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An “Ear-conic” Interview With The Mac Start-Up Chime’s Creator

8:40AM February 27, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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Jim Reekes is one fascinating guy. He created the start-up chime you hear every time you restart your Mac. He uses the word “ear-conic” in a sentence. And in this (slightly NSFW) interview with Dutch TV, he brings the awesome. More »


Tinking Is Digital Messaging Wind Chime For The Digital Age

3:00AM November 1, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Combining the delightful play of wind with a tinkly mobile sculpture and wireless messaging datalinks for the 21st century: that’s the mission of designers Lufdesign with Tinkling. Whenever you get a voicemail, email or text message Tinkling chimes to let you know about it, and switches the colour of its glowing tail. Seems that relaxation even has to be digitised nowadays. [Yanko Design]

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