July 2008 Archives
Sonia Pitt, former MNDoT emergency response executive who was fired for hanging out with her boyfriend in NYC instead of coming back to Minneapolis to deal with the 35W bridge collapse, has been hired by the US Department of Homeland Security. Gross, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. #
A judge in CA has ruled early cellphone termination fees are illegal. \m/ #
You can't txt msg and drive in Minnesota as of August 1st. Find out what constitutes 'texting' here. #
This week in vita.mn: Doomtree. I love that someone finally asked what's up with their freaky wings-and-teeth logo. #
Mario's enemies have something to say about being a Bowser minion. "The Mario jumps over me every time. I don't know why Bowser put this goddamn chain on my body." #
Harper's Bazaar attempts an Olympic-themed fashion photoshoot with Lucy Liu. Hahaha attempts. I'd hate to be in the post-mortem for this issue *gulp*. #
In which DeRusha writes a love-letter to the local newspaper. Without really expressing my p.o.v. on the situation, I'm clearly posting this from a neutral standpoint. (But not really...) #
You need the new Doomtree album. Post-haste!! Best hip-hop album of the year (no kidding). #
Trailer for 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.' Dang this looks good. Can't wait! #
5 possible reasons why women's magazine sales are plummeting. Check! on all accounts. #
Holy shit, Gnarls Barkley covering Radiohead. And it's GOOD!! #
Cold War Kids have an album coming out soon. Check out the first track for freebs: 'Something Is Not Right With Me.' #
Gossip Girl video teasers for your Tuesdayjoyment. I hate admitting to being addicted to anything on tv, but I'm pretty excited about this one. #
I put up a new muxtape for you to enjoy. And it's a good'un if I do say so myself: The Cool Kids, Beta Band, AND spankin' new Doomtree. [... Cool Kids for Marsh.] #
10 ways to uglify your bicycle. This is prolly the only time you'll see me post about making *anything* ugly. Savor it. #
If you were stuck on an island with 10 fonts, what would they be? "Trebu-f---ing-chet? Who put that on there?" [thx tayloriation] #
No more gaming vidz on Vimeo. #
Trailer for 'W', Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic. #
Jillian Lewis's Fall '08 collection. Dear god with the coats. See what you hath wrought Project Runway? SHE CAN'T DESIGN ANYTHING ELSE. Bummer. #
Wall decals at ... Target.com? It's true. I'm a fan of the baroque -- very SdL. #
Rush attempts to play their own song on Rock Band. EPIC FAIL. #
20 features the next iPhone should have. iPhone ... ball shaver? #
10 most amazing ghost towns. #
Mix Turtle. Faster than a speeding songza! #
This week in vita.mn: List of Lists. I'm sorry but the great place to eat is not Pizza Luce. Clearly I don't live in the same Twin Cities as the rest of you. #
Baby's first internet. "It doesn't matter what you say, just publish it 12 times a day." #
Brett Favre ... MN Vikings ... This is like one big incestuous soap opera. #
Wear science. Ride that pony. #
LOTRO's Book 14 went live today. Get the rundown here. #
Cake wrecks. Just the spot for that inappropriate cake that found it's way to your office in '03. #
Font conference. A little typography humor to brighten your day. #
Dinosaur on the loose makes learning fun. I'd be one of the kids crying FO SHO. #
In 1947 Life Magazine asked some famous comic strip artists to to draw their famous characters while wearing a blindfold. Here are the results. #
New foods to the MN State Fair this year. Big Fat Bacon: one-third pound of bacon, fried and caramelized with maple syrup and served on a stick. #
Physical theories as women. "Newtonian gravity is your high-school girlfriend. As your first encounter with physics, she's amazing. You will never forget Newtonian gravity, even if you're not in touch very much anymore." #
The skinny on the Vimeo font. I tend to agree with this analysis. #
Is your favorite Starbucks closing? Here's a full list. #
North Holland. Green and delicious. #
Yeti-bama. Hope or die! #
Feeling crafty? Try your hand at homemade deodorant. #
Evolution of The Joker. Time appropriate. I didn't see 'Batman Begins' but am looking forward to 'The Dark Knight.' Mmmm... Christian Bale. #
Opacity. Abandoned building photography == creepsville! #
This week in vita.mn: The Hold Steady. On their new album and, uh, the bible. #
Project Runway lets its freak flag fly. There was a wholelotta tragic going on last night. Best part of the show was when Heidi said "butt ugly" tho. She's been in America toooo long yo. #
The most incredible stormwater management solution you'll see all day. Looks like something out of Star Wars. #
Frank Gehry comments on the architectural supermarket that is Abu Dhabi. "People choose one building by me, one by Norman Foster, one by Zaha, one by Jean Nouvel, one by Daniel Libeskind. It becomes a cabinet of horrors." #
Street. "That's how I roll motherf*ker." #
The most beautiful suicide. So tragic and yes, beautifully disturbing. #
20 products great for traumatizing kids. #
Office designs that will make you want to go to work. Sorry, didn't mean to depress you today. #
Trailer for the upcoming Wolfenstein to be released on the PS3 and 360. William's come a long way yo. #
From the guy who did that super funny kitty animation 'Cat Man Do' comes a brand new installment of the Simon's Cat series: TV Dinner. #
List of the day: best local blog. Oy, the SdL keeps slipping! Where are my peepz? #
Old wedding photos found in an alley near a garbage can and old mattress. So totally f*king awesome. #
404 errors you wish you got. #
What's in my bag, baby. Seeing the pink all lined up in a pretty little row like that makes me so proud *sniffle*. Good product recommendations for you in there tho -- iPod case, cellphone case, calendar, perfume, bag. What did I forget? #
Holy schnikes. Warhammer Online removing major features to hit Fall launch date. 4 of the 6 capital cities got the axe, as did four character classes. #
BMW testing the waters with an all-electric Mini Cooper. Damn, this alllllmost makes me wish I had waited another year or two to buy mine. Almost, I said. #
Trailer for the upcoming movie 'Max Payne.' Time to go digging through my closet to find the old vidgame. #
Virtual drinking buddy. So you never have to drink alone again. #
Time lapse video of a designer laying out an article for a magazine. Welcome to my world. #
Baman Piderman. I double dog dare you not to *snort* at the end. #
2010 Winter Olympics village in Vancouver going green. #
Flickr user SLOWLORIS was hanging out a window when she was struck by lightning. On video! WITH SCREAMING! #
Jesse Jackson wants to cut Obama's nuts off. Yeowch dude. Very very ouch. #
muxtape.com/random: cuz you just never know. #
If everyone on eBay was forced to be honest... #
Playboy picks the hottest female bloggers. Clearly they lost my name in the mail. #
Google launched Lively, their live chat roomie thingy, yesterday. Ok fine. Eventho it's all so very Dora's Playpen (er whatever) it's a "Web Based Virtual World Product." #
This week is probably my favorite Vita.mn cover story ever: Eating local: Follow your food from the farm to your plate. *heart heart heart* #
All kinds of old-timer class. Fire up, granny! #
Octo-pied. Artists with a sense of humor are teh funny. [Also, trees are people too.] #
People are always asking me how to get a photoblog up and running (fast!), well here ya go. Yet Another Photoblog. And if you want to theme it straight out of the gate have yourself a little Grain. #
The zombies are coming! I'm so having a 'Shaun of the Dead' moment right now. #
Marimekko desktop wallpapers. Prettttty. #
Snack foods that sound like sex acts. The 12-year old in me is dying right now. #
A visual comparison of fonts and their creators' handwriting. I love looking at handwriting so much I could look at it all day long. It's like my weird thing. #
Local dude works out with Viking Center Matt Birk and lives to tell the tale. "There is a difference in our workouts. Birk, a surprisingly lean-looking 317 pounds, uses dumbbells the size of Mack truck tires. I use small, pink, plastic dumbbells that say "Rainbow Pony" on the side." #
Flickr + Getty, sittin' in a tree. Getty Eds troll flickr; Getty offers select flickr photogs residuals; Getty makes a lot of money. I want to know what Flickr's getting out of the deal. ?? #
2008 Most Beautiful People at the MN State Capitol Contest is so on. It's hard for me to look at this and not think Most Eligible Bachelor/ette contest, cuz that might actually drastically swing my male vote. #
TinyURL creator makes more money than you. My favorite comment is from hendersonmj whose panties were in a bundle until he wrote: "Note to web master: brace yourself. It is just a matter of time until this article is featured on slashdot and a gazillion techy nerds come browsing. Add bandwidth." Feel better?, noob! #
Who wants to be Susie Homemaker? With a pair of high heels and a tray of muffins? Tres hawt. #
Decorate your yard with the living dead. BRAaaAaAAINS! #
List of the day: If I were a superhero (name & power). I am THE MIGHTY ORGASMA!, with the unparalleled ability to distribute orgasms freely to unsuspecting passers-by. #
I recently acquired a couple of books, fantastic enough to have earned esteemed placement on Le Coffee Table De Sopheava: Historic Photos of Minneapolis and Historic Photos of St. Paul. These are really cool if you've ever lived in either city . #
After going back and forth and back and forth about whether I should support crazy f*cking Scientologists and buy the new Beck album out today, I made some peace and decided to support producer Danger Mouse. Cuz I can get behind that. #
CP photos from CONvergence 2008. Nerd alert! (omg I so wasn't there fyiz) #
Abandoned movie theaters. Funny what a little HDR does to sex up abandoned spaces. #
EA launching an officially official Scrabble on Facebook this month. Poor Scrabulous, EVERYBODY PANIC! #
From the 'Last Trax On Albums' mixtape challenge, this dude has my vote, what with his keeping the funky all kinds of fresh. #
Remember that "forrrevvverrrr" scene from the movie 'Sandlot?' Yeah, apparently my brother and I are the only ones on the planet that do. Whatevs. Now you'll never say "forever" in the same way too. #
Muxtape colors by frequency. #000000 is ruling the roost -- I should have suspected. #
Have a question? Any question at all? Text it to ChaCha (242-242) where a caring customer service rep does the google work for ya. I actually used this while out the other night and, well, it was pretty awesome! #
NBC bought The Weather Channel. Alotta money in someone's forecast. #
The Bubble Calendar. Where it's all about the self control. #
Kickass wallpapers for your desktop. And, in pink too! #
I threw together a new muxtape for you this morning. Just cuz. But also because I remembered 'Charlie Big Potato' has the best intro to a song EVAH. #
Bulletin boards for designers. Pink pink there's so much pink! #
Re-writing AP headlines for noobz 101. Hahahaha ... "Homosexual barely averts major flop in 100..." #
Designer glasses. Where's the hipster? #
Christian Bale photographs! *gasp* Oh yeah, and a very cool poster for 'The Dark Knight' but but but CHRISTIAN BALE PHOTOGRAPHS! #
Superfly retro messenger bags. Have I told you how much I love etsy? Yeah I bought one, as if I had a choice in the matter. #
The Superest. Who is the superest hero of them all? Perhaps it's the Dashing Delver, digging holes with SUPERHUMAN SPEED! #
Joystiq gets 30 mins with 'Spore' and Will Wright. Lucky bastards. #
Chuck Klosterman asks 100 German college students to name the most interesting 20th Century American. Michael Jackson had more essays written about him than anyone else. More than Ryan Adams even. #
A 1984 Olympic gold medalist, Dara Torres is training to make the 2008 US Olympic swim team. Um, I feel fat now. Thanks Dara. #
Nikon announces mid-size full-frame in the new D700. For all the size-queens in the house. #
Minnesota dropping the effort to fine underage buyers of violent video games. In other news, parents still giving kids ridiculous amounts of money to buy and play the games online, asshats. #
'Hulk' filmmakers used flickr photo for $0. As a film studio, duh. As a photographer, it blows so much that they couldn't even put him in the credits. #
Sandgirls. Perch! #
List of the day: best date movies. "Whatever she wants to watch." At least there's one guy smart enough to have listed it. ;) #
Oh My God. Try not to love it, I dare you. #