November 2008 Archives
Beautiful gig posters. Now half price and ready-to-frame. I know at least one friend who's clicking 'buy' at this very moment... #
Purrrniture cat store. I know what my kitties are getting for Christmas now. #
Black Friday on amazon.com. If you're in to deals er whatever. #
HOLY SHIT, MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON. "Holy living fuck.... Are you fucking believing this? I abso-fucking-lutely am standing on the surface of the fucking moon. I am talking to you from the goddamned fucking moon. Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket." "Holy mother of fuck," the first man on the moon added." #
Reason #981 you should vote: the MN senate race is still up in the air after 2.5 million people voted; the winner will be decided by less than 200 votes. Yeesh, VOTE PEOPLE. #
Tomorrow's headline: Vita.mn superuser sopheava dings 40k pts. I better code a /creditroll for when I beat the karma pt. game. #
Baconated turkey. In case you want to kill off half your family over the holidays this year, this should just about do it. #
808s & Heartbreak, by Kanye West is my album of the day. Worth picking up. #
Behind the scenes photos from 'Ironman' as taken by Jeff Bridges. Wow, he makes it seem like a normal day at the office. #
New York's new Ace Hotel is looking scrumdiddlyumptious. #
New trailer for 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.' The only reason 'Twilight' was worth going-to last weekend. I can't wait for this!!! #
The flash bulb necklace. For the photographer Her in your life. Very dainty. #
Peter is so kind as to give us a mini-tour of the spankin' new Seward Co-op. By far my favorite co-op in town. I can't wait for this to open!! #
Pie crusts 101. I don't know, I saw words like "butter" and "pie" in the title and that was good enough for me. Perfect for the holiday season. #
Omelette in a bag. Highly recommended by Matt. I'm skeptical. #
Sandgasm. Portraity fun with sand! #
Zeus Jones gift guide. One of the most creative gift guides I've seen. Target by price, gender, editor picks, or relationship status. #
Jamie Oliver's 'Cook Your Way to the Good Life' is probably my new favoritest thing. I love that he actually talks about the food and has a discussion about the recipes. #
What really happened after Zelda. Thankgod Robot Chicken is there to clear it up cuz this was buggin' me. #
A fun album to brighten your week: Top Ranking, by Santogold & Diplo. Not new but it's great fun as the days are getting colder and shorter. #
List of the day: Things that sound dirty at Thanksgiving but aren't. Okay fine. For all the funhaterz here's a cleaner Thanksgiving list for you: Favorite Thanksgiving foods. #
Creative spaces: Foundling studio. Two of my most favoritest necklaces ever are from Foundling. Amazing, inspiring creations and oh how I love these behind-the-scenes looks so. #
The 'O' in Obama. Interview with the guy who designed the Obama logo. So awesome. #
Looking for a 2009 calendar? Might I suggest Illustration Now 2009 as a nice desk companion. Very pretty and lays good 'n flat. For your purse or man-bag check out the Moleskine 2009 weekly planner, in red. Small, thin, and super sylin'. #
Wall decals that won't break your budget. I'm packing you full of present ideas today. #
Ad placement fail. Bets that the covered word was 'sexy'? #
The Chelsea Buckle tote. I need a new orange purse for Christmas kkthxbye. #
Spice up your gmail inbox with 30 new themes. God damnit google, why do you have to keep doing this to me? And where's the SdL theme? #
Grand Central Station: then and now. Move the slider up 'n down... #
Chuck Klosterman reviews 'Chinese Democracy.' "Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It's more like reviewing a unicorn." #
Not all elections are over: the Minnesota Senate race recount (between Al Franken and Norm Coleman) officially gets underway today. #
15 images you won't believe aren't photoshopped. #
The (mostly) true story of helvetica and the New York City subway. I said I wouldn't post long reads, but since this is only for my designer friends the rest of you can just look away and pretend it never happened. #
Holiday gift ideas v1. Solid list, the first of many I'm sure I'll find for ya this year. #
Dubai and the UAE. You'll never see me linking to those 20 page articles here. Unless it's an article of PHOTOGRAPHS. #
Your moment of a gently undulating pier in Tel Aviv. You know what?, I'm a fan. I could have one of these in my living room. #
Indianapolis Museum of Art acquires Eero Saarinen's Miller house. Recession? What recession? #
The fabulous Modfab photo aggregator. Pretty stuff every day. Enjoy. #
A very 'Special' tee. [I'd probably take a medium, just in case you might have been wonderin' for whatever reason.] #
Designers reviews of books. Yay for design books!!! #
List of the day: drinks I haven't had since college. I suddenly feel the urge to go buy jello. #
The LIFE Magazine photo archive, hosted by google, has millions of high-res photographs. Most of which have never been published. #
Can you handle the Gangster Burger? Two half-pound hamburger patties, three six-ounce steaks, a half-pound of gyro meat, a half-pound of Italian beef, and six slices of cheese on a sesame seed bun (with a diet coke). Ow my heart. #
Dear Worrying Wife, no your husband's iPhone can't accidentally photograph his genitals and then forward that photo to another woman. Love, Apple. #
Bigger storage ideas from Ikea. Don't know if you knew this but the US economy was singlehandedly restarted by a Minnesotan woman last weekend. Damn you and your kickassedness Ikea. #
Alec Soth asks a bunch of photographers: a) when did you first get excited about photography? and b) what advice would you give young photographers? #
Well hello, Madame Secretary. The Guardian's reporting that Hillary will accept the Secretary of State job. #
The 15 worst album covers of all time. Haha, some of these made me laugh out loud. #
For the ultimate care down there. Silly aussies. #
T minus only a couple of hours until Moria. Ohmygod what was I thinking and WHY am I gonna be at work the rest of the week? Super exciting. #
A list of final photographs of people taken before they died. #
President Obama will be doing fireside chats. Online, YouTube. So awesome. #
Super Obama World. Can't wait for Nintendo to buy this up. #
Block Party 1/20. b there. #
List of the day: sex locations that seemed like a good idea at the time. #
Just another reason I love Obama. My girlfriends and I will be the first in line for the midnight showing of 'Twilight.' [Go team Jacob!] #
Log on. God, this is how it's felt to me all week. My guildmates are relentless!! #
Ruby Costume customized helmets. Finally I have a reason to get a Vespa. #
Local artist Pamela Valfer showing her creepy roadkill art at Umber Studios. I know I'm supposed to be an open-minded artist and everything but the more I look at this show the more it creeps my shit out. #
Top 10 typefaces used by book designer winners. I'm a big fan of Garamond and Din. #
Swedish dance bands from the '70s. I suddenly have this irresistible urge to make all my friends matching outfits. #
Shoot b/w photos on your iPhone with the Vint B&W app. #
The Jules swivel chair from Ikea is one of my new favorite things. Yeah I know it looks like the most uncomfortable chair in the world but it makes you sit up straight. #
Cool new Dutch coin packed with a lot of 'wow'. Wonder what it would take to start getting our coinage updated to something in the 21st century. #
zomg, these LittleBigPlanet commercials, built entirely in-game, are pretty awesome. Totes scamming on the 'You Suck At Photoshop' goodness. #
Simon Pegg on why the undead should never be allowed to run. #
List of the day: best ways to annoy co-workers. If I linked to this once before, apologies. How did I not know the CTRL + ALT + DOWN ARROW trick?! #
Fraktur Mon Amour. Oooh!!! Very hot. #
Plug in now. I'm not really sure what this is, but it's really cool. Doggy day care webcam too!! #
Fennel, prosciutto, and pomegranate salad. Much like bacon, prosciutto just makes everything better. Yummy! #
50 things you might not know about Barack Obama. #
Hiroshima: The lost photographs. #
Girl Talk is a PC. Sorry Apple luvers. #
List of the day: things that make me laugh. I have this cousin that snorts when she laughs. My god it kills me EVERY. TIME. #
Cake in a mug. Clearly I will be unavailable tonight because I'll be doing this. #
The newest, greatest drink for your holiday party: Poinsettia. I could have had 10 of these IN A ROW last weekend. Instead I had 3 and then made myself leave so I wouldn't finish the whole pitcher. #
Interested in making it to Obama's inauguration? Maybe in another life, losers. #
Puppy cam! If you're having one of those days this ought to do the trick. #
Baroque Obama. Hahaha, love this. #
Handsome boy. Try not to yawn while looking at this photo. #
Photos from the set of the original Star Wars. #
Photos of abandoned churches, hotels, and hospitals. Creepsville. #
How to kill time on the web now that the Election is over. Or read the SdL. #
Behind the scenes with the Obama family on Election night. You know what would make this set more complete? A puppy. #
An election race that wasn't about the lesser of two evils. The only thing that may have topped bacon for me is pizza. Mmmm. #
50 examples of a great re-design. #
Southwest reduces airfare on 56 destinations from Minneapolis. Holla. #
Barack Obama: the 44th President of the United States. Cuz big photos rawk. #
Old Abe and Obama celebrate. Prolly my fave Sack cartoon EVAH. #
Goooo-bama! So, so proud to be an American today. #
Guitar Hero World Tour is the f-bomb. There are simply no words for the awesomeness. #
CNN to interview 3D hologram guests on tonight's election. I bet that's gonna feel funky. #
Prezies. Go vote! [image via lots of people.] #
I voted, now what? Lots of parties and free stuff around town for a job well done. #
For all my Minneapolis (and surrounding area) peeps, hit up this useful little app from the Star Tribune: MyVote. Find out where to vote and what you'll be voting on. #
Vita.mn list of the day: drink ideas for politically themed parties. #
Liqurious drink concoctions. Two please! #
New Justin Timberlake leaked. Er no? Doesn't matter, it's still fun. #
How to maximize your tiny kitchen. Usefulpantz. #
Career Builder has an appropriately appropriate set of kickass photos to go with a new print campaign. #