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blunt_

  1. Bingo! Sweet electromagnetic levitation creates responsive haptic interface. From MIT: youtu.be/-i2kJMJz7Wg /via @uncleunvoid #fullhouse
  2. Imagine a world where Yahoo isn't shit. @Jason outlines 5 steps to awesome: bit.ly/KQryy4
  3. Wearable computing strikes back; and how! Pilates training vest with iOS sync: ow.ly/b5IUI /via @annadahlstrom
  4. “Facebook is not only on course to go bust, but will take the rest of the ad-supported Web with it." Incisive ouch: technologyreview.com/web/40437/?p1=…
  5. @ux_matt Was it [ 1d10t ]?
  6. Like a fancy Raspberry Pi... New $74 Android mini computer is slightly larger than a thumb drive arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/0… /via @thatbrock
  7. The real story behind Pixar's "pain is temporary..." mantra? The making of Toy Story 2: tnw.to/1EUQh #suckisforever
  8. Lovely article by @carr2n on the Atavist storytelling platform (and their long list of heavy hitting angel investors): nyti.ms/K9IstA
  9. @SomeOfJess Oh! I didn't even get that! Still, never let (a lot) of bugs get between you and a $100m buyout.
  10. Can confirm it's been emotional (and that you get stuck on 99) RT @SomeOfJess & @blunt_ have reached our glorious century on #DrawSomething
  11. Amazed that so many women still buy make-up from @BobbiBrown after what he did to poor Whitney Houston...
  12. You know you're getting old when you read that Kevin Bacon is "playing an FBI agent who comes out of retirement to catch the serial killer."
  13. @Guffy ... although I can now confirm that I am.
  14. @Guffy I can neither confirm, nor deny :)
  15. ... but not technologically determined (natch).
  16. Oh yeah, and we saw @henryjenkins too. Much pith for the jist of the matter that is spreadable media. And lo, he saw it, and it was good...
  17. General topics for discussion with @southbites this evening: the state of the nation (standard), food and the Sappir-Whorf thesis. Thanks!
  18. Deeply interesting... Why has no animal evolved wheels? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating_… /via @aaronpk
  19. Mawkish, much? #TheVoice
  20. Intruder at the gates instagr.am/p/KhiSAHx2Rw/