Link About It: This Week’s Picks
Obama learns to code, an addictive digital spirograph, Behance's year in review and more in our weekly look at the web
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Dates for Math Lovers
If you ever find yourself making wishes when the clock hits 11:11 or 12:34, you may want to take notice of 13 December 2014 (12/13/14), as it’s the last sequential calendar date …
Via anothermag.com
Scugnizzi
After his first visit to Italy’s seaside city of Naples, photographer Brett Lloyd was hooked. Captivated by the vivacity of the families frolicking among the warm summer waters, Lloyd began snapping photographs …
Via designboom.com
The Cicret Bracelet Concept
The new Cicret bracelet concept wears like a Jawbone Up while offering the functionality of your favorite smartphone. Utilizing a “picoprojector,” the wristband hopes to emit your phone’s display directly onto your …
Via behance.net
Behance’s Year in Review
On a mission to “empower the creative world to make ideas happen,” Behance has quite the impressive online community. Their Year in Review reveals many of the amazing projects born from the …
Via gizmodo.com
Smartphone Licenses
Iowa may not be the first place to pop into mind when you think high-tech, but the Midwestern state is getting serious with smartphones as they become the first to allow digital …
Via wired.com
Obama Learns to Code
Last year when President Barack Obama delivered a YouTube speech encouraging young kids to learn to code, he hadn’t actually had any coding experience himself. To kick off this year’s Computer Science …
Via fastcodesign.com
Nathan Friend’s Digital Spirograph
With musician and programmer Nathan Friend’s digital spirograph, it takes zero artistic ability to create mesmerizing geometric designs. Friend’s digital version of the elementary school art toy adds infinite color possibilities, and …
Via nerdist.com
Art History in Masking Tape
Nasa Funahara, a senior at Musahino Art University in Kodaira, Japan, has recreated some of the worlds most recognizable paintings with masking tape. Unlike the bland white or blue tape found here …
Via nytimes.com
The Father of Video Games Dies at 92
Ralph H Baer, “The Father of Video Games,” died on Saturday, 6 December 2014. Baer held various positions within the realm of electronics engineering before coming up with the idea of a …