Category: Daily Links

“I downloaded the Lisa emulator, got a ROM, and found a copy of the LOS, both of which are necessary for the emulator to work.” (The Lisa was one of the early Apple computers).

Good review of ‘Zidane’.

Awesome graphic design work from Stalinist Russia. Some of these were on display in the Tate recently. via things magazine

‘A colleague of ours found this set of building blocks to help children learn English.’ These are very funny.

Terrifying. Via Metafilter: “A man arrested because he had a cell phone and a shovel met a similar fate. The army contended the shovel could be used to plant an IED and the cell phone could be used to help set it off”

deeply, deeply odd.

‘It is every soccer goalkeeper’s dream: a simple trick that increases the odds of blocking that crucial penalty shot.’

via Pruned

kawaiiiii!

via things magazine

via Design Observer: ‘James Spencer photographed legends as they made history. He shot regularly at the Apollo during the ‘60s and ‘70s, rode around Manhattan with Muhammad Ali, and traveled as James Brown’s personal photographer.’

I could play with this for hours. Adobe’s online colour-scheme generator.

One of the most memorable artworks I’ve seen in the past few years was ‘A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai)’.