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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
When Religion Does Right
by Zo� Pollock Not sure how I missed this last November, but Dan Savage's coming out story is so powerful it deserves another viewing:
Telus recruits Leonard Nimoy to vet your Facebook status updates
Brought to you by Telus, What Would Leonard Nimoy Say (WWLNS) is a Facebook app, which allows you to run your status updates past the legendary sci-fi actor before slapping them up on Facebook. To use the app you must 'Like' it, and sacrifice your https connection if you happen to have it enabled, but that's the price you pay to have Spock proof read your inane musings.
Check out Telus on Facebook to take the app for a whirl, and jump on over to Engadget to see more Nimoy-Telus combinations.
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Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate
Release Time:
For Immediate Release
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
Deborah A. P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years.(Reappointment)
Thomas Charles Krajeski, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Robert A. Mandell, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Luxembourg.
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/30/presidential-nominations-sent-senate
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Google Chrome now uses SPDY HTTP replacement, halves page load time
We're not entirely sure of the time line here, but it looks like Google has now rolled out the SPDY HTTP replacement to its full bevy of Web services, including Gmail, Docs, and YouTube. If you're currently using Google's Chrome browser you're probably already using SPDY.
We originally reported on SPDY way back in November 2009, when Google introduced it as yet another experiment in making the Web faster, like Go, Native Client and speculative pre-connections. Over the last 18 months, though, SPDY support has found its way into the stable build of Chrome.
SPDY is basically a streamlined and more efficient version of HTTP. At its most basic, SPDY introduces parallel, multiplexed streams over a single TCP connection -- but at the same time, SPDY allows for prioritization, so that vital content (HTML) can be sent before periphery content (JavaScript, video). All in all, the SPDY protocol can halve page load times, which is obviously rather significant.
The best bit, though, is that SPDY is an open-source project. HTTP 1.1 is a lumbering beast that needs to be replaced before low-latency real-time computing really becomes a reality, and SPDY is one of the best options currently on the table. To be honest, we're not sure why SPDY hasn't received more coverage -- it's awesome in every way. At the moment, though, the only way to help speed up SPDY's proliferation, is with an experimental Apache mod.
As far as actually 'trying it out,' your best bet is downloading Chrome, hitting up some Google sites, and then checking chrome://net-internals to see your active SPDY sessions. SPDY is a transparent replacement for HTTP, though, and as such it's rather hard to see its effects. Google's sites definitely feel fast in Chrome, but there are more technologies than just SPDY at work.
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Q&A: Markus Lupfer discusses his fashion mockumentary
The award-winning designer explains how he came up with a tongue-in-cheek way to present his latest collection
* Watch the video here
Markus Lupfer graduated from the University of Westminster with a BA in Fashion Design in 1997. After leaving college, he worked for design duo Clements Ribeiro before starting Markus Lupfer Womenswear in London at the end of 1998 .
His London Fashion Week shows from 1999 until 2004 include design collaborations with TopShop, Ruffo, Mulberry, Kangol and Armand Basi, among others. He was voted Best Designer of the Year at the Prix de la Mode Awards in Spain in 2008 and International Designer of the Year at the Scottish Fashions Awards 2010.
It's unusual to see resort wear collections in video form, how did you come up with the idea?
I was introduced to stylist and video director Tabitha Denholm and we began talking about a science documentary she had seen. We both discussed the idea taking that idea and making it into a sort of Fashion Mokumentary. It was important to me that we do something totally different to the usual fashion films that you see and it really felt like we chartered on new territory with our tongue-in-cheek fashion film.
How would you describe your collection?
Our resort 12 collection is centred around classic Markus Lupfer pieces in a pop colour palette. There is a focus on stripes and playing with their dimensions and also a sequin sweater range based on the idea of accessorising with sequin bags etc. I always like our collections to be humorous, contemporary, sparkly, sexy, feminine, from day to evening, and comfortable.
Talk me through the filming process, what went right and what went wrong?
Even the night before the shoot we didn't have the cast totally confirmed! That was a little scary but then the next morning we finally booked the last "Personality" (Florence Welch and Sadie Frost are among those who appear in the video). The day of the shoot was amazing and Tabitha was so inspiring.
Have you had a good response to the video?
We launched the video with a party at the Mondrian Hotel in New York last week. It was in the Penthouse on the 45th floor which has a hugh terrace. The 360 degree view over New York was absolutely incredible. The response to the video both on the launch night and since has been phenomenal, which is great.
How did it compare to stills photography or a catwalk? Would you do it again?
I am really inspired at the moment to find new and different ways to showcase the collections other than just through the catwalk. I think it's a very modern way to present, especially with the internet, as it provides a worldwide audience - I love it and will definitely doing it again.
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America's Meat Habit
by Patrick Appel Mark Bittman uses the great national pigout to explore it: The ?Meatless Mondays? campaign, jointly launched by the Johns Hopkins and Columbia University schools of public health in 2003, is potentially the latest greatest food slogan to...
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Liar's Club
by Zo� Pollock Ian Leslie elects the ten best liars and their greatest lies: We hate liars, and lying. But lying is something pretty much all of us practice, and on a regular basis. The psychologist Bella De Paulo asked...
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