NxtUp...Orange Eye®
For the Hot Guy
So very, very hot!
Thursday, April 30
NxtUp...Living
The Return of Disco
The 30-year cycle of holds true with the return of disco. "Just when the economic situation is getting everyone down and dreary, there would appear to be a shiny, glitter-ball of light at the end of the tunnel. Usually saved for the Christmas party, disco is experiencing a serious comeback, proving it’s Stayin’ Alive in 2009. But don’t anticipate the familiar cheese; this revival isn’t for the faint hearted. London’s new disco scene boasts a whole host of nights catering to the musical needs of those with disco fever".
source
NxtUp...Cinema
"Order of Chaos"
"In a world of no absolutes, right and wrong is just a matter of perspective".
Smashing poster design.
imdb
NxtUp...Architecture
The Super-tall Stall
The future is on hold. Shown are plans that may or may not be completed.
Via Conde Nast
Wednesday, April 29
NxtUp...Apple
Blu-Ray? Finally!
"Steve Jobs previously stated the Blu-ray was “a big bag of hurt,” but the new iTunes 8.2 splash screen mentions the format nevertheless. This, of course, could mean two things. One, Apple is about to support Blu-ray in it’s media organization software and disc info will be provided by Gracenote. Or two, it’s just something the lawyers wanted to included within the legalese of iTunes as some sort of future proofing".
crunchgear.com
NxtUp...iPhone
Build-a-Lot App
Be your own slumlord with the strategy app Build-a-lot. "Manage your time and resources while meeting the goals in either Career or Casual Mode. Houses and buildings are constructed with workers and materials with each structure requiring a different amount of each. The Rambler, for instance, is the least expensive house to build and requires the time of 1 worker and 75 building materials. When completed, a Rambler will earn you $750 a month in rent and be worth $50,000 when resold. To maximize your monthly profits, houses need to be upgraded".
toucharcade.com
NxtUp...Diagrams
The Maginot Line
The Maginot Line named after French Minister of Defense André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, artillery casemates, machine gun posts, and other defenses, which France constructed along its borders with Germany and Italy, in the light of experience from World War I, and in the run-up to World War II. Generally the term describes either the entire system or just the defenses facing Germany.
This diagram looks as if it is a lair for a supervillian.
Wiki
Tuesday, April 28
NxtUp...Living
I love this room!
This room was designed by Eileen Kathryn Boyd for the 2009 Kips Bay Show House.
colourmehappyblog
NxtUp...Books
"The Dark Volume"
"Readers unfamiliar with bestseller Dahlquist's 2006 debut, The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, which is set in an alternate world similar to Victorian Europe, may have trouble following this complicated sequel, despite the preparatory word on what has already happened at the start. In The Glass Books, West Indies plantation heiress Celeste Temple, naval surgeon Abelard Svenson and criminal Cardinal Chang joined forces to combat an evil cabal that smelted a mineral into a psychotropic blue glass that captures human memory. Temple, who survived the previous book's cinematic climax involving a gunfight in a sinking dirigible, finds herself suspected of a series of mysterious murders, while Svenson and Chang discover new enemies to thwart. Too much going on at the same time, including less than engaging confrontations with various over-the-top villains, undermines a clever concept that may yet be the basis for a solid adventure series".
"The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters" was a really good read. I plan to pick this new Dahlquist book soon.
amazon.com
NxtUp...PS3Damnation
Damnation is the new game that takes the third-person-shooter genre vertical with massive 3-dimensional environments, and a unique steampunk style and character that provides the backdrop for some intense action gaming.
Available April 30
damnationthegame.com
NxtUp...Transportation
Prototype & Concept Airplanes
These are weird & cool. See others at the link.
weburbanist.com
Monday, April 27
NxtUp...Entertainment
Bridget's Sexiest Beaches
You know that girl that has a sick body & is smarter than she wants you
to believe? That is Bridget, she used 'balustrade' in a sentence of all things.
Bridget was in gorgeous Croatia with one of her BFFs and the episode was a scream because straight men are such idiots around her.
link
NxtUp...LOLz
Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel
"I still look over my shoulder to make sure that
idiot cowboy's not behind me."
dependablerenegade.com
Sunday, April 26
NxtUp...Books
"The Margarets"
Sheri S. Tepper's novel "full of fascinating characters and beautifully detailed settings, Tepper's complex and multifaceted far-future SF novel follows the many selves of Mars colonist Margaret Bain on a mission to save the human race from annihilation. Long ago, hairless bipeds earned the eternal hatred of the foul-tempered Quaatar after some prehumans stowed away on a Quaatar survey ship. Now humankind is at the brink of self-destruction through overpopulation and ecological collapse. The farsighted Gentherans have taken up the human cause within the Interstellar Trade Organization, but as Earthgov struggles to conform to ISTO's enforced sterilization laws while trading excess children for offworld water, the Quaatar continue plotting to destroy humanity. Only Margaret, a secret organization called the Third Order of the Siblinghood and the truth behind an old Gentheran folktale can stop the genocide and give humanity a future. As always, Locus Award–winner Tepper (The Companions) wields grand science fiction themes with skill, vision and a twist of black humor".
Source io9.com
NxtUp...iPhone
10 Apps for Designers
1. WhatTheFont
2. Cool Iris
3. Bill4Time mobile
4. TED
5. Wordpress
6. From a Twisted Mind
7. Dictionaire
8. Evernote
9. SimpleMind Xpress Mind Maps
10. Twitterfon
links here
Saturday, April 25
NxtUp...First Ladies
Two Women I Admire...
Jordan's Queen Rania & First Lady Michelle Obama.
whitehouse.gov
NxtUp...Events
The Latin Wave
As Latin American films continue to flood the most prestigious film festivals around the world, we have made a selection of some of the best of those works for the 4th annual Latin Wave film festival at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
The invite is wonderful to me.
link
Friday, April 24
Thursday, April 23
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