Links for August 20th through August 22nd

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 22, 2008). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Sometime between August 20th and August 22nd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!

  • Macs, Aperture a big hit at the Beijing Olympics: In the digital photo editing area of the Kodak Photographer’s Center—a massive workroom located in the main press center at the Olympic park—hundreds of photographers at a time assemble to file their images using high-end workstations and tech-support supplied by Apple (the same was true at the 2006 winter games in Turino, Italy).
  • Does The New Business Of Music Change The Way Music Sounds?: If an artist and producer is making an album for their fans is it going to sound different than if they’re making it for a hit in the limited radio marketing channel? In most cases, yes.
  • SourceForge.net: Torrent Episode Downloader: Meet ted! Your new way of downloading tv shows from the web. Add your favourite tv shows to ted and ted will automatically download torrents of new episodes! Ted checks feeds from TorrentSpy, Isohunt and MyBittorrent for new episodes of tv shows.
  • Design and Branding Trends: Olympic Games: Today were taking look at the Summer Olympic logos from 1896 to 2012 London along with some noteworthy facts from each games and palette inspiration from some of the more colorful posters and logos.
  • One-wheel getaway in Des Moines shooting: Under fire after stumbling upon some suspicious activity, a Des Moines man escaped his assailants — by unicycle.