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Wired!

Emilily — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:11:33 +0000

A 3-dimensional model of the human genome! According to the Wired article: In mathematical terms, the pieces of the genome are folded into something similar to a Hilbert curve, one of a family of shapes that can fill a two-dimensional space without ever overlapping — and then do the same trick in three dimensions. Trippy.

The subscription should start in November, so your first issue will arrive in November or December, I think.

Some reviews

Emilily — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:52:18 +0000

This post was originally intended to review two magazine spreads, but I wanted to start by saying I am slightly disappointed with Gilt Fuse. From what I can tell, the only difference between Gilt and Gilt Fuse, is that in the latter, the models are all posed like idiots. I think they were going for “edgy and playful” but I’m sorry, an adult (late 20′s even?) model wearing Juicy Couture, blowing a bubble, and yanking on her thigh-high stockings like a schoolgirl in a Brittany Spears video looks like an idiot to me. Ok, moving on.

The pictures below are from a Wired magazine article on Somali piracy. While the content of the article was compelling and well-researched (it was very similar to the ongoing NPR coverage of the same events) it was the unique layout that really grabbed me. I especially liked the little facts boxes and graphs scattered amongst the illustrations – a great example of print media effectively borrowing design elements from the web world.

This next review is less about a particular article and more about the apparent laziness of a few fashion photographers and magazine editors. All of these ads appeared in the first half (the prime half) of my August issues of Elle and Lucky. I find it incredibly hard to believe that they have run out of creative things to do with fashion models, and all they are left with is to just line them up in front of the camera and say “cheese.”

Gadget mania

Emilily — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:12:12 +0000

In our pursuit of a functional magazine, to supplement our consumption of fashion magazines and websites, which have loads of pretty pictures interspersed with a small amount of intellectual drivel, I wanted to share Wired magazine’s product review page with you. Although I think I actually need all of these products, the reviews are thorough and comprehensive. And the products are awesome: power tools galore (plus that lovely toolbox pictured at left), a portable microwave oven, a toilet-paper holder/iPod dock, and something I didn’t even know I needed until now, the Dyson Motorlight Floorlamp.

A few things for you this morning

Emilily — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:59:47 +0000

First, awesome: superpowers, nearly. I am not kidding when I say I would be willing to test like a robotic third arm or something to see if my brain could figure out what to do with it.

Second, here’s a joke I read in Maxim:

What’s the number one most effective pick-up line?

“Does this smell like chloroform to you?”

Third, do you subscribe to Wired magazine? You know how we were talking about subscribing to a men’s magazine? I think Wired might be a good option, even though it is not technically just a men’s magazine. I read one on the plane on my trip to Ashland (I also read a Maxim, and the joke above was the only worth-repeating bit of information I got from it, so I would say that one is out of the running) and dang, does it have a TON of useful information in it! It has business, technology, gadgets, politics, and wicked cool random facts. All kinds of useful “how-to’s” like the men’s magazines, minus all the ads for after-shave, body spray, and hookers.

Okay, I had another project I wanted to post today, but I think I actually have to get some work done right now.