Month: July 2010

Day in brief

On complexity

Sometimes I find wisdom in the most unexpected places.  Not that Matt’s blog is such a place, but I wasn’t expecting to find anything that enlightening in the comments to such a simplistic blog post – about centered backgrounds for Twitter.  The quote that I think more people should know is:

it’s hard to anticipate the complexity of something you didn’t write

Here is a beautiful screenshot for too.

A few times I found myself in the situation that I couldn’t even explain the complexity of a change that seemed so simple from the outside.  And for some time now, when I hear the question “Why can’t they just do it? It’s so simple”, I have the answer ready – “They probably have more than one good reason for not doing it”.

Trailer : Sucker Punch

This one looks like it has everything a good action movie needs – sexy chicks with guns, mafia, dragons, Nazi soldiers, swords, airplanes, fantasy planets, mental institutions, and more.   Samuel Jackson is missing, but hopefully the rest will make up for his absence.

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Sucker Punch on IMDB.

Nature sounds

Via Michael’s blog post I discovered an excellent web service – free nature sounds.  Once you get there, you can select up to four different nature sounds and mix them into a single loop, varying volume and stereo balance.  It’s very easy to use and there is a good selection of sounds.  You can save the result as WAV file (which can later be converted to MP3), or you can save it as a link which can be shared.   For example, here is my mix, which I called “Fireplace“.  Just imagine: you are sitting in your own house, it’s dark and a bit chilly, thunder and rain outside, wood burning in the fireplace, giving you light and warmth, and your cat is on purring on your lap.  It sounds so good, the only thing I am missing is cat’s vibration which I am trying to replace with my mobile phone.

Try it out for you self, save results, and share links in the comments.