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Josh Spear: I'm a frequent-flyer-mile-collector trying to visit every country in the world, sushi addict that loves omakase and active investor. Since 2004 this site has been a place for me to share highlights from art, culture, technology and global trends that I care about.


Beaterator

Posted on March 7, 2005 Under Music

Veteran video game makers Rockstar Games recently introduced a flash-enabled real time music sequencing tool called Beaterator-- and it's damn neat. The application is completely web based and free to use. You can sequence up to 8-tracks using loops from…

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HP DJammer

Posted on March 4, 2005 Under Life

Wired Magazine has a great little article about HP's wild invention they're calling the "DJammer". I haven't quite finished forming my opinion on this thing, although the technology seems pretty impressive. It allows a DJ to mimic the sound of…

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Nosferatu

Posted on March 4, 2005 Under Design

I don't usually cover much of the designer toy movement--it's not that I don't like the products it's just that I think there is far too much to cover. Although with that said I thought this one was far too…

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Edit Magazine

Posted on March 3, 2005 Under Life

gettyimages, the excellent resource for stock photos--just started a magazine called "Edit". I've been using getty for some time and I'm thrilled to see them moving forward. They're calling it "A Magazine by the people who create images, for the…

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Sneaker Fridge

Posted on March 3, 2005 Under Fashion

I'm always on the lookout for online shops that keep hot kicks in stock. Sneaker Fridge is still small, but they promise to keep the customers as their #1 priority. I'm pleased to see such a nice little collection of…

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Yahba’s Opus

Posted on March 2, 2005 Under Gadgetry

Yahba has created a new set of affordable in-ear headphones called the Opus. They got a very favorable review at iPodlounge, an A- grade and the coveted "highly recommended" tag. They seem like a great value-- and they match the…

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Gabriele Magurno

Posted on March 1, 2005 Under Design

This is easily one of the nicest set of photoshop brushes I've ever seen, and it's free. They're the work of Gabriele Magurno, an Italian graphic designer. His own set of designs are pretty impressive, and now he's offering nearly…

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Typeco

Posted on March 1, 2005 Under Design

Fonts more fonts, one for every occasion. Remember Typeco? The designer of the the Typeco fonts designed these stencil fonts he calls SUPER DUTY. They're somewhere between serious and fun; Super Duty is designed with sharp mechanical angles which give…

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Lotta Jansdotter

Posted on March 1, 2005 Under Design

Stockholm raised and now San Francisco dwelling Lotta Jansdotter has some great work. She has done custom design work for Herman Miller in Chicago, Barney's in Tokyo, and more. She has a lot of very simple and clean screen printing…

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Freewave

Posted on February 28, 2005 Under Books

Oooh fonts, designs, goodies, I totally love the concept of Freewave. It's a book and DVD packaged together full of cutting edge design that "allows immediate access to graphic design applications and provides a close study by peeling back the…

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