A path of digital beauty, patterns, harmony and silenceTumblr (3.0; @taonbits)http://taonbits.tumblr.com/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://taonbits.tumblr.com/http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12706770/TnB/taoinbits.pngTaonBitshttp://feedburner.google.com<div class="posterous_autopost"><p><span class="quote" style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">“Freedom of the mind requires not only, or even specially, the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative thoughts. The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.”</span></p> <table border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left; margin-top: 10px;" width="100%"><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 0px 10px 0px 20px; border-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">—</td> <td class="quote_source" valign="top" style="padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Bloom" target="_blank" style="color: #444444; margin-top: 0px;">Alan Bloom</a>,</td> </tr></table><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/freedom-of-the-mind" 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13 Aug 2012 21:20:45 +0200IsaMemoriespeople<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mutegeek/JxokvcgbzrrwleCrmzztEbJGGvcdmnjoEwtfhpugAxgHpdGDHuAermgFeFiy/media_httpthetechbloc_kAceG.jpg.scaled1000.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Media_httpthetechbloc_kaceg" height="346" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mutegeek/JxokvcgbzrrwleCrmzztEbJGGvcdmnjoEwtfhpugAxgHpdGDHuAermgFeFiy/media_httpthetechbloc_kAceG.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://thetechblock.com/the-unibody-iphone" target="_blank">thetechblock.com</a></div> </div><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/the-unibody-iphone-the-tech-block" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div></p>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/29328580279http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/29328580279Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:33:53 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target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/29042188492http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/29042188492Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:57:40 +0200<div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="" src="http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/4919838_700b_v2.jpg"/></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://9gag.com/gag/4919838" target="_blank">9gag.com</a></div> <p> </p><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/9gag-a-mystery-was-solved" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/28555693199http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/28555693199Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:03:32 +0200<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="Media_httpzenpencilsc_koluj" height="1598" 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Keep it paired.</li> <li>Install a proprietary Sony app that manages settings for the watch.</li> <li>Download every single individual feature for the watch—calendar, email, Facebook, Twitter, weather, it goes on and on—as a separate app. Each needs to be downloaded and installed separately.</li> <li>Wonder why these crude basics aren&#8217;t pre-loaded on the SmartWatch.</li> <li>Wonder why the SmartWatch has no settings options of its own, but rather has to be managed with a phone—the whole phone you&#8217;re trying to use less of because you just dropped $150 on a SmartWatch.</li> <li>Self-defenestrate.</li> </ul><p> </p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5926728/sony-smartwatch-review-maybe-the-worst-thing-sony-has-ever-made" target="_blank">gizmodo.com</a></div> </div><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/sony-smartwatch-review-maybe-the-worst-thing" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/28479711348http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/28479711348Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:51:21 +0200<div class="posterous_autopost"><blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"> <p>The iPhone brings in more revenue than the entirety of Microsoft.</p> <p>No, really.</p> <p>It, has higher sales than everything Microsoft has to offer. <br/>More than Windows, Office, Xbox, Bing, Windows Phone, and every other product that Microsoft has created since 1975.</p> </blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><em>via <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2012/08/microsoft-lost-mojo-steve-ballmer" target="_blank">vanityfair.com</a> / <a href="http://bicyclemind.it/2012/07/27/il-decennio-perduto-di-microsoft/" target="_blank">bicyclemind</a></em></div> <p> </p><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/a-quote-from-business-vanity-fair" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/28122077446http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/28122077446Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:11:08 +0200applemicrosofttech<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mutegeek/ilGadhCDjtnmxHFEiqlzHFwouHBCAfntAboaBIvnFlpirFFfizqEhcsGBdiv/media_httpwwwdrawgerc_ocvzB.jpg.scaled1000.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Media_httpwwwdrawgerc_ocvzb" height="692" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mutegeek/ilGadhCDjtnmxHFEiqlzHFwouHBCAfntAboaBIvnFlpirFFfizqEhcsGBdiv/media_httpwwwdrawgerc_ocvzB.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/?article_id=13382" target="_blank">drawger.com</a></div> </div><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/mark-ulriksen-capturing-the-memories" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div></p>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27879072280http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27879072280Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:18:10 +0200artpicture<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href="http://www.savage.si/Images/what-is-procreate/Brush-System-Glass.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="posterous_download_image" src="http://www.savage.si/Images/what-is-procreate/Brush-System-Glass.jpg" border="0" width="500"/></a><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.savage.si/Images/what-is-procreate/Brush-System-Glass.jpg" class="hoverZoomLink" target="_blank">savage.si</a></div> </div><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/procreate-brush-system-ipad" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div></p>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27471353603http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27471353603Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:54:48 +0200appapplecreationdesignipadsoftwaretools<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6raofaocs1qej3xvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vkrs.tumblr.com/post/26649422634/the-vkrs-netlabel-are-pleased-to-present-ishtar" target="_blank">vkrs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The VKRS Netlabel are pleased to present Ishtar with the debut release on VKRS Ombre. Songs that are simple yet evocative and are filled with deep ambient influence and acoustic sounds. We hope you enjoy this latest release on the VKRS Netlabel</em></p> </blockquote>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27427074939http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27427074939Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:51:47 +0200neofolkmusicfolkacousticambientmp3netlabelfreealbumishtarvkrs<div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mutegeek/JIzCoBhxecCtenulfctxBgnBwwlFAkepxHctsamthtxauIpboJzrDHFxsejJ/media_httpwwwvijaypca_FFiFg.jpg.scaled1000.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Media_httpwwwvijaypca_ffifg" height="463" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mutegeek/JIzCoBhxecCtenulfctxBgnBwwlFAkepxHctsamthtxauIpboJzrDHFxsejJ/media_httpwwwvijaypca_FFiFg.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.vijayp.ca/blog/2012/06/colours-in-movie-posters-since-1914/" target="_blank">vijayp.ca</a></div> <p>More dark/blue colours, less orange.</p></div><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/colours-in-movie-posters-since-1914-vijay-pan" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27398273009http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27398273009Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:54:03 +0200codecoloursfilmimagesinfographicsmoviesposter<div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href="http://xkcd.com/1080/" target="_blank"><img class="posterous_download_image" src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/visual_field.png" border="0" width="500"/></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://xkcd.com/1080/" target="_blank">xkcd.com</a></div> <p></p></div><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/xkcd-visual-field" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27124676579http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27124676579Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:49:49 +0200comicsfunimagesciencevisionxkcd<div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://minimalissimo.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wthr-app-1.jpg"/> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">Stop wasting time staring at weather radars and atmospheric pressure readings, you’re not an airline pilot</blockquote> <p> </p><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://minimalissimo.com/2012/07/wthr/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Minimalissimo+%28Minimalissimo%29" target="_blank">minimalissimo.com</a></div> </div><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/wthr-the-minimal-weather-app-iphone-ipad" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27040830223http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/27040830223Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:24:47 +0200appappleipadiphone<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="Media_httpd24w6bsrhbe_ihsff" height="740" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mutegeek/aDrHniubpFjkkrEinpyHfvvJuGljxzwEqoInCbwjpbajrpFaexCgiyrqzrBj/media_httpd24w6bsrhbe_IHsff.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://9gag.com/gag/4537543" target="_blank">9gag.com</a></div> </div><br/><br/>Via <a href="http://mutegeek.posterous.com/laptop-vs-microsoft-surface" target="_blank">MuteGeek</a></div></p>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/25573293507http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/25573293507Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:40:55 +0200tech<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5jpfxf7rJ1r5kwb1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://xkcd.com/1068/" target="_blank">xkcd: Swiftkey</a>)</p>http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/25080273246http://taonbits.tumblr.com/post/25080273246Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:23:10 +0200