Montly archives
01 May 2008
The Daily Show is taping in St. Paul. Git your tickets now! Jon Stewart + RNC == teh funny.
01 May 2008
25 rejected ideas from Grand Theft Auto IV. Remorse system in GTA, ha!
01 May 2008
The Goblin in the Tuxedo. a.k.a. why World of Warcraft blows and AoC/WAR
may actually get it right. Haha, yeah, short term maybe. I'll hold my breath for long-term prospects on the games.
02 May 2008
A beautiful illustration of the story of my overall health. Looks like I blossomed early.
02 May 2008
Girly old man hat. I want a hat with a bow on it too!
02 May 2008
Re-shirt.net. Buy a t-shirt and get the story behind it, FREE!
02 May 2008
Mothers angry at video games for letting people do things that aren't wise in real life. 'Mothers Against Banging Hookers in the Park' have yet to comment. In other news, it's rated MATURE. If you don't want your kid playing it don't buy it for them, jackass.
02 May 2008
Tecmo Bowl lands on the DS this fall. Yay!! I was such a Tecmo Bowl whore when I was a kid. And cuz Steve is a nice guy he found this great video of
Bo Jackson schooling god and everyone in the original game. pwn
05 May 2008
NIN releases another free album. *tap tap* still waiting for my download link to arrive.
05 May 2008
Baby car logos. Who doesn't love baby animals?
05 May 2008
List of the day: Would you please stop saying _______. "I'm a foodie" is right at the top of my list. Over-it-dot-com.
05 May 2008
Texting your way to love. Or 'flirxting' your way to making love like a wild animal.
05 May 2008
p0rn for women. ""Ooh, look, the NFL playoffs are today. I bet we'll have no trouble parking at the crafts fair!"
05 May 2008
Someone said Gwyneth Paltrow in 'Iron Man' is a dead ringer for, well, me. Has anyone seen the movie to verify? Just for the record I totally went red first.
06 May 2008
Urban decay in St. Petersburg, Russia. Amazing.
06 May 2008
Countering
Rex's list of signs you're a hipster, here's your
better hipster list-o-the-day.
Top 10 signs you're a hipster.
08 May 2008
This week in Vita.mn: Cycling in the city.
08 May 2008
Would love to post more links today but I'm too busy licking my new camera:
the Nikon D300. As an aside, I'm also working on the triceps with all kinds of
new glass as well.
09 May 2008
Facebook IRL. I'd like to see the Shaun of the Dead guys do this.
09 May 2008
Transparent post-its. Jesus lord that's brilliant. Where were these when I was in college and we still read books? !
12 May 2008
Skills for men. Things every man should be able to do according to Esquire. I'd like to see the
Magnificent Bastard's take on this.
12 May 2008
In the bag:
LaCie's 250 gig "rugged" "pocket" external hard drive. It's like a bunch of suits sat in a room playing technology mad libs. "We need an
adj.: RUGGED! Now a
noun: POCKET!"
12 May 2008
Things younger than McCain dot com. AARP is younger than McCain, funny.
12 May 2008
Ansel Adam's Yosemite. Lovely collection of photos narrated by his former assistant, Andrea G. Stillman.
12 May 2008
Walkway, a nice 'n free Helvetica-ish font.
13 May 2008
There is a very, very, very fine line between looking hipster cool and looking like a child molester. I can think of at least a half-dozen offenders right off the top of my head.
13 May 2008
How to find images on the internetz. Useful links for, oh I don't know, those people whose employers have cut your stock budget because they're cheapass mf'ers who figure you'll just, er, whip stuff up out of thin air. Cuz, like you're a designer and you know, that's, like, part of your job or whatever.
Not that I know anyone that's happened to or anything.
13 May 2008
What the f*k are you doing?! Someone has a case of the Mondays.
13 May 2008
Bon Iver playing live on Pitchfork.tv
13 May 2008
Matt's finally discovered the secret identity of
Bon Iver: it's our very own
Taylor Carik [of
mediation] moonlightin' as the emo songster. WHO KNEW?!!
13 May 2008
An updated Sopheava de Muxtape for your listening pleasure. Love, Sopheava.
13 May 2008
The WSJ profiles Cloud Cult. Still bitter about being outbid on a painting last November.
Grrrrr...
13 May 2008
(Local) Celebrities you'd like to toss into a pool. LET CJ HAVE IT RIGHT IN THE KISSER!!
14 May 2008
The day there was no news. ALERT! ALERT! Nothing is happening right now!
14 May 2008
Children's drawings recreated as photographs. So. Cool.
14 May 2008
Ex-boyfriend jewelry. In case you're in the market for rings I guess?
15 May 2008
Very very very very very pretty wallpapers. And while I'm at it
these will totally knock your socks off too. Cuz that's just the kind of gal I am.
15 May 2008
This week in Vita.mn:
Your complete guide to Art-A-Whirl 2008.
16 May 2008
Firefox plugin that replaces ads with art. I can't download this fast enough. Faster, FASTER!!
16 May 2008
Will you look at me?
16 May 2008
8 former MTV Sweet 16'ers get it right in the teeth in the new show 'Exiled.' [
censored sarcastic remark]
16 May 2008
MUTO: A wall-painted animation that kicks some ass.
19 May 2008
Crush3r. Will you ever use Evite again?
19 May 2008
Beautiful prints by Lily Moon.
19 May 2008
Obama does Portland. Check out the scale on these. Incredible.
19 May 2008
Food sculptures so good you'll want to eat 'em. Or no. Whatever.
20 May 2008
Threadless prints. Limited edition 18x24 Threadless tee prints on sale now.
20 May 2008
'Sex and the City' movie clips you haven't seen. And will be pulled from YouTube in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... HURRY!
20 May 2008
Beethoven got laid a lot. A little coffee talk for you this fine Tuesday afternoon.
20 May 2008
Listen to 'Chemtrails' from Beck's new album. While sopheava dot com stands behind its decision to
not support crazy mf'ing scientologists, this album was produced by DJ Danger Mouse. So I guess I can toss it a link. But THAT'S IT.
20 May 2008
Age of Conan opens its doors to the bloodthirsty hordes. An R-Rated MMO with slutty, snake-wielding barbarian chicas? I was so there a month ago in the beta. The game needs some polish but still infinitely more fun that the WoW tinkertoy.
21 May 2008
Print Magazine with a roundup of posters, book covers, ads, etc. using the 'cutoff-torso-spread-leg framing device.' Classic.
21 May 2008
Photos by James Mollison of music fans who tend to dress like their idols. How many can you name? Answers on the last page of the gallery. Also,
there's a book due out later this year.
21 May 2008
Ever wonder what a brooding and deep Storm Trooper looks like?
Yeah, me too.
21 May 2008
I am crushing on this guy and his, ummm, gear in more ways than you can imagine. OMG, I think I'm blushing. Hard. To. Form. Sentences.
21 May 2008
Obama wins Oregon; Hillary loses 3 oxen fording the river, and 2 members of her party have dysentery. Best. Fark. Headline. Ever.
21 May 2008
Apparently Last.FM is redesigning soon. Yikes, I haven't been able to check out any new functionality cuz I can't get by the design I'm not a fan of.
21 May 2008
He took a photo every day, for 18 years, until he died of cancer.
22 May 2008
JAVAscript Super Mario Kart!!! Sorry, don't mean to be so excited but without my manager breathing down my neck all the time at work anymore ... well ... :-D
22 May 2008
Couldn't get tix to Rock The Garden (with Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Cloud Cult, and The New Pornographers)?
No worries, vita.mn can totally hook you up. I. Am. So. Excited!!!!1oneone.
23 May 2008
Weezer has a video for their new song 'Pork and Beans.' How many internet e-listers can you name in 3 minutes?
24 May 2008
MN makes it official:
no texting while driving.
26 May 2008
Just another day at the office. Even spidey has to commute.
27 May 2008
Serena and Dan IRL? I think I just groaned a little under my breath.
27 May 2008
Adobe CS4 coming soonish. Great. Just in time for me to have gotten CS3.
27 May 2008
Alotta geeks. Oy. MMO geeks look
nothing like that for the record.
28 May 2008
An engineer's guide to cats. I'm all about the "corporal cuddling."
28 May 2008
Bankrupt offices. Life interrupted.
28 May 2008
The MagBas offers some solicited advice to a very troubled man. Men who know their Jimmy Choo make me so hot.
28 May 2008
Fontbots. A series of illustrations featuring your favorite fonts. I always knew Helvetica was a badass mofo.
28 May 2008
The new Beijing airport, the biggest in the world, is ready just in time for the 2008 Olympics. And it's a photogenic bugger at that. Very cool.
29 May 2008
The first(?) prison photograph, mugshot, of Lewis Paine (who attempted unsuccessfully to murder Secretary of State William Seward as part of the conspiracy in which John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln). Haunting.
29 May 2008
Sheep in the Netherlands have a cooler house than you do. Lucky bastards.
29 May 2008
Melissa Gilbert joins Guthrie's cast of 'Little House On The Prairie.' You know what, I have no idea why I'm linking to this. *
yawn*
29 May 2008
Uh oh ...
Timbuk2 and Threadless are making beautiful love-children together. While there's nothing I want to buy on that list yet, Timbuk2 + Threadless gettin' it on can only mean TROUBLE.
29 May 2008
Tegaki: hand-drawn blogging ... and comments and tags.
29 May 2008
I'm currently car shopping, so in the spirit of my one-track mind here is your list 'o the day:
If I could have any car...
29 May 2008
Video of Mariah Carey throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game. I know, groan, why am I even linking to this but LOOK AT ALL THE INAPPROPRIATE THINGS GOING ON with the shoes and the hop and the Pink Ladies jacket and the girlie throw ... GAH!
29 May 2008
Sharon Stone created a flaming shitstorm when she called the earthquake in China and the death of 80,000+ people "karma." Oh yeah, and did you know the Dali Lama was a close personal friend of hers? Jesus ... that's really,
reeeeeeeeeeeally bad.
30 May 2008
Uber nerdtastic web designer t-shirts. Oops, looks like they forgot
one.
30 May 2008
Ponystars! An online multiplayer game that lets you breed and customize your very own magical pony!
30 May 2008
Some very, very delicious rock posters I could drool over all day long.