Automatic Typewriter of the Day: Site 3 coLaboratory’s Jonathan Guberman programmed his interactive, Arduino-powered “Automatypewriter” to run the classic text adventure Zork.
More on the Automatypewriter project can be found here.
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Archive for October, 2010
Oct. 31, 2010
Halloween Costume Idea of the Day: These guys are dressed as Chilean miner rescue pods, your Chilean-flag draped jumpsuit / hard hat combo is now invalid.
[reddit / boingboing.]
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Oct. 31, 2010
Kickass Cosplaying Kid of the Day: 7-year-old Liam Roybal of Keller, who became an Internet sensation after dressing up like Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington (complete with horse-shoe pattern), will get to meet his idol and call out “play ball!” to kickoff Game 4 of the World Series.
From The Star-Telegram:
He drew so much attention that the Roybal family got a call from the Texas Rangers, who gave him two tickets for tonight’s game and asked him to wear his costume and call out “Play ball.”
Liam, who said he would love to play for the Rangers when he gets older, said he has faith in his hometown team and believes they will win tonight.
Like Ron Washington, Liam weighed his words when asked his reaction to all the hoopla.
After a pause, he said simply, “It’s good.”
Oct. 31, 2010
Art Project of the Day: “How To Explain It To My Parents”: A documentary series featuring abstract artists attempting to explain to their parents what exactly it is that they do.
The brainchild of Lerner & Sander, the Dutch team who brought us The Procrastinators, and once again commissioned by Limboland.tv, the series is a charming exercise in trying to explain abstract art in concrete terms and, for the most part, failing.
But the beauty of it lies in the simple human truth that it bespeaks — whatever we may do for a living and however poorly our parents may understand it, they love us anyway.
Oct. 31, 2010
Typographic Tees of the Day: Masashi Kawamura’s “T” shirts — a line of tees modeled after five familiar typefaces: Helvetica, Caslon, Baskerville, Courier, and Cooper Black.
Kawamura says:
In the designing process of these shirts, I aimed to capture the character of each typeface and tried to give them a unique look and presence once worn. By collaborating with Itaru Yonenaga, I feel we were able to produce a collection of shirts that is not only conceptual, but wearable as real clothes. I hope you will find your favorite shirt/typeface.
See the entire collection here.
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Earlier: Kawamura’s “Rainbow In Your Hand.”
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Oct. 31, 2010
SNL Digital Short of the Day: The not-so-triumphant return of partners in attempted-crime Rihanna and Shy Ronnie (Andy Samberg). HA HA!
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Earlier: Rihanna and Shy Ronnie are like fire and ice.
Oct. 31, 2010
Google Doodle of the Day: This year’s Halloween-themed Google Doodle is a Scooby-Doo mystery.
Meddling kids, etc.
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Oct. 31, 2010
Listicle of the Day: The 100 Best Signs At The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear.
The one above was the unofficial winner.
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