Montly archives

The Daily Show is taping in St. Paul

01 May 2008
The Daily Show is taping in St. Paul. Git your tickets now! Jon Stewart + RNC == teh funny.

25 rejected ideas from Grand Theft Auto IV

01 May 2008
25 rejected ideas from Grand Theft Auto IV. Remorse system in GTA, ha!

The Goblin in the Tuxedo

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.

A beautiful illustration of the story of my overall health

02 May 2008
A beautiful illustration of the story of my overall health. Looks like I blossomed early.

Girly old man hat

02 May 2008
Girly old man hat. I want a hat with a bow on it too!

Re-shirt.net

02 May 2008
Re-shirt.net. Buy a t-shirt and get the story behind it, FREE!

Mothers angry at video games for letting people do things that aren't wise in real life

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.

Tecmo Bowl lands on the DS this fall

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

NIN releases another free album

05 May 2008
NIN releases another free album. *tap tap* still waiting for my download link to arrive.

Baby car logos

05 May 2008
Baby car logos. Who doesn't love baby animals?

List of the day: Would you please stop saying _______

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.

Texting your way to love

05 May 2008
Texting your way to love. Or 'flirxting' your way to making love like a wild animal.

p0rn for women

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!"

Someone said Gwyneth Paltrow in 'Iron Man' is a dead ringer for, well, me

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.

Urban decay in St. Petersburg, Russia

06 May 2008
Urban decay in St. Petersburg, Russia. Amazing.

Countering Rex's list of signs you're a hipster, here's your better hipster list-o-the-day

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.

This week in Vita.mn: Cycling in the city

08 May 2008
This week in Vita.mn: Cycling in the city.

Would love to post more links today but I'm too busy licking my new camera: the Nikon D300

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.

Facebook IRL

09 May 2008
Facebook IRL. I'd like to see the Shaun of the Dead guys do this.

Transparent post-its

09 May 2008
Transparent post-its. Jesus lord that's brilliant. Where were these when I was in college and we still read books? !

Skills for men

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.

In the bag: LaCie's 250 gig "rugged" "pocket" external hard drive

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!"

Things younger than McCain

12 May 2008
Things younger than McCain dot com. AARP is younger than McCain, funny.

Ansel Adam's Yosemite

12 May 2008
Ansel Adam's Yosemite. Lovely collection of photos narrated by his former assistant, Andrea G. Stillman.

Walkway

12 May 2008
Walkway, a nice 'n free Helvetica-ish font.

There is a very, very, very fine line between looking hipster cool and looking like a child molester

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.

How to find images on the internetz

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.

What the f*k are you doing?!

13 May 2008
What the f*k are you doing?! Someone has a case of the Mondays.

Bon Iver playing live on Pitchfork.tv

13 May 2008
Bon Iver playing live on Pitchfork.tv

Matt's finally discovered the secret identity of Bon Iver

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?!!

An updated Sopheava de Muxtape for your listening pleasure

13 May 2008
An updated Sopheava de Muxtape for your listening pleasure. Love, Sopheava.

The WSJ profiles Cloud Cult

13 May 2008
The WSJ profiles Cloud Cult. Still bitter about being outbid on a painting last November. Grrrrr...

(Local) Celebrities you'd like to toss into a pool

13 May 2008
(Local) Celebrities you'd like to toss into a pool. LET CJ HAVE IT RIGHT IN THE KISSER!!

The day there was no news

14 May 2008
The day there was no news. ALERT! ALERT! Nothing is happening right now!

Children's drawings recreated as photographs

14 May 2008
Children's drawings recreated as photographs. So. Cool.

Ex-boyfriend jewelry

14 May 2008
Ex-boyfriend jewelry. In case you're in the market for rings I guess?

Very very very very very pretty wallpapers

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.

This week in Vita.mn: Your complete guide to Art-A-Whirl 2008

15 May 2008
This week in Vita.mn: Your complete guide to Art-A-Whirl 2008.

Firefox plugin that replaces ads with art

16 May 2008
Firefox plugin that replaces ads with art. I can't download this fast enough. Faster, FASTER!!

Will you look at me?

16 May 2008
Will you look at me?

8 former MTV Sweet 16'ers get it right in the teeth

16 May 2008
8 former MTV Sweet 16'ers get it right in the teeth in the new show 'Exiled.' [censored sarcastic remark]

MUTO

16 May 2008
MUTO: A wall-painted animation that kicks some ass.

Crush3r

19 May 2008
Crush3r. Will you ever use Evite again?

Beautiful prints by Lily Moon

19 May 2008
Beautiful prints by Lily Moon.

Obama does Portland

19 May 2008
Obama does Portland. Check out the scale on these. Incredible.

Food sculptures

19 May 2008
Food sculptures so good you'll want to eat 'em. Or no. Whatever.

Threadless prints

20 May 2008
Threadless prints. Limited edition 18x24 Threadless tee prints on sale now.

'Sex and the City' movie clips you haven't seen

20 May 2008
'Sex and the City' movie clips you haven't seen. And will be pulled from YouTube in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... HURRY!

Beethoven got laid a lot

20 May 2008
Beethoven got laid a lot. A little coffee talk for you this fine Tuesday afternoon.

Listen to 'Chemtrails' from Beck's new album

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.

Age of Conan opens its doors to the bloodthirsty hordes

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.

Print Magazine with a roundup of posters, book covers, ads, etc. using the 'cutoff-torso-spread-leg framing device.'

21 May 2008
Print Magazine with a roundup of posters, book covers, ads, etc. using the 'cutoff-torso-spread-leg framing device.' Classic.

Photos by James Mollison of music fans who tend to dress like their idols

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.

Ever wonder what a brooding and deep Storm Trooper looks like?

21 May 2008
Ever wonder what a brooding and deep Storm Trooper looks like? Yeah, me too.

I am crushing on this guy and his, ummm, gear in more ways than you can imagine

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.

Obama wins Oregon; Hillary loses 3 oxen fording the river, and 2 members of her party have dysentery

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.

Apparently Last.FM is redesigning soon

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.

He took a photo every day, for 18 years, until he died of cancer

21 May 2008
He took a photo every day, for 18 years, until he died of cancer.

JAVAscript Super Mario Kart

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

Couldn't get tix to Rock The Garden (with Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Cloud Cult, and The New Pornographers)

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.

Weezer has a video for their new song 'Pork and Beans'

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?

MN makes it official: no texting while driving

24 May 2008
MN makes it official: no texting while driving.

Just another day at the office

26 May 2008
Just another day at the office. Even spidey has to commute.

Serena and Dan IRL

27 May 2008
Serena and Dan IRL? I think I just groaned a little under my breath.

Adobe CS4 coming soonish

27 May 2008
Adobe CS4 coming soonish. Great. Just in time for me to have gotten CS3.

Alotta geeks

27 May 2008
Alotta geeks. Oy. MMO geeks look nothing like that for the record.

An engineer's guide to cats

28 May 2008
An engineer's guide to cats. I'm all about the "corporal cuddling."

Bankrupt offices

28 May 2008
Bankrupt offices. Life interrupted.

The MagBas offers some solicited advice to a very troubled man

28 May 2008
The MagBas offers some solicited advice to a very troubled man. Men who know their Jimmy Choo make me so hot.

Fontbots

28 May 2008
Fontbots. A series of illustrations featuring your favorite fonts. I always knew Helvetica was a badass mofo.

The new Beijing airport, the biggest in the world, is ready just in time for the 2008 Olympics

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.

The first(?) prison photograph, mugshot, of Lewis Paine

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.

Sheep in the Netherlands have a cooler house than you do

29 May 2008
Sheep in the Netherlands have a cooler house than you do. Lucky bastards.

Melissa Gilbert joins Guthrie's cast of 'Little House On The Prairie'

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*

Timbuk2 and Threadless are making beautiful love-children together

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.

Tegaki: hand-drawn blogging

29 May 2008
Tegaki: hand-drawn blogging ... and comments and tags.

I'm currently car shopping, so in the spirit of my one-track mind here is your list 'o the day

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...

Video of Mariah Carey throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game

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!

Sharon Stone created a flaming shitstorm when she called the earthquake in China and the death of 80,000+ people 'karma'

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.

Uber nerdtastic web designer t-shirts

30 May 2008
Uber nerdtastic web designer t-shirts. Oops, looks like they forgot one.

Ponystars!

30 May 2008
Ponystars! An online multiplayer game that lets you breed and customize your very own magical pony!

Some very, very delicious rock posters I could drool over all day long

30 May 2008
Some very, very delicious rock posters I could drool over all day long.