Day: December 24, 2013

Art

Bah, Humbug: Holiday Specials for People Who Hate the Holidays

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As reported on Wired. BY RACHEL EDIDIN Are you a Christmas Person? Do you spend the last five months of every year in breathless anticipation, stockpiling decorations and preparing holiday playlists in October so you’ll have them on hand the moment the clock ticks past midnight after Thanksgiving Day? Go away. This isn’t for you. This one’s for the rest of us: the ones for whom Christmas is frustrating and fraught and painful. It’s for the…

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Art

Parisian graffiti block preserved in digital 3D ahead of demolition

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris For the best part of a decade, Paris’ Magasins Généraux Pantin has played host to street artists from all over the French capital and beyond. Originally an embodiment of French industry, the building closed at the turn of the century, only to be reimagined as “Graffiti Général,” a five-floor monument to graffiti. The building is now scheduled for refurbishment in a story that’ll sound familiar to anyone following…

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iPhone Photography

The Verge at work: making perfect pictures on your iPhone

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As reported on The Verge. By Jordan Oplinger  Create the ultimate mobile darkroom The Verge at Work is a series about process. We’re not scientists, and we’re not gurus, we’re just trying to get some work done. The solutions presented here are highly personal, and highly personalized. Not the only way, but our way. I’m in love with the photo-making process: from the click of the shutter to the final product, it’s magic to me. And although…

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Android Application

AllCast Gives Your Android Device AirPlay Video Powers And Streams To Other Devices, Too

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington Android app AllCast has just left beta, and is now available as a full version for all to try out. There’s a free version and a paid license, so you can find out if this Swiss army knife of media streamers for Google’s mobile OS works for you. It accomplishes the impressive feat of letting you stream from your Android phone or tablet to the Apple TV, or any other…

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News

UK pardons computing pioneer Alan Turing

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS Campaigners have spent years demanding that the UK exonerate computing legendAlan Turing, and they’re finally getting their wish. Queen Elizabeth II has just used her royal prerogative to pardon Turing, 61 years after an indecency conviction that many now see as unjust. The criminal charge shouldn’t overshadow Turing’s vitalcryptoanalysis work during World War II, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said when explaining the move. The pardon is a purely symbolic gesture, but an…

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