Jason Kottke

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posted Jun 20 @ 04:15 PM by Jason Kottke  ยท  gift linkPlay Along With This Gestural Verbing Interactive VideoI love this interactive video at Design Ah! Exhibition Neo at Tokyo Node. The display introduces the audience to a series of simple hand gestures, followed by some outcomes of their performance, e.g. a squeezing motion leading to soapy spray on a window or toothpaste on a toothbrush. This looks like it would be super fun in person.

1 week ago | kottke.org | Jason Kottke

You Sure You're In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With Everything That's Going On? · theonion.comHey, guys. It’s me, acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson. I just finished my latest movie, The Phoenician Scheme, and it’s going to be great. It’s got everything—an ensemble cast of A-listers, set designs to die for, and a mid-century setting in exotic locales. But real quick, before I go ahead and rele

1 week ago | kottke.org | Jason Kottke

I have now seen sucrose beaches and water a very bright blue. I have seen an all-red leisure suit with flared lapels. I have smelled suntan lotion spread over 2,100 pounds of hot flesh. I have been addressed as “Mon” in three different nations. I have seen 500 upscale Americans dance the Electric Slide. I have seen sunsets that looked computer-enhanced. I have (very briefly) joined a conga line. I have seen a lot of really big white ships. I have seen schools of little fish with fins that glow.

1 week ago | kottke.org | Jason Kottke

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1 week ago | kottke.org | Jason Kottke

When In RomeOk, having been all over the western Mediterranean for the past two weeks, I’m back. *sigh* Here, without comment or context (I know, I know), are some of the things I saw:Not pictured: a bunch of amazing food we ate over the course of the trip.