April 2008 Archives
Namecalling. A little something to make you smile. #
IG artist themes. I'm sorry Diane Von Furstenberg, you're auf'd. Coldplay, you win immunity this week. #
List of the day: You've won $10 million in the lottery -- what now? No one's listed strippers 'n blow? Amazing. #
Watch Scarlett Johansson's spankin' new video. What, you didn't know she has a Tom Waits cover album coming out? Yeah, she does. #
8 essential gadgets for a secret agent. #
Al Franken, MN DFL Senate candidate, owes $70,000 in back taxes ... in 17 states. Like, whoops. #
Profanity usage by type. Just for the record I'm a fan of the blue shells, it's a well maneuvered red shell that really gets my goat. #
It's Grand Theft Auto IV day. I know where a lot of you will be at lunch. Don't forget it's also Mario Kart Wii time. #
Andrew Bird's interview from a bicycle. I'm such a fangirl. #
Interview with the dude behind Muxtape. How many muxtapes? "More than the population of Germany, less than the population of Japan." #
Video of the first Macintosh computer from the 1984 Apple shareholder meeting. Wow, that brought back some good times. #
Vita's up for another Editor & Publisher award! This just makes me all verclempt. #
Trailer for the most beautiful movie, maybe, ever? Just ... wow. #
List of the day: Best 80s movies. You got yourself a little Ferris Bueller, Real Genius, Better Off Dead, Sixteen Candles. Good stuff. #
Insulting source code: severity high, critical release. Brilliant. The choice of words is the best though ... a whole BUCKET! #
A printer that cures cancer AND world peace? Can't beat that deal with a schtick. #
Pizza bianca. I'm really upset I just found this recipe. Mainly because I'll always want to make it now. This stuff is SO GOOD. #
Dear Jason Swinscoe, I have the biggest crush on you E.V.E.R. If you wanna grab a pint the next time you're in Minneapolis gimme a shout. Love, Margaret. #
Song / artist / video I can't stop listening to: Little Dragon, 'Twice.' #
The short film 'Weightless' is a beautifully done. Architecture + dance == stunning. #
What does pixelated water look like exactly? Now you know. I want to do this to every single gutter in MPLS. #
Tokyo Police Club's spankin' new album has alotta hidden goodies. Load the disc and find 30 tracks from other Saddle Creek artists such as Bright Eyes and Ladyfinger. #
Hillary sees her shadow in Pennsylvania. We can expect six more weeks of tired, pathetic campaigning. #
What's should I know about buying a bicycle? So glad I asked this question, a lot of good advice already. Cuz other than it being a pretty color and fun to ride my list was pretty short. #
Trent Reznor just keeps on giving. More freebs, this time more rock. Get it before their servers collapse again. #
I guess you could call this logo a major "c*ck" up. $50 says the designers saw this before they presented to the suits. #
Ittybitty Shaun of the Dead. These are AWESOME. One of my all-time favorite movies. #
Sopheava's updated Muxtape. Gotta keep you guys on your toes. Plus I just wanted you to have something new to listen to. Turn it up, lather, repeat, enjoy! #
That's gonna leave a mark. I think my brother tried to do that once. #
Should Hillary quit? Words fail me. God bless ad scheduling systems. #
Happy Earth Day! Perhaps a RuMe Bag is in your near future? Make the little stuff count. #
Madonna's new album "leaked" on teh interwebz. Listen to 7 tracks on this site ... but prepare to be underwhelmed. #
We waited 30 minutes and no service. #
In the Time of Trees. Exquisite tree photography. #
How ABC News finds questioners for the debate. What, and you're surprised? #
Some boring ass postcards for your enjoyment. #
Beautiful new game for the Wii f*d up on the cover art. pwnd noobs. #
Cloud Cult's new video on RollingStone.com. I'm a fan. #
The dos and don'ts of mojitos. #
Superhero pendant. Oh yeah, I'm splurging. I want to buy one for all my girlfriends too. #
San Francisco Earthquake panoramas from 1906. #
10 annoying brilliant office interiors. I want to work at #4. #
Lost Winds coming to the Wii. It may be the prettiest game of the year. And I sure do like pretty. #
Storm Troopin'. Otherwise entitled Maxin' and Chillaxin'. #
The most disturbing newspaper correction ... in the history of the universe? Scroll down to the bottom to read it. If I were the copydesk that's the kind of thing I'd leave in there to get someone fired. #
"The original" leather postal messenger bag. For $800 bucks it should have a snappier name. In another language. #
Noodle measurer 7000. NEED! I'm the worst ever at guessing how much to make. #
Toddy pajamas. Um ... embarrassing that I kind've want? They look all snuggly. #
Photo gallery as NY might have been. #
New song from My Brightest Diamond. Dreamy and delicious and just as amazing as I knew her follow-up would be. #
This week in vita.mn: International Film Festival (MSPIFF). Tons of amazing films in there -- and all with photos! Read, review, enjoy. #
I've just been turned on to the beautifully illustrated book 'Blankets,' by Craig Thompson. Definitely on my wishlist. #
Stuff designers like. If I may, let's inject the world *male before the word *designers m'kay? Cuz the list differs eeeeever so slightly for *female designers. #
Nicholas White gets trapped in an elevator for 41 hours and doesn't lose his shit. Check out this time-lapse veto. #
Wii peekaboo pole dancing? It's a crying shame if Nintendo walks away from this opportunity. #
There's a standoff in my hood. Breathe mom, breathe. I drove safely around all 12 cop cars and the armoured tank in order to get to work. #
Project Runway returning in July. On Bravo? With Nina? We need the deets. #
Walgreens offering free photos today. Cuz it's tax day, er whatever. #
The nicest list of Flickr tools I've found. Whatever you don't DON'T LOOK AT THIS LIST WHILE AT WORK. #
Weather c*ck. Yes it's true. I have the toiler humor of a 5 year old. #
List of the day: I can't f'ing stand this band. You know it's a good list when the users pounce all over it. Nickelback currently in the lead ... followed closely by Creed and Rush. (Hey, I totally like 'Tom Sawyer' by Rush!) #
Check out this funeral coach brochure from 1976. I think I spy the Jefferson Memorial in one of those photos. Trippy. #
Machu Picchu, sunrise. Just cuz. #
Ruffly dress! Perfect for spring. Looks like a Christian Siriano ready-to-wear look and I'm in love. #
The Rather Difficult Font Game. It's multiple choice, not that difficult. Ok fine it's hard. #
10 unusual bicycle designs. Can they not do a better job covering the chain? #
Have you seen the new PS3 ad campaign? Yowzas. #
Nina Garcia is auf'd! The poor show is falling apart before our very eyes. On the other hand ... she wasn't my favorite. #
This generator creates names by randomly combining first and last names from the 1990 US Census. Good for book writing or toon naming, whatevs. #
Lovejoy Vodka has some smokin' hot packaging. Who *are* these people that get to design labels for vodka and wine? There must be, like, 3 of them in the world. Lucky bastards. #
I've been in the market for a new purse/bag for a while. In a cruel twist of fate it turns out when I actually find one I like it runs about $180. And from Urban Outfitters? Really? #
Top 100 selling video games from the past year. I'm starting you on the last page, at #1, cuz their pagination blows. [Compiled from N. America and Europe sales] #
This week in vita.mn: Voltage preview. Oh baby we got it all: insider scoop, the designers, the bands, and the woman behind the show. All kinds of goodies in there. #
Newsroom reductions. Sure you've all read about them but seeing it is a whole different story. I want, want, want to do this here but would probably get fired by the grumpy old coots who keep their doors constantly closed. [omg, I tooootally didn't just say that...] #
Someone bend her over already. And get her a new stylist while you're at it. #
Passive-aggressive humidifier, but with style! Everyone in MN should own one of these. Just sayin'. #
What kind of geek are you? There needs to be a female gamer hybrid of all of the above with my picture above her. Cuz that's me in all my holiness to the Xtreme. #
I use teh unix. What's really funny is I think I used to work with this guy. #
The Colour family tree. Looks to me like Yellow's been gettin' busy. #
That must be some vacation for the Vice Prez to be grinning like that. Check out the REFELCTION in his sunglasses, just to clarify. So busted. #
Coffee cuff. Way cute but maybe not $68 dollars cute. In fact $15 dollars cute might even be pushing it. Plus it's not even pink. #
Ringo Starr beheaded. Poor guy always gets the short end. #
Anyone in the market for a baby rooster? Or at this really effing cute age *cockerel*? Between the photography and the fur that's a whole lotta cute. #
10" of snow??!?! MF'er. #
Did'ya hear Flickr now has video? #
Speaking of toolbags ... our President's numbers are the worst. As in, like, ever. #
Earth's biggest toolbag -- discovered? #
Project Runway -- SOLD! For the love of all that's holy. #
Portishead on, well, Portishead. "When you come back you don't want to tickle people under the chin -- you know what I mean?" I'm not saying I've *heard* this album in its entirety but if I *had* heard it I'd probably say it's the most brilliant thing. #
What all those handsignals on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange mean. Yeah but what are the *secret* signals? Cuz I know they must have a whole buncha them. #
13 beautiful photographs of a rainy day. Agreed, all very lovely. #
Why your site sux. The Quick Reference Guide version. #
Furry Kama Sutra. Because it's animals does it mean it's SFW? #
Age of Conan launching with 12 classes. Ugh, this is always the hardest part for me. WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE?! #
Pitchfork.tv Dang, they already blew their Radiohead card. #
List of the day: Low moments in cartoon history. I think the universe collectively agrees Scrappy Doo was the lowest of the low. #
Closing in on winning the Punch Pizza photo contest. If I win there will be a Punch Pizza party in the amount of $500 for everyone who likes Punch Pizza. #
Getting the Golden Gate straight. Wow, a book about a bridge I think I want to read. Sounds like just the kind of thing I can geek out on! #
Fancy a Volvo C30 in leopard print? It's now or never I say. #
MinneBar 2008 is SO ON. Signup has commenced. #
Vintage ads for modern products. Courtesy of Worth1000, of course. #
Craigslist has a blog and it's just as design-free as you'd expect. #
Chipotle's rice recipe. This rice is EVIL and if I start making it I'll probably never leave the house. #
Domodress. Sadly I can think of at least 3 men off the top of my head who are getting a stiff nerd-on right now. #
Aw, the [Amazon] Kindle packing is the cutest packaging I've seen all year. Brings a tear to my eye *sniff*. #
Holy crap the Clintons have a lot of commas and zeros on their tax returns from the past 7 years. On second thought you may not want to follow that link. It'll only depress you if you haven't done your taxes yet. #
Wonderbra there to save the day. For all shapes and sizes. Any time. Any where. #
[insert green stuff here] I can think of about a million good places for these. #
This week in vita.mn: 10 top cocktails. "Why would you waste Jameson by putting ginger in it? Whiskey for beginners." #
Whitespace Wednesday. All these photos make me want to pack my bags, move to Italy, and drink wine & take photos with an old film camera for a year. Beautiful stuff. #
63 grunge fonts. Don't let anyone tell you grunge is so over. #
Creative bookshelf designs. Hit and miss designs for me ... except this one which I will gladly accept as a present for my birthday, Christmas, St. Nick's Day, Hanukkah, May Day, or whatever other reason you'd like to bestow it upon me thank you. #
Bulletproof vest testing. Puts hair on your chest. #
The UK gets some fancy new coin designs. *jealous* #
Your guide to spring music releases, courtesy of Pitchfork. #
A famous photo. But maybe like you've never seen it before. #
I'm a little late to the Haley Bonar phenomenon but better late than never. Her album 'Lure the Fox' is making me infinitely better today. #
I'm home from work today which has given me time to enjoy, surprisingly, the brand spankin' new album from The Black Keys 'Attack & Release'. DJ Danger Mouse produced (hardly noticeable, yet AWESOME). #
Amon Hen: free Lord of the Rings Online game expansion. "Crush your foes in 6, 12, or 20 pieces!" #