Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.
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A primer for the uninitiated and the knowledgable alike:
Technically, this means fan art, fan music, and fan fictions are illegal in and of themselves because they are derivative works of protected content.
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But before you get your panties all in a bunch, it’s pretty clear that no creative entity in their right mind gives a shit.
[ESPN’s Bill Simmons on the death of a man who, for many of us, typified pro wrestling in the 1980s][link]. Hulk Hogan was always more popular, but Macho *was* wrestling in a way Hogan could never touch.
[link]: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/110524 “Bill Simmons: Macho Man brought together the die-hards, the bandwagon fans and the ’80s – ESPN”
[A Final Draft file reader for iPad][link] created by Screenwriter [John August][john]. This is one of those iOS apps that makes perfect sense for the platform. It is clever, nuanced, draws on a specific body of professional knowledge, and looks like a million bucks. It even has Dropbox integration.
Now it just needs to read Scrivener files, too.
[link]: http://quoteunquoteapps.com/fdxreader “FDX Reader – Read Final Draft files on the iPad. | Quote-Unquote Apps”
[john]: http://johnaugust.com/ “John August”
[Very nice typefaces with a pay-what-you-like profit model.][link] The website is fun, too.
[link]: http://www.losttype.com/ “Lost Type Co-op”
[Issue -2 of my friend and games journalist Mathew Kumar’s one-man magazine exp. is available and looks completely great.][link]
[link]: http://www.expdot.com/2011/05/17/minus-two-the-legend-of-zelda-now-available/ “exp. Magazine: An independent video game ‘zine. » Minus Two: The Legend of Zelda Now Available”
[Hard for me not to like something that contains the following sentence][link]:
>Bees produce honey, spiders weave webs, the birds of spring sing free jazz and humans invent new realities.
[link]: http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/05/augmented-reality-manifesto-of-the-zagreb-augmented-reality-kolectiv/ “Augmented Reality: Manifesto of the Zagreb Augmented Reality Kolectiv | Beyond The Beyond”
>Art Lyfe is staying up until 5am making something you’ll sell for $50. Art Lyfe is taking a part time job as a figure model to pay for art supplies. Art Lyfe is working harder for less money. Art Lyfe is spending your last $20 on a length of chain and snake vertebrae to make a necklace for yourself. Art Lyfe is living in an empty warehouse because it’s the only place you can fit your tools. Art Lyfe is spending 8 hours in a pub with a notebook because this idea needs to breathe.
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>Art Lyfe is shutting the fuck up and making something because it is simply what you do.
[Join Us.][link]
[link]: http://artlyfe.tumblr.com/ “Art Lyfe”
This neat TF2 papercraft dispenser used to be hosted on a site called highwaychile.net, which is now defunct and redirects to an ad page. Since I had trouble finding it myself, I’ve uploaded it for safe-keeping.
*Download:* Team Fortress 2 Papercraft Dispenser (410kb)
[Steven Frank compares the granddaddy of them all to the new kid][link]. Aside from the fact that the original iPod is about 2.5 times thicker than the iPhone 4, what stands out to me is that the faces are exactly the same size. Very Apple.
[link]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenf/5710076529/in/photostream/ “Original iPod vs iPhone 4 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!”
[Build isometric boxes and text in HTML and CSS][link]. Inching towards the day when someone can build an X-Com port.
[link]: http://www.midwinter-dg.com/blog_demos/css-isometric-text/ “CSS3 Isometric Text Demo”
