Confession: I haven’t read the text of this infographic. I’m reblogging it because I like the colors. ;-)
[via @LenKendall]
Childhood toys – freed from the confines of a dark, dusty attic – are the second thing I’ve “tagged,” thanks to Itizen.com, with a QR-Coded sticker in preparation for giving them away.
If the toys’ new owner uses a mobile phone to read the code, I expect he or she will see this story about them, to learn a little bit about their history.
Tagged item/story numero uno (about a Mexican dress) can be found here. (That post contains links to miscellaneous QR Code-related info).
I intend to tag other things (until the novelty of it wears off, which, I suspect, may be sooner, rather than later!). Stay tuned.
Met Opera adds 300 theaters to its HD broadcasts
Making arts offerings more accessible to a greater number of people: “Like.”
![World’s Biggest Writing:
“One person [Nick Newcomen] has created the world’s biggest writing by using a car and a GPS tracking device as a ‘pen.’ The writing – "Read Ayn Rand” – consists of…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a74557e4b0b80ded0421f1/1437979185323-1SIU112UMTX5EIHRJQ6U/image-asset.jpeg)
“One person [Nick Newcomen] has created the world’s biggest writing by using a car and a GPS tracking device as a ‘pen.’ The writing – "Read Ayn Rand” – consists of 12,328 miles traveled and stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and covers 30 American states.“
"He turned on the device when he wanted to write and turned off the device between letters. He then input the recorded GPS data into Google Earth resulting in the image you see above.”
(via Wired)
Edgar Degas
L’Orchestre de l’Opéra
1870, oil on canvas
Paris, Musée d’Orsay
Happy start of “Classical Music Month”!
(And thanks to whomever deemed September as such!)
![Via hydeordie:
The [free] new “Buildings” app for iPhones tells you about local architecture.
An excerpt from Archinect’s review:
“… After playing around with it for the last week, I’ve become hooked. I’m finding myself launching the …](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a74557e4b0b80ded0421f1/1437979185541-D43K7HGBVW0EPCHCN30Y/image-asset.jpeg)
Via hydeordie:
The [free] new “Buildings” app for iPhones tells you about local architecture.
An excerpt from Archinect’s review:“… After playing around with it for the last week, I’ve become hooked. I’m finding myself launching the app as I move around Los Angeles to check which buildings surround me. The database is a little sparse for this user’s city, at the moment, but the open-source nature of this well-constructed platform will inevitably help fill out the gaps quickly.”
I find the user-generated-content aspect of the app, as described by the developer, to be quite interesting:
“Architects can upload their own work and other users can also upload their own photos and videos and share with their online community via Facebook or Twitter.
What this means is ANYBODY can contribute images/info to the site. (Read as Molly saying: Lots of opportunity for architectural firms’ self-promotion, and strong likelihood of erroneous information submitted by random persons.)
Arts matters:
In preparation for Houston Grand Opera’s planned mounting of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, I wonder if the Wortham Center’s Brown Theatre can be retrofitted with Continental Airlines’ plush BusinessFirst flat-bed (fully reclining) seats? It’s a logical partnership: Houston-based (well, for now, at least) Continental is a major sponsor of the HGO.
Note: Seating upgrade suggestion is meant to enhance patron comfort, not to imply that one will (or should) sleep during opera performances.
Of course, the replacement of existing seats with recliners would reduce the inventory of seats in the hall that could be sold to season subscribers and single ticket buyers (thereby affecting the amount of potential revenue that can be generated from ticket sales). To help offset that, perhaps HGO could bill the reclining seats as “super premium” and command “super premium” prices for them?
P.S. I’m joking about all of this. (Sort of.)