Tom Cruise, Scientologist

If you haven’t seen it yet, you have to go watch these clips. They are from a recent Scientology awards ceremony at which Tom Cruise was the honoree. They are … wow. Just watch, and then comment.
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This is going to be an interesting case if it evolves. Scientologists have always used legal pressure [...]

apple and braun

An interesting piece from Gizmodo on the influence of 1960’s Braun designer Dieter Rams on many of Jonathan Ives’ designs for Apple. Read it.

His Dark Materials

Tired of all the hysteria surrounding the release of “The Golden Compass”? Take a few minutes out and read Alan Jacobs’ outstanding, incisive, deeply literate critique of “His Dark Materials”, the original series by Philip Pullman that the film is based on.
I originally ran across this essay as part of a collection of Jacobs’ [...]

macheist ‘08

Macheist is up!

If you’re a mac user, and you don’t know, then you SHOULD know! Macheist is a bundle of software from independent mac software developers (what does that mean, exactly? they haven’t signed with a major label? they do lo-fi development? their apps haven’t yet received radio airplay?). The more people who buy the [...]

Phreaky Phriday: Nut Shot!

Guys, just look away. You don’t even want to see this.