January 2009 Archives
Last one out, please turn out the light. A photographic survey of London's remaining professional darkrooms #
Views from the 7 highest peaks on earth. I suddenly feel like singing and twirling and dancing. #
For the ultimate in Superbowl heart attacks I give you: The Bacon Explosion. #
Target to get a new fashion model. Oh please for the love of all that's holy DON'T RUIN THIS ONE FOR ME. #
The Magnificent Bastard celebrity challenge. Winner gets $100 toward fancypantz new eyewear. #
Vid for P.O.S.'s 'Drumroll' off the new album out Tuesday. This is probably gonna be one of my fave albums of the year, just so you know. #
Time-lapse video of a 9 month old playing in his room. Mesmerizing. #
Suck it, Boomers. Favorite blog post of the year HANDS DOWN. "There was an article in the NYT yesterday about the 'maligned' Baby Boomers – Jesus H. SHATNER do these people love fucking talking about themselves – in which, among other things, they claimed President Barack Hussein Obama as one of them. No. Hell to the FUCK no." #
Neil Gaiman wins Newbery medal. Deservedly. #
The Ting Tings are back with a new vid: That's Not My Name (best song on the album imho). #
I miss you. The artist also has an a "blog" that will treat you right. #
Souldier Straps. Beautiful everything from dog collars to camera straps to guitar straps. #
That road sign means something else. I'm so moving to England where the signs are SO MUCH BETTER. #
Top 10 GW Bush moments according to Letterman. Oh man I'm gonna miss that guy. #
Diplo pwns Britney's 'Circus.' This is way f*cking hot. #
Obama changes executive privilege. I'm not analyst but, that sounds like change I can believe in. #
New staff finds White House tech in dark ages. Lolz, now they know what it's like to work at every job company in America. #
Magnificent Legs. New header photo up, courtesy of Miss Lumiere, featuring a fabulous bag. #
American Apparel in 2012. Hahaha, not too far off. #
Oscar nominations have been announced. And Brad Pitt might be going all the way. #
Discovering the original photo Shepard Fairey used to create his Obama poster. #
Obama gets his ninja on. Katana-wielding Obamas rule. #
The complete "Wire" series is on sale for $81.99 Holy shnikes, originally $249.99. #
Beautiful portraits by Russian photog Chelak Maxim. Wowiewowowow. #
Things you never noticed in famous photographs. God I'm easily amused today. Makes me kinda wish Darth Vader would show up at my desk laterz. #
Own your own Minneapolis skyway! That would make a kickass gaming room. #
Excuse me, waiter? There's a shark in my soup. #
The Big Picture serves up your Inauguration photos. #
Vote for your favorite Polaroid t-shirt design. Maybe it's just my Obamangover but I'm all about the 'Love' today. Cute. #
Obama seizes the world's A1 supply. Print isn't dead. #
'Mad Men' will go on for at least 2 more seasons. All the hipsters can stop their letter-writing about it now. #
Inaugural words: 1789 to present. I love interactive graphics, how can you resist sliding the slider? #
Here's your 'Air and Simple Gifts' mp3. #
Obama St. A flickr pool of street signs changed from Bush to Obama. #
Biblical Disaster. I got this tee as a Christmas pressie and looove it. Everyone should have one and wear one today. #
Cameron Wittig shot the photos for Andrew Bird's new album out this week. I'm such a fangirl (of Cameron and Andrew). #
'The Last Days of W' by local photog Alec Soth. More about the project at MnIndy. #
Idea of the month: A bike lane that travels with you. #
Let the conspiracy theories begin: Did John Roberts screw up the oath on purpose? Lulz. #
Where Obama and Run DMC intersect. Dope. #
Rahm Emanuel ... well, you'll see. #
The White House has a new webmaster today. I'd subscribe to the WH blog if their RSS feed were only working. #
Threadless announces finalists for the designs of the year. Do your duty and vote! #
I Hardly Know Her. Plug in your own flickr address at the end (instead of mine) and le'voila! Your own insta-photoblog. Hover on the photos for more flickrie fun. #
Notable new music releases today: Andrew Bird "Noble Beast / Useless Creatures" (worth getting just for "Useless Creatures" imho), Animal Collective "Merriweather Post Pavilion", Bon Iver "Blood Bank," and A.C. Newman "Get Guilty." Big week yo. #
Hope. My desktop is going all patriotic tomorrow. Holla! #
Obama's people. 52 portraits of Obama's top advisers, aides, and members of his incoming administration. There's a nice selection of young'ns in there if I do say so myself. #
Vintage Steelcase office furniture ads from the 60s. Real life Mad Men! Why doesn't every office have guns on the wall and a fireplace? #
Harper's takes a look at the Bush years by the numbers. Prepare yourself... #
Princess Leiafied. Funnier if pronounced in the Strongbad voice. #
Your guide to catching the inauguration from anywhere. Courtesy of Lifehacker. #
The Bush years. As told by MAD magazine covers. #
America the important. A map replacing US states with countries that have similar GDP’s. #
Star Wars: Fanboyz gets a release date. So deliciously nerdy. #
Edward Steichen: In High Fashion. High fashion from the 20s and 30s will never die. #
Fleet Foxes get their 'Mykonos' on live on SNL. The one song I really like by these dudes. #
Hands on with the new POS album artwork. This is the grooviest album artwork EVAH. Totes makes me want to buy the physical release. #
Sailing, around the world. Beautiful. #
Movie posters, remade. Anyone who knows what Threadless is has seen this guy's work. I'm a fan of the Indiana Jones piece. #
Awesome vintage video game print ads. So many of these fonts need to make a comeback. #
The Star Tribune files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Glad I have a job today. #
This week in vita.mn: Winter TV preview. Worth reading if only for the drinking game at the end. TV is always better with that way. #
Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter didn't exist when George W. Bush took office eight years ago. Obama poised to be first 'wired' president. #
Superuseless superpowers. Ultra short-range teleportation FTW! #
Steve Jobs taking medical leave till June. Health issues "more complex than originally thought." #
Bush suddenly doing press as if January 20th is the day his album drops. Yeah, I needed that today. #
Official Obama portrait released. All I see is: *ALERT! ALERT! PHOTOSHOP ME!!* #
London from above. Watch the GPS traces of 380 London taxis over the course of a single day. #
Vote for vita.mn's Hottest. You know what would make this infinitely better? Commenting. #
Bush spends day booby trapping the Oval Office. Feeeeeverishly. #
Top 10 eeeevil computers. War Games gets number 8? That's a bunch of crap. #
A visit to Etsy in Brooklyn. FUN! Omg I'd probably get a negative paycheck every week if I worked there. #
The Hood Internet mixtape volume 3 is a fun, dancy remix ride. Download and enjoy. #
Squeasy. I want a 20x30 of this hanging in my kitchen. Cute as a button. #
Vanity plates that slipped by the DMV. Huh huh, I feel an awful lot like Beavis when reading these. #
100 beautiful iPhone wallpapers. *le sigh* I kinda wish I had an iPhone now. #
The Cash sits for a portrait and sticks out his tongue. If I had a nickel for every time a client did that to me I'd be hella rich. #
Britney Spears needs an online "Media Manager." Haha, I could so do this. #
Every man's dream come true. At least one of them, anyway. #
Tiltshiftify your photos without photoshop. I totes take credit for coining the phrase 'tiltshiftify.' Sounds dirty! #
This week in vita.mn: sexy resolutions. Bow chica wow! #
Clever billboards to rock your Thursday. Why do I suddenly want a beer? Oh. #
Ever wanted to check out Zooey Deschanel's "studio"? Who are you kidding, you'll probably just want to jump over to the Zooey portraits for the same spread. #
Abandoned 'The Wire' soundstage. As someone who works for newspapers, these photos aren't toooooo far off the real thing ;). #
MMOs to watch in 2009. I don't mean to be all nitpicky but where's the expansion love? #
Chuck Close shoots Brad Pitt for 'W.' Wow, this is hott. #
I hope I like it! One visitor's tale. #
Obama's Presidentail limo will be ___________ (fill in the blank). #
Vita.mn list of the day: Celebrities I'd like to be stranded alone on a desert island with. Mmm, Johnny Depp. #
A photo album of Presidents and their children. JFK clearly had some of the cutest kids going. #
Abandoned London. Hmph, my shots from London looked very different. #
The Stranger regrets many things. Including hipsters' teenie tightie pants and the misspelling of the word 'brassiere.' #
A Stonehenge beneath the waters of Lake Michigan? Pix or it didn't happen. Er, wait. #
Ecofont, a font that uses up to 20% less ink!! #
Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs addressing his health issues. In which he tells the mac community fu. #
The budding SXSW lineup. Damn, that's like 10 years of concerts all at the same time. /jealous #
Pete Souza named Obama's White House photographer. It's not his first time. He was also a White House photographer during President Ronald Reagan's second term. #
A leap year bug caused every Zune to fail at 2 a.m. last night. Uberfail. #