Nico Perez

Back once again for the renegade master

Attack. Decay. Sustain. Release.

The Sin waves of sound visualised.

An interesting mathematical insight into why fact based publishers like Bloomberg and the FT can charge for access, but not the Guardian or others geared towards publishing opinions.

thegongshow:

In yesterday’s post I ripped on Paywalls a bit. I should elaborate.

Fact-Based Information has value. Its value is often *inversely* proportional to its distribution. (Think: the value of knowing Warren Buffet’s latest trade before and after he announces it to the world).

Influence also has…

Stumbled across this plane that appears to be landing in central London on Google maps

Watched the epic ‘Apocalypse Now Redux’ last night, and learnt that Conrad’s book which inspired the film, was in turn inspired by a TS Eliot poem (The Waste Land).

Which strangely parallels the way the soundtrack was by a band whose name ‘The Doors’ was inspired by an Aldous Huxley book, which takes it’s title from a William Blake poem.

Unique, only-links-as-answers, interview with Folkert/Superfamous (behind one of my favorite sites - Butdoesitfloat.com)

pieratt:

The motivations behind Varsity Bookmarking:

1. Contribute to internet-native culture
2. Create an interview format for introverts
3. Extract as much information as possible from the figures I admire

Only Rome could touch Paris

YES! We made onto Little big details again :)

littlebigdetails:

Mixcloud - Hover over a mix for a blended preview of that mix

/via Johannes Henseler

littlebigdetails:

iOS 6 - the night time weather summary shows the correct phase of the moon.

/via Ross Burton

Dear New York City, I love you, but my time is up.
Till we meet again… (at JFK International Airport)

Pink Floyd

cf Borges “Library of Babel”…

Q: Since pi is infinite, do its digits contain all finite sequences of numbers? | Ask a Mathematician / Ask a Physicist (via pieratt)

Imagine a currency with no sovereign state banks behind it, and no government control. You can see why the US treasury is starting to pay attention to this…

davemorin:

What is Bitcoin? - We Use Coins

annielin:

(via Streaming Revenues Now Surpass $1 Billion In the US)

Say what you want about his lyrics, Mr Carter sure has come a long way since the days of Reasonable Doubt. Can’t knock the hustle. (at Brooklyn)

Just being in NYC makes me smile

“New York had all the iridescence of the beginning of the world” F. Scott Fitzgerald (at NEW YORK CITY)

RSA Animate - The truth about dishonesty

Ermahgerd! The Perezidents in Austin.