"My wife hates it when I work from home," writes Banksy on Instagram.
When Banksy has to work from home
What happened to the nerdy girl from Rock and Roll High School?
[The following is from the free version of my newsletter, The Magnet. Sign up here to subscribe. — Mark] The two most memorable 1979 movies about teenagers are Over the Edge and Rock and Roll High School. If you're in the mood for realism, watch Over the Edge, which was inspired by a true story of disaffected teens going… READ THE REST
The perfect textmode font
Polyducks' Kitchen Sink is a textmode font that summons nearly half a century of application, game and art design in the humble 8×8 pixel grid and distills it into 256 well-picked chars. It's amazingly versatile for such a small set: text, landscapes, characters, box-drawing, maps, dithering textures, bars, stars, the lot. What is this?This is… READ THE REST
Neatly sliced Leicas
Fabian Oefner's (previously and previously at BB) Heisenberg Objekt No. III comprises of Leica M6 cameras sliced neatly into geometric shapes that reveal their internal structures, like the horse in that old J.Lo horror movie. [via DPReview] Fabian Oefner`s work explores the boundaries between time, space and reality. He creates fictional moments and spaces, that… READ THE REST
This precision gaming gear set will instantly give your gameplay a boost
For PC gaming, precision and coordination are always important, so compatibility is a constant issue worth considering. If your keyboard doesn't play nice with your mouse, there could be a problem. With that in mind, you can actually pick up an entire gaming controller set that is dynamically engineered to ensure all pieces work together… READ THE REST
Rosetta Stone is considered the gold standard of language learning software and it's on sale at almost half off
For almost 30 years, if you ever thought about learning a foreign language online, one name would always come to mind: Rosetta Stone. As one of the pioneers in the field, the Rosetta Stone software has become virtually synonymous with language learning. And with years of innovation under its belt in assembling a world-class language… READ THE REST
The Rollova 2.0 ditches old rulers for super-easy digital measurement
We've come a long way, haven't we, civilization? In ancient times, we used to measure everything from weight to distance with the most rudimentary of instruments. A stone was literally how much a particular stone weighed as a unit of measurement. And a foot was…yeah, a foot. Put enough heel-to-toe paces together and you knew… READ THE REST