Robert Denton

Staggering work of genius from Portland, Maine – Gardener, Photographer, Designer, Taco Maker, Birder, Biker, Wine Merchant

Archive for December, 2009

Pushing Your Buttons by Ralph Gamelli – The Morning News

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Pushing Your Buttons by Ralph Gamelli – The Morning News. Introducing iBox 2G, the fastest, most powerful way to satisfy your greed and simultaneously kill a complete stranger

The FP Global Thinkers Book Club | Foreign Policy

Friday, December 18th, 2009

The FP Global Thinkers Book Club | Foreign Policy.

On sorting…

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Just a thought, when shopping online, how often do you really want to sort by Price: High to Low? I mean in all practical applications you’ve done your research on which product already thereby making the decision on wether to buy a cheap, middle of the road, or high end thing. Right?

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Introduction – Cleaning Digital Cameras – D-SLR Sensor Cleaning..

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

John's Beer Drinking Records

Friday, December 4th, 2009

John’s Beer Drinking Records. Wow!

"The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach | Fast Company"

Friday, December 4th, 2009

The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach | Fast Company. Well I’ve always called it “Design Within Reach ? of 2% of the Population”. I was always under the impression that modern design practice was about mass production thereby enabling more people to enjoy well designed objects, not to push design into a more […]

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Friday, December 4th, 2009

It’s that time which always reminds me of: Room 222 theme song

Friday, December 4th, 2009

http://www.unlikelywords.com/2009/11/17/25-media-maxims-from-ken-auletta/ Ken Auletta from the New Yorker wrote a book about Google, “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It”? and before he published it, he cut the last chapter of 25 media maxims. Click the link above to read the chapter, or see below to see them in cribbed form. You might […]

Interesting, cut up representation of 50 largest metro areas, Portland Maine makes the cut

Friday, December 4th, 2009

50 states and 50 metros. The fifty largest metro areas (in blue), disaggregated from their states (in orange). Each has been scaled and sorted according to population. The metro areas are US-Census defined CBSAs and MSAs. It took me a moment to grok it, for instance, there are no labels but if you hold your […]