January 2009
Last one out, please turn out the light. A photographic survey of London's remaining professional darkrooms
2009.01.30
Views from the 7 highest peaks on earth. I suddenly feel like singing and twirling and dancing.
2009.01.30
For the ultimate in Superbowl heart attacks I give you:
The Bacon Explosion. 2009.01.30Target to get a new fashion model. Oh please for the love of all that's holy DON'T RUIN THIS ONE FOR ME.
2009.01.30
The Magnificent Bastard celebrity challenge. Winner gets $100 toward fancypantz new eyewear.
2009.01.29
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.
2009.01.28
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."
2009.01.26
The Ting Tings are back with a new vid:
That's Not My Name (best song on the album imho).
2009.01.26I miss you. The artist also has an a "blog" that will treat you right.
2009.01.25
Souldier Straps. Beautiful everything from dog collars to camera straps to guitar straps.
2009.01.25
That road sign means something else. I'm so moving to England where the signs are SO MUCH BETTER.
2009.01.23
Top 10 GW Bush moments according to Letterman. Oh man I'm gonna miss that guy.
2009.01.23
Diplo pwns Britney's 'Circus.' This is way f*cking hot.
2009.01.23
Obama changes executive privilege. I'm not analyst but, that sounds like change I can believe in.
2009.01.23
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.
2009.01.22
Magnificent Legs. New header photo up, courtesy of Miss Lumiere, featuring a fabulous bag.
2009.01.22
American Apparel in 2012. Hahaha, not too far off.
2009.01.22
Oscar nominations have been announced. And Brad Pitt might be going all the way.
2009.01.22
Obama gets his ninja on. Katana-wielding Obamas rule.
2009.01.22
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.
2009.01.22
Own your own Minneapolis skyway! That would make a kickass gaming room.
2009.01.22
Excuse me, waiter?
There's a shark in my soup. 2009.01.21Vote for your favorite Polaroid t-shirt design. Maybe it's just my Obamangover but I'm all about the 'Love' today. Cute.
2009.01.21
'Mad Men' will go on for at least 2 more seasons. All the hipsters can stop their letter-writing about it now.
2009.01.21
Inaugural words: 1789 to present. I love interactive graphics, how can you resist sliding the slider?
2009.01.21
Obama St. A flickr pool of street signs changed from Bush to Obama.
2009.01.21
Biblical Disaster. I got this tee as a Christmas pressie and looove it. Everyone should have one and wear one today.
2009.01.21
Let the conspiracy theories begin:
Did John Roberts screw up the oath on purpose? Lulz.
2009.01.20Rahm Emanuel ... well, you'll see.
2009.01.20
The White House has a new webmaster today. I'd subscribe to the WH blog if their RSS feed were only working.
2009.01.20
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.
2009.01.20
Hope. My desktop is going all patriotic tomorrow. Holla!
2009.01.19
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.
2009.01.19
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?
2009.01.19
Princess Leiafied. Funnier if pronounced in the Strongbad voice.
2009.01.19
The Bush years. As told by MAD magazine covers.
2009.01.19
America the important. A map replacing US states with countries that have similar GDP’s.
2009.01.19
Edward Steichen: In High Fashion. High fashion from the 20s and 30s will never die.
2009.01.19
Fleet Foxes get their 'Mykonos' on live on SNL. The one song I really like by these dudes.
2009.01.19
Hands on with the new POS album artwork. This is the grooviest album artwork EVAH. Totes makes me want to buy the physical release.
2009.01.16
Movie posters, remade. Anyone who knows what Threadless is has seen this guy's work. I'm a fan of the Indiana Jones piece.
2009.01.16
Awesome vintage video game print ads. So many of these fonts need to make a comeback.
2009.01.16
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.
2009.01.15
Superuseless superpowers. Ultra short-range teleportation FTW!
2009.01.15
Steve Jobs taking medical leave till June. Health issues "more complex than originally thought."
2009.01.14
Official Obama portrait released. All I see is: *ALERT! ALERT! PHOTOSHOP ME!!*
2009.01.14
London from above. Watch the GPS traces of 380 London taxis over the course of a single day.
2009.01.14
Vote for vita.mn's Hottest. You know what would make this infinitely better? Commenting.
2009.01.13
Top 10 eeeevil computers. War Games gets number 8? That's a bunch of crap.
2009.01.13
A visit to Etsy in Brooklyn. FUN! Omg I'd probably get a negative paycheck every week if I worked there.
2009.01.13
The Hood Internet mixtape volume 3 is a fun, dancy remix ride. Download and enjoy.
2009.01.13
Squeasy. I want a 20x30 of this hanging in my kitchen. Cute as a button.
2009.01.13
Vanity plates that slipped by the DMV. Huh huh, I feel an awful lot like Beavis when reading these.
2009.01.12
100 beautiful iPhone wallpapers. *le sigh* I kinda wish I had an iPhone now.
2009.01.12
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.
2009.01.12
Every man's dream come true. At least one of them, anyway.
2009.01.09
Tiltshiftify your photos without photoshop. I totes take credit for coining the phrase 'tiltshiftify.' Sounds dirty!
2009.01.09
Clever billboards to rock your Thursday. Why do I suddenly want a beer? Oh.
2009.01.08
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.
2009.01.08
Abandoned 'The Wire' soundstage. As someone who works for newspapers, these photos aren't
toooooo far off the real thing ;).
2009.01.08
MMOs to watch in 2009. I don't mean to be all nitpicky but where's the expansion love?
2009.01.08
I hope I like it! One visitor's tale.
2009.01.08
Obama's Presidentail limo will be ___________ (fill in the blank).
2009.01.08
A photo album of Presidents and their children. JFK clearly had some of the cutest kids going.
2009.01.06
Abandoned London. Hmph, my shots from London looked very different.
2009.01.06
The Stranger regrets many things. Including hipsters' teenie tightie pants and the misspelling of the word 'brassiere.'
2009.01.05
Ecofont, a font that uses up to 20% less ink!!
2009.01.05
The budding SXSW lineup. Damn, that's like 10 years of concerts all at the same time. /jealous
2009.01.05
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.
2009.01.05