September 29 (14) 18:01 pm
Where are the programming people? This is a site to learn/compete: CodinGame.
Programming games are turn-based. On each turn, you will get info from standard input (like a map, the enemies, etc.), then your code computes a strategy and writes an action to standard output (like shoot or move).



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via: Lee Nelson
August 20 (14) 09:53 am
Adam Ferriss experiments with all sorts of tools in making his algorithmic art, from Processing and other creative coding frameworks to real-time shaders and post-processing video effects.

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Sometimes he distorts photographs he finds, running them through a gauntlet of digital mutations until they’re something entirely new.

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Be ready to be blown away. Careful extreme animated visual permutations. Want to give it a try? Download his open-source files.
Don’t miss his about page for more links to artworks.


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via: Wired
August 18 (14) 11:01 am
Balboa Technology was started from a private/personal project fully realized as BalboaTech.com in 2003, to save individuals and businesses time, money and headache.

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We offer a full range of web hosting and related services. Shared hosting, cloud hosting, managed virtual dedicated servers, dedicated servers with more to come.
Domain registration and DNS services. SSL, trust and site security services. Streaming (ShoutCast and ICEcast) services. Consulting and IT services. Data centers around the world.
Our partcular focus is on security, reliability, good pricing and most important: having the happiest clients possible.
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NETDIVER promo code:
20% off first year hosting.
August 15 (14) 14:17 pm
I actually reviewed the ‘first’ Nooka and this one tops it – designed by extra talented Matthew Waldman who describes himself as techno-progressivist, New Yorker, artist, educator.

ndlr: For more funkies -> store.
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Read Forbes coverage:
Trying To Rebuild A Company With Crowdfunding: Nooka by Karsten Strauss
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and then if you like – get one!

August 11 (14) 16:42 pm
I remember – when we ‘upgraded’ to Netscape (and proudly own a ‘hard’ copy).. don’t recall which browser we were using prior in ’95. I recall vividly Bill infamous: "I don’t believe in the Internet" and the big ensuing vicious attack by M$.
Epic and devastating.
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Marc Andreessen may have known what he was getting into when he cowrote Mosaic at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications, but it wasn’t until he graduated from college and met with some Silicon Valley types that the Web revolution really began.

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In 1994 Andreessen launched Netscape Communications, offering his new Navigator Web browser (based on Mosaic) to the world. Finally, users outside of the academic world would get a taste of HTML, and nothing has been the same since.
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Netscape browser archive.

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Netscape chose Netdiver as one of their *Best of What’s New* (Dive in) link from August 2000 to Jan 2001.

July 14/00 *Rage of the day * site by Netscape editors (Dive in).

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Don’t know how they found our fledging little online magazine. Maybe we could submit – can’t recall. But in the end – we actually owe Netscape putting Netdiver Mag on the map sorta speaking – sending huge traffic and giving us massive visibility.
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How Microsoft Attacked the Beast who created Netscape, Mozilla Firefox & Skype.
“It was like a visit from Don Corleone, I expected to see a bloodied computer on my bed next day” – Marc Andreessen to Microsoft.
View the full video!

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via: Jan Jursa + Jason Kokkte + PCWorld
August 11 (14) 13:07 pm
Woot!!! Get £50 discount (that’s about 15% discount). Promo code: NETDIVER50 – expires August 22nd – to attend upcoming Reasons to be creative conference.
Upcoming: September 1-3
Where: Brighton, UK

August 1 (14) 09:43 am
Aether is a superb cone shaped streaming music device – turn the dial and voilà! Play another Internet ‘channel’ or playlist. You can even ‘talk’ to choose something else.
View videos to see how it work.
Genial!


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ndlr: Andrew and Carissa Gallo co-directed the very cool brand film.
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Communication Arts 24-25—calls for entries.
Interactive — October 25/24
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Alt Summit 2024.
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YouWorkForThem — Good design needs good fonts! YWFT is privately owned and run by designers.
Rocking it since 2001.
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They LUV design! #13
Mind-blowing visual feats and original designs I recently discovered.
Previously: #12 - #11 - #10 - #9 - #8 - #7 - #6 - #5 - #4 - #3 - #2 - #1

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They LUV drawing! #3
Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message.

Previously: #1 - #2
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A type of Show #5 – I love typography - these projects caught my eye.
Previously: #4 - #3 - #2 - #1

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Moodboards #1 – Branding collaterals staged and served with conceptual brilliance.

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