Diversionary: Elsewhere http://www.diversionary.net/daily/elsewhere/ Collected links and detritus from a online news designer and photographer living in Sydney, Australia. en Copyright 2008 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:52:09 +0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[A B&O tonemeister is blogging about sound]]> A B&O tonemeister is blogging about sound

Should be an interesting read (weird that commenters are identified using the overly-formal sounding full title Mr).

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This appeals to my inner typography nerd.

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Brilliant.

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It would seem that Gap have way too much money. At least they fund good things with it.

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The Guardian's behind-the-scenes blog explains how an ad ends up in the printed paper. In my experience, ads online are a whole different ballgame, but still the same at heart.

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Clever branding, and a massive improvement on the earlier identity.

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Sometimes I get the same: "There’s one project I’m working on now where the [work] process seems to be: stare at the ceiling, cruise the web till I get carpal tunnel syndrome, bother every coworker I can find, bang my forehead on my monitor, then walk home dejectedly."

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It's also visually beautiful.

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Beautiful photos from the cover shoot. See also behind the scenes video and article.

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I'm loving the woodcut prints and the giant letters. And I'm always a sucker for old London Underground paraphernalia.

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An ultra-closeup photo of an insect covered in dew.

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The follow up to their earlier slow-mo Home Depot.

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"If Yahoo agrees to the deal with Microsoft [...] it will be Google holding the shotgun."

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A food microbiologist digs into double-dipping for the New York Times.

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Why is this not obvious to everyone else?

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