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This is comparatively old webernet news, but I finally saw these Japanese anatomy scrolls, and as a fan of macabre medical illustrations (I loves me my Mütter Museum), they’re quite compelling. (The blog post in turn links to the original files

I just stumbled across an amazing album of historic San Francisco Photographs on Calisphere. I’ve been digging through online collections of old SF photos, and most are muddy, brittle, damaged. These are in amazing shape and startling clear. So

Just found out about these folks in a review of the upcoming Animation Show 4. In America, they’re best-known product was the Coca-Cola ad “Videogame,” which I unabashedly love. In clicking around their filmography (requires a littl

In catching up with various media after my vacation, I got around to listening to a BusinessWeek Innovation Podcast with graphic design luminary Steven Heller on The Business of Web Design. Given the podcast’s title, I wasn’t at all read

Considered by many to still be the best car chase ever filmed, the classic scene from Bullitt has long amused San Franciscans as automobiles seemingly leap through wormholes to get to totally different parts of the city. Now a fan has provided a real

Here Comes Everybody, by Clay Shirky. In retrospect, it’s surprising that it took this long for Clay to write a book. Given my past run-ins with his postulations, I approached the book with some skepticism. It won me over, though, because, unli

The programming for UX Week is complete. The most recent additions are among the most exciting: Michael D. Robinson from Pixar will share with us their processes for turning story concepts into feature films, August de los Reyes and Dennis Wixon from

I’ve learned that my wedding band fits on the bulb of my nose perfectly. Photo by Stacy.

(also posted on adaptivepath.com) The demise of independent book stores gets a fair amount of coverage in the literate press. In the Bay Area, we’re witnessing the passing of Cody’s Books, a formerly venerable Berkeley institution whose f

After leaving Dublin, we spent 6 days or so in the West, first south of Galway, then north. The highlight for me was The Burren. It’s a stunning landscape that requires seeing in person to really understand. Still, I’ve Flickrd some ph