February 2008 Archives
When your webcam breaks. "Awesome. I'm ready for the apple nerds to get bent." #
Neil Gaiman makes 'American Gods' available online for free. Not for download tho. #
Goldfrapp has a new album out this week and it's pretty scrumptious. So does Janet but she's sounding a litttttttle over-processed for my tastes these days. And did you get your Bon Iver on yet? Cuz if there's one album you shouldn't miss it's this one. #
Rick Astley would never... give you up, among other things. #
Magnetic curtain. How can I get these in every color for every window in my house? Such a good idea. #
Jimmy Kimmel is f*cking Ben Affleck. It's so over the top it just. might. work. No wait, on second thought, it's Brad Pitt as the FedEx guy that makes it work. Yummy! #
Trailer to Neil Gaiman's 'Coraline.' Looks wonderful in that trippy Neil Gaiman way. #
The TimesMachine. Now that's pretty freagin' cool. #
Vita.mn wins a Digital Edge award! Awww, this makes me so proud. *sniff* #
Goodbye Maxwell's. What it looks like when fighting a fire in below zero weather. Very sad. #
Will Ferrell and Heidi Klum photospread. Big pimpin'. #
This week in vita.mn: Most eligible bachelor/ette. Even better, they'll all be in one place tomorrow night. Did I mention the open bar?! Because it totally is. #
List of the day: Favorite sex positions. #
What makes a great portrait? Good question. #
Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, dishes on his favorite video game. And other stuff too. #
Teaser trailer for 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.' #
Love XOXO. Happy Valentine's Day! #
$1 cement blocks. "You don't have to tell me what you're building, I don't give a f*ck." #
Getting fired at Yahoo, a Twitter log. "This is a serious downer. Trying to drown it in free lattes. Which I will miss" #
Swimming on the edge of Victoria Falls. Aye dios mio. #
Times when I'm truly happy != wearing pants. It's true. I totally game without pantz because IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE. #
The Red Cross is having a design contest. I can't think of a better cause. Plus winner gets $1000 smackeroos. #
20 worst foods in America. The Chili's Awesome Blossom has 2,710 calories. And that's not even #1. #
Cop gets caught roughly handling skateboarder. "Hey, you got that camera on? Cuz if I see myself on youtube..." Suspension ensues. #
"Pixish == spec work." As an artist I have to err on the side of this guy's article (sorry Derek!). I really don't have time, energy, or extra designs / photos to throw around. #
SPORE GETS A RELEASE DATE?! I'm too shocked to write a clever quip. #
A bunch of desktop wallpapers. In case you've got the winter desktop blahs. #
Replacements reissues due in April. I know a lot of Minnesota hipsters who will be very happy about this. #
Local girlfriend wants to do stuff. What a b*tch! #
Did you know Paris Hilton has a movie out? "Yeah, no one else cares either. 'The Hottie & the Nottie' opened this weekend and took in only $230 per screen. That means that, based on an $8 average ticket price, 29 paying customers showed up at each location over the 3-day [weekend]." Ouch baby, very ouch. #
Sweeteners may make you eat more. Whoever has the job of picking photos for placement in stories... #
Hey, did you hear it's really cold here? I have nothing to add to this article. Except maybe a lot of cursing. It's damn cold outside. #
List of the day: Actual reasons I am late. "Had to finish pleasuring myself or significant other." #
Ffffinally, a sensible Ffffound ffffeed. #
A brief 2003 Q&A with Helmut Newton. Cheeky bastard but I love it. #
Inverted world map. Mmm, vacationing in the Maldives #
The Architecture of Moscow from the 1930s to the early 1950s (unrealized projects). Wow, totally Jetsons. #
Polaroid abandons instant photography. *sob* #
Watch 'Amelia', an amazing technical ballet piece by La La La Human Steps. Like a dream. #
Some jackhole I'm extremely jealous of already got to listen and review Portishead's upcoming album 'Third.' And then he has to go and use words like 'extraordinary' and 'stunning'. Bastard. #
Unfinished and Unpublished. A collection of monochromatic notebooks that will inspire. And also lay flat. #
Scholastic book covers from the 60s and 70s. I swear I remember a few of the yellows from my school library. #
Vote M&Ms! Mmmm, I want to work there. These ads are unbelievable. #
Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy may be ready to go? All your money are belong to us. #
MTV President quits. I'd like to nominate Justin Timberlake for the position, kk. #
Juno ... for the Wii? That whole giving birth scene is gonna be awfully uncomfortable at family get-togethers. #
There really is a blog for everything: Toilet signs. The art is surprisingly, well, awesome! #
This month's Vanity Fair photospread reenacting Hitchcock scenes. Annie gets to do ALL the cool stuff. #
If banner ads were forced to be truthful. Lolz, good ol' Cracked. #
OMG, someone who finally got a Warhammer beta invite!!! Gah@#$*&!damnit. #
This week in vita.mn: Skyway dining. If you get a chance check out the graphic on the homepage too. Totally funky and cracks me up. It looks like some giant, nuclear hamburger oozing biohazardous goo is attacking the city (maybe) if the giant superhumans don't attack first. #
Incredible macro photo of a dragonfly covered in dew. Dude looks like he can't see a thing. #
Prada is doing amazing things with artists for their Spring 2008 collection. Even better, go to the Prada website and click on 'Trembled Blossoms.' Ugh, the Beautiful! #
Trailer for the coming movie about MMO gamerz. I wouldn't know anything about being a gamer. Nosiree. Nada. Zip-o. Zilcheroonie. #
Dummy text generator. For all your dummy designing needs. #
Yoav has a brilliant new CD out too. I saw him perform in November and dizzam he has the mad skillz. He's also exceptionally gorgeous, so that helps too. #
List of the day: Comfort Food. #
Nothing is really clearer for the dems. Except that people actually care enough to caucus this year. Sweet. #
Have you seen this man? No seriously, he robbed a bank. #
Fantastic 'Graduate'-esque photography from Tony Notarberardino. Totally a Magnificent Bastard. #
Leading Minsk newspaper endorses candidates in US presidential race. "John McCain is gray eminence of this campaign and is also highly decorative war hero." #
In search of a cure for THIS COLD THAT WILL NEVER END ... I sported a new kind of medicine yesterday for lunch. #
The iPhone, now a whoppin' 16GB for the bargain price of $499. WTF, is it 1998? Show me 200 gigs and then we'll talk. Maybe. And still not in pink! #
Go and caucus tonight, it's the right thing to do. Here's a little vid about why one guy is voting for Obama. Are the reasons for your vote as strong as his? #
New albums out today I had to put on my iPod before work this morning: Hot Chip, Made in the Dark and Lenny Kravitz, It's Time for a Love Revolution. #
You suck at photoshop. Trying to get you to use 90% of that expensive software you never use. Totally hilarious. #
List of the day: Favorite Movie Soundtracks. #
Finally, Someone Gives the Fox Football Robot the Beating It So Richly Deserves. Sometimes the headline says it all. #
Cooking with rockstars. Have you had a "dorito burrito" lately? #
Can't believe I forgot the talking stain ad from last night. Probably my fave of the night. #
The New Yorker had a 'redesign Eustace' contest. Here are the winners. More on flickr. #
Yes We Can. Will.i.am's Obama mix with Scarlett Johansson and a lot of other talent. But did you know Scarlett is at the U of M today? Apparently. I can't actually find anything to link this too. #
A whole page of Superbowl ads. Liked: eTrade baby, Doritos Mousetrap, FedEx Carrier Pigeons, and Bud Light Jackie Moon Commercial #
"The Timberwolves could boost their sagging attendance with halftime appearances by Barack Obama." Packed house here Saturday. #
ROCK BAND FOR THE WII!!!!!!!! Uh, you know, if you care about that kind of stuff. Er whatever. #
New Warhammer video. This thing is just BEGGING to be voiced-over. #
Grand Central Station at a standstill. pwn. #
5 names you can belch. If I had a nickel for every time I've heard my lunch date belch Barack Obama... #