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The Economics of Infomercials
The Graveyard Slot is an inverse inflection point in the profit curves of two very different businesses. For local TV stations, the juice isn’t worth the squeeze. Producing content to air on these hours would cost more than it would return. Selling the timeslot for pennies on the dollar isn’t ideal, but it’s a better…
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Sam’s Myth
Sam's Myth.
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This is the perfectly likable Instagram image | VentureBeat
With 150 million users sharing 16 billion photos and liking a billion of them every single day, Instagram is getting to be a more and more crowded platform. As such, if you want to stand out, it’s getting harder and harder. After analyzing over eight million images, Curulate found the common elements of shareable, likable…
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Radian by Alpine Labs
Radian by Alpine Labs.
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Cassette Film
Cassette Film.
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The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Got the Way They Are
Today I bought a set of 14 Krueger fiberglass stacking chairs, found on Craigslist. While I wish they had been Eames, I’m not going to complain; their price and condition makes them great all-around use chairs (and for the price and condition I don’t need to worry about their collect-ability, instead enjoying them for their…
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Eames DCW, Craigslist Find
Picked up my first Eames DCW today-after one sit I finally understand the hype.
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Hail Cannon, Basketball Cannon
Watching this made me very happy.
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Singing Circuits: Who Needs Synths When a No-Input Mixer Sounds This Gorgeous? – Create Digital Music
Hypnotic and chant-like, this Christian Carrière composition hums and vibrates with what sounds like a chorus of electronic synthesizers.But that’s not what you’re hearing. It’s actually all a “no-input mixer” – a rig that makes use of controlled feedback rather than any other source of sound. It is, as Montreal-based composer Christian describes it, the…
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Rhizome | The Impossible Music of Black MIDI
Rhizome | The Impossible Music of Black MIDI.