Tumblr (3.0; @tdeffen)http://tdeffen.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IeA9gH_iWXY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IeA9gH_iWXY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lonelysandwich.com/post/428749512/how-to-iron-a-shirt">lonelysandwich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>“Ironing techniques by professional craftsmen (shirt)” - プロの職人によるアイロンがけテクニック(ワイシャツ)</b></p> <p>This short instructional film showcases unmatchably masterful ironing technique that we’d all do well to learn from, but it’s also one of the most absorbing, delicious demo videos I’ve ever seen.</p> <p>via <a href="http://twitter.com/joelzimmer/status/10035958154"><span>Joel Zimmer</span></a>, from a series of similarly beautiful instructional videos at <a href="http://garra.jp/style/tailored/index.html">Garra.jp</a> (WARNING: ALL-FLASH and Japanese)</p> </blockquote>http://tdeffen.com/post/428826116http://tdeffen.com/post/428826116Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:02:06 -0600<object width="400" height="292"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/JamieOliver_2010-medium.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JamieOliver-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=765&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=jamie_oliver;year=2010;theme=ted_prize_winners;theme=a_taste_of_ted2010;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TED2010;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="292" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/JamieOliver_2010-medium.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JamieOliver-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=765&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=jamie_oliver;year=2010;theme=ted_prize_winners;theme=a_taste_of_ted2010;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TED2010;"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://saltandfat.com/post/387774533/jamie-oliver-has-been-doing-some-great-work-trying" class="tumblr_blog">saltandfat</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Jamie Oliver has been doing some great work trying to educate people about food to combat the Western epidemic of obesity. He won the 2010 TEDPrize and wants to <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html?awesm=on.ted.com_886s&utm_medium=on.ted.com-jamieoliver&utm_source=direct-on.ted.com&utm_content=site-custom">teach every child about food</a>.</p></blockquote>http://tdeffen.com/post/390174892http://tdeffen.com/post/390174892Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:51:55 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QuVtO6otu_U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QuVtO6otu_U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/374724343/patrick-stewart-on-modern-technology-2-minutes">mrgan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Patrick Stewart on modern technology (2 minutes total). Spoiler: he’s not big on Twitter, but don’t let that stop you from hearing his thoughts on the iPhone, email and the Internet, and gaming.</p> </blockquote>http://tdeffen.com/post/379227202http://tdeffen.com/post/379227202Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:20:07 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJarz7BYnHA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJarz7BYnHA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Red Letter Media (The guy who did the <a title="70 minute Phantom Menace review" href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/12/17/watch-this-70-minute-video-review-of-star-wars-the-phantom-menace/">70 minute Phantom Menace review</a>) review Avatar. Funny and insightful if you agree that Avatar was lame and shallow. Don’t forget to watch <a title="part two" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzKwTcGO_0">part two</a>.</p>http://tdeffen.com/post/367452110http://tdeffen.com/post/367452110Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:16:55 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku9ebuAgNy1qas1o4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Garfield, transformed into Santa Clause using some horrible Jim Davis Christmas magic.</p>http://tdeffen.com/post/272493499http://tdeffen.com/post/272493499Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:47:39 -0600<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjsh27vBM1qas1o4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Strom Thurmond would be proud.</p>http://tdeffen.com/post/254011101http://tdeffen.com/post/254011101Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:55:35 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kte3d5vv2m1qas1o4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thunder Road Burger:</p> <p>Pimento cheese</p> <p>Carmelized onions</p> <p>Jalepeño peppers</p> <p>Made by @secros (with love)</p>http://tdeffen.com/post/250406706http://tdeffen.com/post/250406706Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:05:05 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktbqfuml2Y1qas1o4o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve been curious about subpixel rendering lately, and trying to figure out why, when you zoom in on a bitmapped text character, instead of black and white, it shows up with blue, maroon, goldenrod and all sorts of weird colors.</p> <p>Steve Gibson explains the <a title="Theory of Subpixel Rendering" href="http://www.grc.com/ctwhat.htm">theory of subpixel rendering</a> and the <a title="implementation details" href="http://www.grc.com/cttech.htm">implementation</a>.</p> <p>In my setup, there’s a magnified 400% image of 4 of the character “A”, from straight whole-pixel black and white, then on-off subpixels, then with the color-balanced algorithm run once, and twice. The rightmost set of “A” is rendered using Microsoft’s built-in subpixel rendering system “ClearType”.</p>http://tdeffen.com/post/248813289http://tdeffen.com/post/248813289Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:31:06 -0600pixelssubpixeldisplay technology<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktbbnk3o7k1qas1o4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Creepshow” 1982</p>http://tdeffen.com/post/248559725http://tdeffen.com/post/248559725Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:11:24 -0600<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktb8c5WFRK1qas1o4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Someone pissed the ottoman. EDIT: You couldn’t see the piss-stain until after you picked up the dog.</p>http://tdeffen.com/post/248503718http://tdeffen.com/post/248503718Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:59:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktaf9dw9lM1qas1o4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tumblr told me to take a picture of myself, so here it is!</p>http://tdeffen.com/post/248059758http://tdeffen.com/post/248059758Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:32:01 -0600