David Lidsky's Blog, page 3054
February 13, 2015
From Drake To Hanson, Spotify's New Tool Connects Incompatible Musical Tastes
The music-streaming giant is using its algorithms to bridge musical divides, just in time for Valentine's Day.
It might not be religion or politics, but different tastes in music can be a serious hurdle in a relationship. So in some ways Spotify's new Sweet Spot playlist tool is less of a music web app and more of a relationship mediator, helping people see the similarities in different types of artists.
Moody Drake, Animated Aliens: The 5 Best Music Videos Of The Week
Drake, Shlohmo, Haim, and more debuted some surreal new videos this week.
Co.Design is debuting a new column rounding up the most visually appealing music videos of the week.
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Here's David Carr Brilliantly Decoding The Future of Media
The beloved journalist died last night. This conversation on the state of his industry will live forever.
David Carr, renowned media critic and columnist for The New York Times, died Thursday night at the age of 58 after collapsing in the newsroom.
Kanye West's Fashion Line Looks Like The Bleakest Parts Of The Matrix
Tattered, sullen, and vaguely militaristic. Kanye West's new fashion line is what Keanu Reeves wore after he took the red pill.
Last night, Kanye West, in conjunction with Adidas Originals, showed off the Yeezy Season 1 fashion line. Inspired by his own fashion sense, it's mostly devoid of color and adorned with vague militarism, featuring unisex bomber and blouson jackets, and distressed, oversized collarless shirts in olive, tan, and grey. Each piece is a color deconstruction of camouflage itself. (Though pieces also come in camouflage prints, too!)
Using ToyTalk Technology, New Hello Barbie Will Have Real Conversations With Kids
Mattel is teaming up with Pixar-alum-led ToyTalk for an Internet-connected Barbie that understands and responds to speech.
Barbie has been America's best-known doll for five and a half decades, but come this holiday season, kids will get to know her even better. That's when Mattel, in partnership with San Francisco startup ToyTalk, is expected to release Hello Barbie, an Internet-connected version of the doll that has real conversations with kids using ToyTalk's PullString technology.
A New Wearable Zaps Your Brain To Help You Focus--Or Relax
Get the mood effects of coffee or alcohol with just some electricity—and without the downsides.
Sometime later this year, instead of reaching for a cup of coffee to focus at work—or a beer to relax afterward—you might use a tiny electrode to zap your brain instead. A new wearable promises to optimize your state of mind through electrical stimulation, giving the same mood-changing benefits of caffeine or alcohol without any of the downsides.
How About Let's Not Re-Engineer The Planet, Or Maybe Let's?
Scientists consider all the awesome, sci-fi ways we might change the environment to stop climate change and decide it's not a great idea—mostly.
Of all the responses to climate change that involve actually doing something to stop it, the idea of geoengineering is the most radical—fixing the climate by tinkering with Earth's physical systems, rather than lowering the emissions that cause warming. Examples of these tactics include dispersing particles in Earth's upper atmosphere that would reflect more sunlight or even seeding the oceans with iron so they'll absorb more CO2.
A Museum Where You Can Go To Drink Beer
Designed by Form Us With Love, a new exhibition at Sweden's Spiritmuseum examines the history of brewing.
Sweden traditionally hasn't been a big destination for beer snobs. If you went to the pub, you'd pretty much be limited in choice by whether or not you wanted a big beer or a small one, according to Form Us With Love's Jonas Petterson. But as in the United States, over the past couple decades, craft brewing has exploded in Sweden. In 1988, there were only nine breweries in the country. Today, there are at least 145.
A Card Game Designed To Get Kids Off Their Butts
Ujinga, a new card game designed to help fight childhood obesity, requires kids to dance and jump around to win.
Childhood obesity rates have more than doubled in the past 30 years, no small thanks to increasing numbers of sedentary hours spent watching television or playing video games. Ujinga, a new card game designed by researchers at a top London hospital in collaboration with the Royal College of Art, aims to get kids moving. Whimsically illustrated by artist Tom Jennings, the 56 cards are printed with actions, like "zombie walk," "robot dance," "frog jumps," and "Gangnam style," which kids have to perform in order to score points in the "Survival of the Silliest."
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7 Romantic Hideaways For Valentine's Day
As if you needed a reason to ogle sexy cabins.
There's nothing more romantic than whisking your beau off to an idyllic wilderness locale and forcing him or her to enjoy your company within the confines of a gorgeously decorated love shack.
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