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R.I.P. Mark E. Smith

Mark E. Smith 1990, by Masao Nakagami, cc-by-sa

  It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Mark E. Smith. He passed this morning at home. A more detailed statement will follow in the next few days. In the meantime, Pam & Mark’s family request privacy at this sad time. thefall.org Ach verdammt. Es war doch gerade eben erst, dass…


Businessmen – Slingshot Lady

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Neues aus dem Dunstkreis von FREEZEEBEE! Nico, einer der beiden Sänger/Gitarristen der ehemals fettesten frankfurter Band, hat nach Jahren der Abstinenz nun wieder eine Band am Start, und die legen gleich mal ordentlich einen auf \m/ vimeo direct spatzeschleuder


Syndicate some Blogposts from WordPress to Kirby with the REST API

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New year, old problems, new Website -- this was my reasoning during the christmas holidays, and so I decided to completly wipe my "About me" website, making it a simple hub of my diverse activities and interests instead of the old "hey, look how cool experienced I am, come work with me and give me…


The Laws of UX

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A very neat collection of (web) design principles , such as "Jacob's Law": "Users spend most of their time on other sites. This means that users prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already know." Laws of UX is a collection of the key maxims that designers must…


Matthias Ott: Saving your web workflows with prototyping

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Oh, Matthias did it again: Publishing one of his thorough articles on the challenges of designing/working with "the web". It is again one of those articles that I'd wished to have written myself, because it echoes my thoughts (and my frustration) about the unfitting ways I am forced to work in when I'm doing client…


You In Your Memories - Beatsteaks feat. Chad Price

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Die Buletten haben ein albernes Video zu meinem Lieblingssong auf der letzten Platte gemacht. Juhu. :) youtube direct guitarshop


Learnui.design: The HSB Color System: A Practicioner's Primer

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We’re going to cover what H, S, and B are, and then I’m going to tell you about why this is the single-best color system in wide usage, plus some intricacies of using it in day-to-day digital design. learnui.design


Washington Monthly: How to Fix Facebook—Before It Fixes Us

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(…) Algorithms that maximize attention give an advantage to negative messages. People tend to react more to inputs that land low on the brainstem. Fear and anger produce a lot more engagement and sharing than joy. The result is that the algorithms favor sensational content over substance. Of course, this has always been true for…


Wired: Facebook bug could have let advertisers get your phone number

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Facebook tells users that giving the company their mobile phone number will help keep their account secure. Until a few weeks ago, however, the social network’s self-service ad-targeting tools could be massaged into revealing a Facebook user’s cellphone number from their email address. The same flaw made it possible to collect phone numbers for Facebook…


The Joy of the Guitar Riff

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=ewJwKDHAhcU youtube direct riffing An diesem verregneten Sonntagvormittag genau der richtige youtube Zufallsfund: Eine Doku über dieses merkwürdige Ding 'Riff' und dessen Evolution von Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Link Wray, den Kinks, Shadows, Black Sabbath, King Crimson, Runaways, Heart, Chic, und und und bis The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Nirvana und "Seven Nation Army". Aber auch…


They Warned Me - Okilly Dokilly

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I can't even… youtube direct flanders Das ist der Vorteil, wenn man mit Leuten, die leicht einen an der Waffel haben, zusammen Musik macht: Die schicken einem dann nachts um eins solche Links. Großartig, im ersten Moment dachte ich an Postproduction. Und ein wenig später im Video wurde mir klar, dass 'abrocken' und Frisur/Klamotten *doch*…


Bring it on

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Hallo 2018, komm' rein, setz' Dich, nimm' Dir'n Keks… Mal schauen, was wir beide so miteinander anstellen können. Ich habe ja jetzt schon 50 von Deinen Kumpels kenngelernt, und an die ersten kann ich mich gar nicht mehr so recht erinnern, bloss, dass die irgendwie länger da geblieben sind, als so die, hm, letzten zehn…