February 2009 Archives
Lily Allen v. The NY Times. Can't hate on her for this, she's got a point. #
Sneak peek at Madrid's 2016 Olympic bid book. Oooh, sexy! #
THE quintessential pencil sharpener from back in the day. Mmmm, the smell ... #
The Rocky Mountain News paper dies. Sad. This industry is unbelievable right now. #
The king is watching you! Boo. #
Ways 2 b cool. My friend Steve will be very happy about that last item. #
Futureman frustrated by the sudden change in events. Maybe if he had a cape that would help things. #
Spam crackdown threatens little known Easter European nation's economic industry. Hahaha, I'm assuming this is why The Onion's site was down for a while this morning. Funny. #
What did we DO on the internet in 1996? Um, they forgot the gaming demo. Duke Nukem mf*ers! #
Two words for you: Meatball. Sliders. #
The new Kindle packaging is more exciting than the Kindle. Wow. #
Essential Mozart $3 today. 99 of your favorite Mozart tunes. #
Paolo Pellegrin photographed eight of the contenders for Academy Awards. Wonderful. #
'Dark Was The Night' is 31 trax of exclusive musical goodness by a lot of my favorite artists. I think my music collection will be requiring this album. #
Edgar Muller's 3D street art makes me feel lazy. #
Annie Liebovitz is pawning her photos. "I'm going to take all my snapshots down to the local pawn shop and see if I can get $10 million for them." #
I could see Jason Munn's Shins concert poster on my walls. Weird, did that sound like a designer pickup line to you? #
Is your lack of fancy camera equipment holding you back from making good photographs? "f/8 and be there, bitches" was the rule. (Okay fine, the 'b*tches' was my added emphasis.) #
Warcraft guild leader wins Oscar. Nerdz rule. #
Wine bottle designs that make me wish I drank wine. Pretty shiny things! #
The 2009 SXSW schedule is online. Full of clicky goodness. #
Sasha Obama keeps seeing creepy Bush twins while riding tricycle through White House. Satire lives. #
Ritz Camera files for Chapter 11. Can't say I'm surprised there, I don't know a single photog that sources with them. #
Unofficial SXSW 2009 torrents. 5GB of all 1,053 free MP3s from this year's showcasing artists. #
My ideas for staged photos set me apart from other wedding photographers. #
Take the interior design style quiz. Usually I'm annoyed by these things, but this one was kinda cool. #
Kickass rawk photos by Bob Gruen. I wouldn't mind being a rock photog for a year. B*tchin. #
New Yeah Yeah Yeahs for your Sundayjoyment: 'Heads Will Roll.' Dancey! #
Sony releases new stupid piece of sh*t that doesn't f*cking work. Oh man, tears. This is so awesome. #
Do you dream in color? "While almost all under 25s dream in colour, thousands of over 55s, all of whom were brought up with black and white sets, often dream in monchrome - even now." #
The future of dating. Well, that ought to make things easier. #
Secure website authentication questions. *snrt #
Rex interviews the dude behind 4chan. Amazing. The stories this guy must be able to tell at family holidays. #
Fat Superman warns against childhood obesity. Am I the only one that kinda wishes for a purple iMac like Fat Barbie? For shame. #
Facebook steps off and returns to its previous Terms of Service ... for now. #
Endless Interestingness. Like virtual bubble wrap, this should keep you busy for a while. #
Cool photos of ... parking garages? Yes it's true. I know that none of the garages I park in are THAT CLEAN tho. #
Proper care and feeding instructions for your in-house designer. Not naming any names, but I think I know an employer who's busted everyone one of these rules. #
Starbucks unveils their insta-brew. And for their next trick they'll be gobbled up by McDonalds. #
In today's WTF news, Madonna to be involved in the 'Twilight' sequel? But the ... how the, I mean ... wha?? #
The NYT did a piece on being stalked this weekend. As someone who was stalked for 18 months, this piece would be 127% more interesting if it were about online stalking. #
Save a tree, write on a ceramic notepad. #
Full Bleed tees are full of designery colors and goodness. #
Kickass posters by local outfit CSA Design for French Paper Co. Blu raspberry has swirlies, I love swirlies. #
Facebook changes their Terms of Service. All your sh*t are belong to us. #
The Simpsons intro goes HD and gets spiffied up slightly in the process. #
25 things by Yoko Ono. This only proves how much of a sappypantz I am, I love this. #
Goodbye Kum & Go. Aww, so sad. #
Vita.mn list of the day: Kitchen tools with dirty names. #
Your daily dose of OMGWTFLOL: the fox discovers the trampoline. #
I decided it was time to stop drooling over Char's new bag and finally get one of my own. So I did. I got one of these kickass Chinese Laundry bags today (at the Electric Fetus of all places!). #
Your unintentionally funny ad placement of the day. #
My cats are so freagin' photogenic. She snuggles with me all night every night, sweetest thing ever. #
What job loss looks like in this recession compared to others. Ouch. #
Make your own P.O.S. album art. This could possibly keep me busy ALL DAY. Fun. #
Here's your new President being all cool 'n stuff. The look on that guy's face is priceless. #
New Bat For Lashes for your listening enjoyment: 'Glass.' #
Dooce on clocks. Cuz clocks are sexy. #
Modern video games imagined as classic book covers. Doom == Teh \m/. #
AP going after Shepard Fairey for the photo he based his Hopey poster on. C'mon now, really?? #
Bill Gates unleashes mosquito swarm. There are so many ways to describe this, so instead I'll remind you not to miss the article's comments. #
Are you an iChat user? If so then you need Chax. Dear god this makes me so less crazy, what with its auto-accept and options galore. Mood: veryhappy #
If I was a bigger wine drinker I would definitely be drinking out of these beautiful Govino wine glasses. A 4-pack will run you all of $12. #
Behind the scenes on the set of 'Coraline.' All my arty friends are gonna love this. #
The Star Wars Death Star would cost us a mere $156 septillion dollars. That's 14 trillion times the current US debt yo. #
Find your favorite band on twitter. I can't believe how lame some of these streams are. I mean c'mon, you're Coldplay and that's the best you can do? #
Metalhead laundry tips. Omfg, this is awesome. "Dude, how do you get your metal dog collar looking so shiny and new?" #
How twitter was born. These things are always more fun with screenshots. #
Dude gets a flash drive cake by mistake. Never underestimate the, well, you know. #
867-5309 is for sale ... on Ebay of course. #
Graphic designers in (and out of) love. #
People who are on twitter. "People who don't know what their kids want to eat." #
Pride and Promiscuity: The lost sex scenes from Jane Austen novels. Kinky. #
The Geek Social Aptitude Test (GSAT). I refuse to take this test on account of it being too male-oriented. #
Oslo buses to run on "poo power." There's no shortage of that, so I say right on. #
Pride and Prejudice: Zombified! The classic regency romance - now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem! #
Question: What happens if you lose vast amounts of other people’s money? Answer: you get a big gift from the federal government - but the president says some very harsh things about you before forking over the cash. #
Recession Special: $5 portraits. #
Must-have albums out this week: P.O.S.'s exquisite Never Better, Heartless Bastard's The Mountain, and Diplo's Decent Work for Decent Pay. *om nom nom nom* #
It's Groundhog Day and sadly, there's 6 more weeks of winter. I need spring. Now. #
Gallery: The punk life and death of Sid Vicious. February 2nd marks the thirtieth anniversary of his death. #