supposedly, tomorrow Google is set to unveil the details of Chrome OS, but we already know one thing about it: it’s designed around the assumption that the Web is the most important software platform in the world today.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://daringfireball.net/2009/11/the_os_opportunity" target="_blank">Daring Fireball: The OS Opportunity</a></em>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/249706426http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/249706426Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:19:52 -0500<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktd2upJiGh1qz7vcwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sirmikeofmitchell.com/" target="_blank">Mike Mitchell</a></p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/249688890http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/249688890Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:56:49 -0500<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/18/activision-modern-warfare-2-earned-550-million-in-first-five-days/">Activision: Modern Warfare 2 earned $550 million in first five days</a>: <p><div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/call-of-dutyr-modern-warfarer-2-sets-all-time-entertainment-industry-record-grossing-an-estimated-550-million-worldwide-in-first-five-days-70359422.html" target="_blank"><img vspace="0" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/11/mw21111sales.jpg"/></a></div> Activision has announced that, according to its internal estimates, <em>Modern Warfare 2</em> has racked up $550 million in its first five days on the market. Considering that <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/12/modern-warfare-2-breaks-record-with-4-7-million-in-day-one-sales/" target="_blank">$310 million of…</a></p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/248749940http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/248749940Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:19:25 -0500<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/bomb-proof_kevlar_wallpaper.html">"Bomb-proof" kevlar wallpaper</a>: <p><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7558394&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="never" width="600" height="338" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p> <p>Very clever idea commercialized as the <a href="http://xflexsystem.com/" target="_blank">X-flex Blast Protection System</a>, in which a high-tensile-strength composite film is applied to the inside of a masonry wall to reinforce it against…</p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/248749937http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/248749937Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:19:25 -0500<a href="http://www.silverman-gallery.com/artist/seriesworkview/1613/334/9580">Silverman Gallery - Artists - Luke Butler - Enterprise - Captain XIII</a>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/248702415http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/248702415Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:16:56 -0500“There’s a rounding-error bug in the camera driver’s autofocus routine (which uses a timestamp) that causes autofocus to behave poorly on a 24.5-day cycle. That is, it’ll work for 24.5 days, then have poor performance for 24.5 days, then work again.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/verizon-accused-of-remote-controlling-droid-truth-somewhat-stranger/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Verizon Accused of Remote Controlling Droid: Truth Somewhat Stranger | Gadget Lab | Wired.com</a></em>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/248580689http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/248580689Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:38:23 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8dtxadIF1qze5g2o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://lovegifs.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">lovegifs</a>)</p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246811950http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246811950Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:01:16 -0500<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fadmvulcan/sets/72157604354548317/">Isometric Federation Starship Bridge Illustrations</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://soxiam.com/" target="_blank">soxiam</a>)</p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246811352http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246811352Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:46 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt7qmxSv1O1qz7vcwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_byWnRGXY8pw/Sv3lNIwTvbI/AAAAAAAAEL4/mbl7m5sBtoQ/s1600-h/birds+cosmonaut-jeremy-geddes.jpg" target="_blank">birds+cosmonaut-jeremy-geddes.jpg (image)</a></p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246184915http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246184915Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:44:57 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt7q37QCns1qz7vcwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/amazing_star_wars_tauntaun_costume.html" target="_blank">Make: Online : Amazing Star Wars Tauntaun costume</a></p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246176328http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246176328Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:33:07 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt7pt6AFr81qz7vcwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nicwebb.com/" target="_blank">Nic Webb — Artist-maker — Hand carved timber</a></p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246171920http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/246171920Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:27:04 -0500<a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40610">mental_floss Blog » 5 (Happy Little) Things You Didn’t Know About Bob Ross</a>: <p>thx @irwin </p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/244363089http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/244363089Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:17:12 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0npwxVrE1qz7vcwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1428" target="_blank">Paintings on Books</a></p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/241841313http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/241841313Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:44 -0500<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/bigshot_digital_camera_kit_for_kids.html">BigShot digital camera kit for kids</a>: <p><img src="http://blog.makezine.com/bigshot26.jpg" width="512" height="336" alt="bigshot26.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://blog.makezine.com/bigshotall-parts.jpg" width="512" height="336" alt="bigshotall-parts.jpg"/></p> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j_49SV3lU_Y&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="364" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><p>The <a href="http://www.bigshotcamera.org/" target="_blank">BigShot digital camera</a> is a kit designed to teach kids how they work while they assemble and use it. It’s being developed by Shree Nayar and his team at the Computer…</p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/239428131http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/239428131Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:34:33 -0500<a href="http://typekit.com/">Typekit</a>: <p>Typekit is live</p>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/239382330http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/239382330Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:33:57 -0500<a href="http://calacanis.com/2009/11/09/how-to-kill-google-or-take-10-points-of-search-search-share-in-six-months/">How to kill Google (or take 10 points of search search share in six months) « The Jason Calacanis Weblog</a>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/238495149http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/238495149Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:17:49 -0500<a href="http://www.edumanga.me/mg_physics.htm">No Starch Press: The Manga Guide to Physics</a>http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/237629183http://ianspalter.tumblr.com/post/237629183Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:01:04 -0500