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This sort of work isn’t stealing anything from creators. It’s enhancing its value by showing just how much it means to people. I really don’t see how it’s possible to watch this viral video crazy-quilt and write it off as a merely derivative or exploitative work. If anything, it shows how art made from other art can become an independent creation with its own personality and worth. Star Wars Uncut is a collectively made work of postmodern folk art, as arresting and significant as Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup can silkscreen or a Robert Rauschenberg collage painting built around photos filched from newspapers. The true subject of Star Wars Uncut is how pop culture touchstones live on inside people’s heads, becoming a shared language and an inspiration for personal creativity. Lucas’s work was a call; this is a response.

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—	The Fan-Made Star Wars Uncut Is the Greatest Viral Video Ever — Vulture (via wreckandsalvage) I hope anyone unfamiliar with Star Wars Uncut will take a look at it right now. (via topherchris)

maniacalrage:

Apple redesigned the Airport Utility app for OS X. It now looks much like the recently released iOS app and gives you a prettier, more useful look at your network. They’ve streamlined the settings themselves too… this is a huge win UI/UX-wise.

Update: Dan Wineman pointed out that version 6.0, while pretty, removes several useful features (including IPv6 configuration and wireless client monitoring). Turns out you can now install both this version of Airport Utility and the older version, 5.6, which has been updated. You must install 6.0 first and update your Base Stations, then you can grab the 5.6 build and install it as well. Looks like Apple is going for a consumer version for its mainstream release (the version pictured here) but keeping the older, more “pro” version updated as well.

tastefullyoffensive:

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photojojo:

Check out these dog portraits by Carli Davidson. Do these even need a clever caption?

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BRYCE DOT VC: Early Warning Signs of Startup Trouble »

brycedotvc:

In a post a few weeks back Steve Blank recounted a set of interactions with a founder who’s company was in trouble. Despite some things going very right , Steve highlights an early warning sign he spotted that suggested there was trouble brewing:

The first thing that I noticed was that Bob…

DLD Conference: Memories Are Made of This - How Digital Memory Shapes our Lives »

dld:

With new technologies and advances in computational science, digital memory is turning into a question that influence more and more areas of our lives. In the “Memories are made of this” session, Kevin Slavin, Jonathan Harris, Thomas Goetz and Jure Leskovec delivered some of the answers we…

thekittencovers:

Leonard Kitthen - Death of a Ladies Cat & Songs of Purr and Hiss

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