Cheri Messerli and David Rager’s home on The Selby.

Krysten Ritter’s home on The Selby.

Since Google Gears uses an Input Manager to work on the Mac, I was a little skeptical that Google Talk’s new Video Chat didn’t also use undocumented features to work.

I checked the installer package, though, and it’s a plain old browser extension. Who knew?

True, it’s beta, but it makes Google Talk even betta’.

If you’ve exhausted the Moscot options, you can check out Shuron Ltd., the South Carolina eyewear manufacturer that has been making frames since 1865.

Bridging the analog/digital gap is a worthwhile consideration in designing today’s products and experiences. There are definitely cost, availability, scalability, and ease issues associated with digital products, but the digitization of an analog experience often loses a key element of the story.

Poladroid is a fantastic cross-over from the analog space to the digital realm. Highly recommended and very fun to use.

This is application for Mac users that converts a digital image into a very good imitation of a Polaroid photograph. Not only does the application make the noise of a Polaroid taking a photo, but you even have to wait for the image to “develop.” It’s funny, because Polaroid is “instant” film which was supposed to be an improvement on celluloid film, but in the digital age, Polaroid has been replaced with truly instant photography and now the formerly-known-as-instant Polaroid process is relatively time-consuming.

But seriously, download this application. It’s great. If you use a PC, it is supposed to be available some time in November.

(Thanks to Wummer. Hey, your Phillies did alright.)

MTV posts every music video online!

This news comes as a surprise because I had thought that MTV had nothing to do with music since the mid-90’s. Maybe someone at headquarters found the key to that hitherto “secret closet” and discovered that they used to do music videos and thought it would be real “throw-back” to post them on the internet.

Sarcasm aside, good job. It’s amazing to have this archive available.

Via Signal vs. Noise

Ok. I ordered some stuff on the internets that I need really soon. Everything was honky dory until I got an email from UPS saying that my package is an “exception” to delivery, which means that I won’t get it on schedule. This is my tracking information:

The Look 586 Mondrian.

Via VeloNews.

This is the music video for Clap Your Brains Off, the first single by No Somos Machos Pero Somos Muchos (NSM PSM).

Interestingly, the video was shot by Frank Beltrán using only a Canon EOS-1D Mark III, a digital SLR with no ostensible video mode. It can, however, shoot 10 frames per second (which explains the jerky footage on the otherwise smooth Vimeo) for about 10 seconds.

Also, check out the making of Clap Your Brains Off.

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