Sunday Link Fest

Technology

  • The Scratch "IDE". You know — for kids!
    The Scratch “IDE”. You know — for kids!

    Scratch is a simple, graphic, sprite-based programming language developed at MIT to help kids as young as seven or eight start learning how to do programming. You can run it on the web site, or you can download standalone versions for OS X, Linux, or Windows (requires Adobe Air, deal with it).

Design

  • All of this stuff only exists inside the Matrix™.
    All of this stuff only exists inside the Matrix™.

    Astoundingly, the bulk of the photographs you see in the Ikea catalog are CGI.

  • Nendo's Spiral Nesting Chopsticks
    Nendo’s Spiral Nesting Chopsticks

    Japanese design atelier Nendo has reimagined chopsticks.

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