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May 11, 2012

67: Abundant thing

Hello.

This video comes in from @alicebartlett, who says “I love the frisson of excitement when they realise they are both WoW players, it makes my stomach do a little flip, even as an observer. And the bit at the end. SO GOOD.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMio1UsgraU
(Thanks, Alice)

Phil Gyford is righteously, and rightly, indignant about ‘blog’ vs ‘blogpost’
http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2012/05/09/blog-blogpost.php

Chris Anderson: It’s Time to Manage for Abundance, Not Scarcity
“We had gotten stuck thinking that storage was expensive, when in fact it had become dirt cheap. We treated the abundant thing—hard drive capacity—as if it were scarce, and the scarce thing—people’s time—as if it were abundant.”
http://www.wired.com/print/techbiz/it/magazine/17-07/mf_freer

If children’s drawings were made into toys
http://todayilearned.co.uk/2012/04/28/there-is-a-company-which-makes-toys-based-on-childrens-drawings/
(via Margaret Robertson)

Recursive drawing
This is amazing. Well worth watching the video first to really appreciate how powerful this seemingly simple thing is.
http://recursivedrawing.com/
(via Waxy)

Inamo offers “an innovative oriental fusion restaurant and bar that couples interactive ordering with a high standard of food”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8kzFfJ5Gg
(via @alexbainbridge. Thanks, Alex)

Lego on Hoth
I’m not usually a fan of Lego being combined with non-Lego props and practical effects, but this is a really lovely photo set.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avanaut/sets/72157622598924063/
(via @Hinchcliffe. Thanks, Rob)


Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
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