Ben Cook | Interactive Designer - Blog

Laser Cut Wooden Records by Amanda Ghassaei

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:05:00 +0100

Just like any vinyl record, designer Amanda Ghassaei has attempted to reproduce accurate soundbytes by converting digital audio files onto laser-cut wooden records with a precision of 1200dpi. unlike hi-fi audio, the acoustics are rendered in a resolution of 4-5 bits, ( the typical mp3 audio is 16 bit), and a sampling rate up to about 4.5kHz (mp3 is 44.1kHz).

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Today's Ride

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:18:20 +0000

Biting Elbows - Bad Motherfucker (Insane Office Escape 2)

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:23:49 +0000

Biting Elbows - Bad Motherfucker (Insane Office Escape 2)

Making Art From Other Art, Using Microsoft PowerPoint

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:50:00 +0000

POWERPOINT, A SOLO SHOW OF GERMAN ARTIST MICHAEL RIEDEL, TAKES THE 23-YEAR-OLD PROGRAM AS A JUMPING OFF POINT.

Michael Riedel copies. He copies the work of others, he copies his own work, and he invites others to do the same. In his hometown of Frankfurt, he is infamous for staging copycat art shows, concerts, and even people.

Read the full story here

Todays Ride

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Weekend Ride

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Absolutely soaking wet and cold by the end of it - so cut short but about 5-7miles.

A Branding Agency Reinvents The Perfume Business

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:38:00 +0000

COMMODITY, AN ONLINE SCENT BOUTIQUE, IS AIMING TO CHANGE THE INDUSTRY.

The fragrance industry—a realm of cheesy commercials and tenuous celeb endorsements—has been fairly untouched by the Internet age, unless you count the flourishing knockoff economy. “The biggest challenge is that you can’t smell what you see online,” says Yo Santosa, the creative director of the L.A. agency Ferroconcrete and co-founder of new online scent company Commodity. “Currently the fragrance market is saturated with shirtless male models and lofty slogans. We wanted to create something modern that felt accessible even if you’re not into fragrances.”

Photo

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:52:08 +0000

Watch Entire 'Game of Thrones' Season 2 in Just 14 Minutes

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:06:15 +0000

Two spanking new grid books from DOTGRID.CO - thanks to Sam Page...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:42:07 +0000

Two spanking new grid books from DOTGRID.CO - thanks to Sam Page at 7dots

”Dot grid books for designers and illustrators. Made with love in the UK.”

LEZYNE MicroDrive LED Light ComboIt became apparent today I...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:58:04 +0000

LEZYNE MicroDrive LED Light Combo

It became apparent today I don’t seem to have bright enough lights - even for the daytime. So I picked these up from CycleSurgery earlier - seem fairly bright for a little unit. USB chargeable too which is nice.

Todays Rainy Ride

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:42:33 +0000

Today's Ride

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:40:00 +0000

Stop it Santander. Just Stop.

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:02:00 +0000

I’m not the biggest fan of advertisements at the best of times…but this is absolutely horrible. It just simply makes me shudder with embarrassment for knowing who the sports personalities are.

Awkward doesn’t do it justice.

Finally, a lunchtime ride.

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:17:00 +0000

I actually managed to juggle some work things and get out on the bike for the first time in a long time today - rusty just isn’t the word - and I don’t mean the bike.

Interested in the course - then you can see it here

Tip-top 90’s Playlist this. Well done Leon Clements. Well...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:27:33 +0000

Tip-top 90’s Playlist this.

Well done Leon Clements. Well done indeed.

ATOMS FOR PEACE - AMOKThoroughly enjoying this album this...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:53:52 +0000

ATOMS FOR PEACE - AMOK

Thoroughly enjoying this album this week.

Atoms For Peace - Ingenue (by XLRecordings)

Outlook.com Officially Replaces Hotmail

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:34:00 +0000

Outlook.com officially launched Tuesday, marking the demise of its predecessor, Hotmail.

Nearly seven months after unveiling a preview of the email service last July, Microsoft announced the end of its beta run in a blog post.

Microsoft, which acquired Hotmail in 1997, said it will switch users to the new service “soon,” but won’t force them to change their emails to an “outlook.com” address. It added that all users should expect to see the change take place by this summer.

“Everything from their @hotmail.com email address, password, messages, folders, contacts, rules, replies, etc. will stay the same, with no disruption in service.”

The software giant also revealed that over 60 million people are actively using Outlook.com.

Originally from Mashable

Dropify - Social File Sharing

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:53:13 +0000

Dropify provide a way for people to both publish and discover awesome free files. With dropify, people share the download activity with their friends on their Facebook timeline and news feed resulting in major coverage.

More info here:

http://dropify.com

http://blog.dropify.com

NIKE Air Huarache OG

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:59:52 +0000

Some sneaker fans will be very happy about these news – the Nike Air Huarache OG returns in two colorways for Spring 2013. Still one of the most iconic sneakers to ever come out, innovative when it first came out and extremely comfortable, the Air Huarache OG will drop in limited numbers on February 22nd.

Originally from HighSnobiety