Montly archives
03 March 2008
Nine Inch Nails released free album 'Ghosts' tonight. 36 tracks available n.o.w.
03 March 2008
Wonderful art opening this weekend in 'Spotluck' at SpotArt Gallery. I'm not saying that my photos are in this ... but they totally are.
03 March 2008
Erotic Falconry. That's some hott, um, feathers.
03 March 2008
WWI propaganda posters. Eat More Cottage Cheese.
03 March 2008
Engrave your Moleskine. Very cool. Now I just need to settle on a design.
04 March 2008
500 cupcakes. A cupcake for every occasion.
04 March 2008
Politweets. When Twitter gets political, but the design is so adorable the site is worth visiting too.
05 March 2008
Gorgeous blog headers for free. In case you feel like spicing up your site today.
05 March 2008
37signals wants happy employees. Happiness in the workplace? Blasphemy!
05 March 2008
MTV / HP had a laptop design competition. And you know what? I don't love it. Specs are pretty good actually ... but the design is not my fave.
05 March 2008
Zombies CARE about your health. And brains, too.
05 March 2008
Eleven Minutes. Trailer for new documentary about Project Runway Season 1 winner Jay McCarroll's career since PR. I mean, cuz I guess he has one or whatever.
05 March 2008
Oprah 'O' for 2 on picking authentic memoirs. Story made more interesting since it was her sister who turned her in. D'oh!
05 March 2008
Stream the new Tapes 'N Tapes album now. Check it out before it officially
drops gets released.
06 March 2008
Cloud Cult's newest album 'Feel Good Ghosts' already available for download on their website. Official release is 04/08. Would love to tell you more but I'm too busy downloading!
06 March 2008
This week in vita.mn: Detox 101. Mmmm, saunas. I so have spring fever.
06 March 2008
25 of the funniest Web Designer links. Oh god, the funny.
06 March 2008
Levi's picks its Project Runway contest winner from 2,500 entries. I want to love it, but not so much. In other news the PR judges totally did the right thing and
picked the winner they should have. Fierce.
06 March 2008
Pitchfork.tv
07 March 2008
10 of the most beautiful bridges in the world. I want to photograph ALL of them.
07 March 2008
"The building owner of the former Rex Hardware building on 26th and Lyndale and the site of a (failed?) condo project [...] used white paint to cover up a magnificently scary vibrant avenging critter" Unbelievable. I wonder if Deuce 7 would generously stop by my home and donate a piece to me because I really really want one. I promise not to cover it up ... his work is too f*cking fantastic.
07 March 2008
List of the day: When I start a band it will be called...
09 March 2008
Spring ahead. Daylight savings begins today.
11 March 2008
Ashlee Simpson headlines grand opening of the Mall of America's theme park. Lolz, poor Ash. Nickelodean Universe.
11 March 2008
Some hot photoshop messes. With great power comes great responsibility. EDIT!
11 March 2008
Worst album cover of the year? Don't mean to be dissing Ash so much today but it's a straight up hot mess. I'll totally still buy it tho (online of course). Yeesh.
11 March 2008
List of the day: Your guilty pleasures at the grocery store.
11 March 2008
Apartment density in Hong Kong.
11 March 2008
Your moment of British-ness. Only thing missing is a cuppa.
11 March 2008
Superhott Minnesota Rollergirl team photos. So love this series.
11 March 2008
Karen Vieno Paurus has a CD release show this weekend ... and dayum it's gonna be the hottness. Reserve y'erself a place now!
12 March 2008
Interview with 'Scary Girl' artist Nathan Jurevicius. If you've missed his artwork, don't.
12 March 2008
Houston, we have teh internetz.
I finally caught up to the rest of all ya'lls and got a new phone. pwn.
12 March 2008
Behind the scenes of the HBO intro from 1982. MODEL CITIES ARE SO COOL! What's really scary is I totally remember watching this when it aired and damn, it really was the shizznit.
12 March 2008
The Fierce Shirt. Totally not a hot tranny mess. I'd work it.
12 March 2008
If St. Patrick's Day had greeting cards. Oh cracked, you surprise me yet again.
13 March 2008
Guinness Book of World Records declares world's best Guitar Hero player. It's been a loooooooooong cold winter in Minnesota if you know what I'm sayin'.
13 March 2008
Riverdance. There's a follow-up to this amazing photo
here.
13 March 2008
This week in vita.mn: Pub trivia in the Twin Cities. Also in this week's package,
take this test to find out how good your trivia skillz are.
13 March 2008
Teaser for the new Sony Bravia ad.
13 March 2008
Mariokart for the Wii dropping it like it's hot April 27th. Finally! Time for me to renew my World Champion Title.
13 March 2008
Bunny slippers! A classic, and just in time for Easter.
16 March 2008
Japanese toy designs. Late 19th / Early 20th century watercolor sketches.
16 March 2008
Beer flag.
16 March 2008
Field Notes quietly launched this week. Probably won't be quiet for long, these are showing up all over the place.
16 March 2008
Death Star being built in Baku. That is some funkyass architecture going on.
17 March 2008
George Clooney googles George Clooney. I don't want to like him but against my better judgment I do! Dude is funny.
17 March 2008
MMOvie. Oh god the funny. This is for all my gaming friends in the house.
17 March 2008
Wii video games blamed for rise in effeminate violence. Game heavy today and totally worth it.
17 March 2008
Last gaming link tonight, promise.
Turbine dishes on their next couple of Lord of the Rings Online game expansion / update(s). I'm not saying I know a lot of people who are excited about Moria opening up ... but it's 99% probable I do.
17 March 2008
Classic Onion via my role-model and good influence on young'ns everywhere teacher friend:
Horribly awkward first sexual encounter 'worth the wait' for Christian newlyweds.
18 March 2008
Motel 6 getting a makeover.
18 March 2008
Donut burger to start your day? This is where if we were all European we'd say something like "Freagin' Americans."
18 March 2008
How to tip like a gentleman. For the ladies, as well.
18 March 2008
Orange you lucky! Beautiful and inspiring patterns ... like, daily!
18 March 2008
Are you British in bed? This site is the super hottness. I'd link directly to the site but am afraid the sysadmins are gonna come running up to my desk and start probing me on the subject of lubricants in the workplace.
AWKWARD!
18 March 2008
Beer cupcakes. Must've been St. Patty's Day or something cuz all the beer links are up.
18 March 2008
List of the day: Odd jobs, things I've done for a living. People still comment on my 'phone operator' voice (not to be confused with phone-sex operator voice).
18 March 2008
Obama's speech on race. Now
that is a speech. [
here's the video]
18 March 2008
An Incomplete Manifesto. #25 pains me but I like as a whole.
18 March 2008
Gnarls Barkley's new album still set to release April 8th. Make that April 1st. NO! March 25th.
F*ck that, we're selling it now. Available TODAY.
18 March 2008
The Tesla Roadster is finally drivable. Um, and HOTT!! It's a fully electric car and all kinds of sexy. If Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't already have one on-order I'd be
shocked.
18 March 2008
God, do I sound like a boy blogger today or what? Too many links to beer and games and cars and lube. Let's balance it out a bit with a link to
pretty girlie things I want for Christmas or my birthday ... or just because.
19 March 2008
NPR has some pretty spiffy coverage of their music spots at SXSW. Worth checking out cuz there's video.
19 March 2008
Five 'Web 2.0' ways to break up with your boyfriend. #1. Add unflattering Flickr tag, “Fat asshole with a unibrow.”
19 March 2008
Fuck art! Some days a Hedge Fund Manager seems like a tantalizing option, no?
19 March 2008
The Rolleiflex MiniDigi gets an update to the update. Oh fer cute!
19 March 2008
Portishead's vid for their new song 'Machine Gun.' Me'thinks that tune is gonna be
b.*.t.c.h.i.n.' live.
20 March 2008
The Eiffel Tower's observation deck is getting a temporary expansion to celebrate its 120th Anniversary. But will it have flashing lights?!
20 March 2008
Happy Persian New Year!
20 March 2008
I'm melting. Aw, sad. No ice cream for you.
20 March 2008
The peace sign turns 50. Like, so totally righteous.
20 March 2008
This week in vita.mn: Richard Prince show opens at the Walker. "In the 1980s, Prince played the role of rogue prankster, exploiting a New York art scene lathered up over skyrocketing prices and new postmodern theories. His 'rephotographs' of magazine advertisements became a cult success."
20 March 2008
List of the day: Favorite Girl Scout cookies. With Peanut Butter Patties in the lead ...
zooooom! ['Tis the season]
20 March 2008
Dream large. Magical kinetic sculptures.
21 March 2008
30 error messages you never want to see. "Could not resolve remote host 'alien.mothership' you massive tool"
22 March 2008
The dangers of ice fishing.
22 March 2008
National Magazine Award Finalists.
22 March 2008
Luscious ink illustrations from an English(ish) designer. I'll take, well, all of them for my walls. So love.
22 March 2008
Nostalgic for mix tapes of yore? Use this site to build a song list, design a tape cover, and distribute to all your BFFs. You just gotta see this to appreciate its coolness. Super fun.
24 March 2008
zomg...
Every. South Park. Episode. Ever. Free. FREE!! I don't think I put enough exclamation points after that last free. FREE!!!!!! Farkin' awesome. *
brushes potato chips off shirt*
24 March 2008
Need someplace to put your laptop whilst on the couch? DAVE's gonna hook you up.
24 March 2008
Superb HDR photos of graffiti. 'shoppin to the xtreme but these are a great example of it
working.
24 March 2008
List of the day: Signs that spring is imminent. Long lines at the car wash ftw.
24 March 2008
Finding out that
Paul Oakenfold did the soundtrack for the upcoming Bourne Conspiracy video game is totally freaking me out. Oakenfold?!?!
24 March 2008
Velvet Revolver breaking up, yeah er no? I'm so confused :\.
25 March 2008
Local polaroid photog (and amazing artist) needs toys. I would certainly give all my toys to this good cause if they weren't on the other side of Wisconsin in my parents' basement. Sad :(.
25 March 2008
The evolution of websites. Check out screenshots of these popular websites today / 5 years / 10 years ago. It's so weird to actually remember how they looked back in the day.
25 March 2008
Gehry designed a (temporary) glass pavilion that will be installed in Hyde Park this summer. This link would be +800% more clickable if it had an image.
25 March 2008
The making of Champion Script Pro font. The original handwriting this is based off of is PURE SEX. And as
Matt rightly pointed out the sexiest font in the world isn't even a dingbat!! [
Imagine receiving love letters that look like this...]
26 March 2008
Pix of that Gehry design I talked about yesterday.
26 March 2008
It's mix-tape week here at sopheava.com.
Muxtape.com just launched I made a little somethin' somethin' for all ya'lls to listen to. Enjoy!!
26 March 2008
Warhammer delayed until "fall '08." Gamerz everywhere died a little inside today.
26 March 2008
FRONTLINE: Bush's War. Too many times I've read '
this is a must-watch' and '
the most amazing documentary' today. Have on-deck for tonight or tomorrow.
26 March 2008
Abandoned ferris wheel: then and now. Aw, that's almost a little sad!
27 March 2008
Egg McMuffin inventor died yesterday. Sad. I can't think of a better way to honor him than to get a sausage egg mcmuffin wtih cheese tomorrow morning. Mmmm.
27 March 2008
Rejected Star Wars toys. I'm partial to the Darth Vader gumball machine myself.
27 March 2008
No dancing in Warhammer??!?!! Oh NO they di'nt. That's it, I'm not buying that piece of junk game ANY.MORE. It's Age of Conan or bust.
No dancing. Pfsheesh.
28 March 2008
Man gets robbed ... but then the story gets interesting. "He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, 'Here you go,'" Diaz says. As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, "Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you're going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm."
28 March 2008
21 alternate uses for vodka. Eventhough some are disproved in the comments, I like the idea of filling a spray bottle with vodka ...
31 March 2008
The Pixel Couch. Dang, that's actually pretty cool. It would be the nice touch of color my very-white apartment could use.
31 March 2008
Dropclock. A beautiful new screensaver to replace flying windows or that aquairum you've been running.
31 March 2008
"A sadomasochistic orgy with five prostitutes that reportedly involved Nazi role-playing." What you've got yerself there is a headline.
31 March 2008
Moby's new album 'Last Night' drops tomorrow. I'm intrigued, his stuff is really hit or miss for me.
31 March 2008
Andrew Bird, and Co., are artist blogging for the NYT. I love him a bushel and a peck. But
maybe you already knew that.