August 2009 Archives
The creepiest thing you'll see all day: an airplane graveyard. #
The 5 people you meet in fantasy football hell. #
That Bob Dylan Christmas album has artwork. And it looks like something from a Minnesota mall shop. #
Your moment of an emergency tee for ZBC V. #
Anagram your name. I am: retarder swagman? Are those even words? #
Wait! Uh, come again? 'Heathers' is headed to tv? #
Rate yer teacher satisfaction. Mmmm, teachers! #
Birch trees morning. Beautiful. And won't break the bank. #
Murray's. Ever want to eat somewhere just cuz of their beautiful typography? Er, right. Me either. #
"The Shard," to be completed in 2012, will be the tallest building in the U.K. and amongst one of the tallest buildings in all of Europe. #
The Senator from Netscape. Ted Kennedy was the first member of congress to have a website. #
The Minnesota State Fair has you covered on twitter. #
Zombie Pub Crawl V: It's Starting to Stink. 10.10.09. #
Almost as legendary as that mythical Dukem Nukem Forever creature ... Massive Attack EP is said to finally be on its way just in time for my birthday. Don't believe me? Listen to the hawtness for yourself. #
Google recently asked a bunch of folks what their favorite online reads are. The result is Power Readers. #
Shit my dad says. "Your mother made a batch of meatballs last night. Some are for you, some are for me, but more are for me. Remember that. More. Me." #
Poland hates African Americans. See? (keep your eye on the guy in the middle) Camera 1. Camera 2. In other news, Poland looking to hire people who actually know how to use Photoshop. #
The Dollar Rede$ign project winners. Lovely. Except, uh, I have one, small, tiny beef with the winner. Numbers at the top (on both sides) would be great for, you know, when I'm flipping through the huge great pile of bills in my wallet kthx. #
Extreme web makeover: Craigslist edition. Man, this would be sooooo much fun to work on. EEeeEe! #
The Squirrelizer. Yeah you knew it was only a matter of time. [Here is my contribution, sassypantses.] #
I also caught up on, and have moved into, Season 3 of the British comedy 'Coupling.' Which, for all of its Britishness, is actually pretty fucking funny. (Poor Jeff.) #
Finally got around to watching the online sitcom 'The Guild' (about a bunch of gamers) this weekend. I know I know, late to the party but funny stuff. Except the part about them meeting IRL, which goes nothing like that!! I mean c'mon, after spending hundreds of hours gaming together you know your guildmates. (Er, not that I'd know anything about that or anything...) #
The bacon sandwich you never saw coming (really). Ow. My chest. #
Typedia. "Think of it like a mix between IMDb and Wikipedia, but just for type." I'm not super hawt on the design, but will be back when it gets a bit more padded. #
Oddly named places and the stories behind them. Oooh, I suddenly want to be able to write "Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Mass." on every letter I write! #
Trailers for Season 3 of Californication and Season 4 of Dexter. Only moar reasons why I should get cable at my new apartment. Sigh. #
Pitchfork chooses the top 500 songs of the 2000s. And the number one song is ... [funnily enough, something I recently twittered!] #
Missing bike: no reward. A plague of monster trucks on your head!! #
Who you gonna call? Oh shit, they're crossing the streams! #
This week in Vita.mn: profiles of the 2 local contestants in this season's 'Project Runway'. With beaucoup pix (you're welcome :). #
Take this moment to watch the trailer for 'Avatar.' Which one of my gaming friend's is my date?! I'm SO there. #
Graev reviews 'Fat Princess.' Hahaha, this game is cute as hell. PRINCESS SAYS MOAR CAKE! #
Barney Frank confronts woman at Townhall comparing Obama to Hitler. Dining room table beyotch! Yeah, tooooooootally the same thing. STFU. #
Say what you wanna about Sean Connery, but I'd do him. And that accent? Hardly fair to the rest of you men-kind. #
Cheese & Burger Society. With one of those clicky-interface things you'll love! PLUS CHEESE & BACON! #
Polaroid's 8x10 instant films to make a come back! LL Cool J style, bitches! #
How to cook tofu like the pros. I'm not naming any names here, but ... this link was posted with someone in mind. STUDY UP! #
Diary of a Serial Shooter. Lovely, I totally want to see this. #
Favre apparently signing up to be a Vike today. Maybe I'll get that purple #4 jersey after all! Wow, first time I'm actually pretty stoked to be sitting next to the sports reporters ;). #
Christian Siriano's shoes for Payless (Fall 2009) now avail online for purchase. Trying not to lick my screen here. #
B/W salt and pepper shakers. Ribbed for her pleasure. #
Bad company alert: Fiji Water. For starters, the country's military regime monitors internet usage at internet cafes in real-time for information about the popular bottled water brand. Just, wow.... #
Protest signs that are a-ok in my book. Mmm, "Pubic option." My favorite! [Thx Leslie] #
Michele Bachmann ... for Pres? "If I felt that's what the Lord was calling me to do, I would do it. When I have sensed that the Lord is calling me to do something, I've said yes to it. But I will not seek a higher office if God is not calling me to do it. That's really my standard." Whew, thank God that's cleared up. #
Arkeg. Thinking I need a fundraiser for $4k. Gaming + beer, who's with me?! #
Vita.mn threw a Mad Men premiere dress-up party last night and man, the guests sure did dress up. These might be my fave party pix ever. #
Saddam Hussein's palaces, as inhabited by US troops. Eerie. #
Quentin Tarantino's top 20 favorite movies since he became a director. Yay for 'Shaun of the Dead, 'Fight Club,' and 'The Matrix.' #
101 Muppets of Sesame Street. Snuffy! #
Desktopography 2009. It's the time of year to freshen things up on your desktop. #
Dope, soap, and hope. The follow-up vid to the previous link. Fuck, I'm gettin' all emotional n' shit. #
Transform. Everyone should watch this. #
The shocking truth about health care reform. #
The OMG-WTF spectrum. I don't get it. #
Keeping it real. Unphotoshopped photospread of beautiful black and white images for a magazine. #
Pigeon Pilfer. Haha, this is adorable. #
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! Hey look, a fish! #
'The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus' has a trailer. Um, let me be the first to say: "cuckoo banana crackers." #
Thom Yorke says Radiohead won't be recording any more albums. WHINE! MOAN! POUT! STOMPSFEET! LIPQUIVER! CLAWSFACE! #
Squirrel pwn. How do I get one of these for myself? So awesome. #
Hey, remember 'Second Skin,' the documentary about MMO players? Yeah it's officially out now. #
Thanks for nothing. A nice piece of advertising, both thanking & apologizing to patrons for being sold out. #
24 colors of chalkboard paint for your next remodeling project. #
Amazing video of Bon Iver playing Glastonbury with the entire crowd singing along. Man, gives me chills and makes me nostalgic for that small, packed show he did at the Turf Club ages ago (that I waited in -30 degree weather with Leslie for). #
What would happen if you got rid of the NYC subway? You'd need the equivalent of 228-lane Brooklyn Bridge to move all those people into Manhattan during Monday morning rush hour. #
Sufjan Stevens coming to the 400 Bar in September. Who's going with me? #
Chooglin' are back with a new album and I'm totally lovin' it. #
The new trailer for 'It's Complicated.' #
Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. This may perhaps be the most horrible bad good video game in the history of video games. #
Mouth agape at this video of Lady Gaga performing 'Poker Face', acoustically. It's, uh, pretty amazing if you can get past the elephant on her head. #
Magical products packaged for Harry Potter. I've been looking for that retro hand dingbat all afternoon, and of course it shows up here. Now the universe is just mocking me. #
Lumiere. Hey, identity theft! #
Seasons 1-3 of Arrested Development on sale @ 60% off. #
Tarantino's Nazis give actor's Jewish parents a 'Happy Birthday' they'll never forget. #
Interview with the guy who designed the Apple logo. "Adam and Eve didn't have anything to do with it. The bite of knowledge sounds fabulous, but that's not it. I'll tell you. I designed it with a bite for scale, so people get that it was an apple not a cherry. It was after I designed it, that my creative director told me: "Well you know, there is a computer term called byte." And I was like: "You're kidding!" #
There's a new bar in Minneapolis: Donnie Dirk's Zombie Den. Best. Bar name. Ever?! [now with moar pix!] #
Sincerely, John Hughes. If this isn't true I'm going to die a little inside. #
Mere moments from clicking 'buy' on this sweatshirt. AH!!! Hold me back! #
Check out this 1944 industrial film about making the Minneapolis Star-Journal. Holy flying FUCK! I can't believe this video, it is ... well, not like this anymore. It actually makes me kinda sad for my company *sniffle. #
Cooking with the real Julia Child. Photo essays are the bomb. #
These recycled skateboard stools would look fantastic in my future kitchen. Just sayin' is all. #
'Bubbleologist' creates world's largest free-floating bubble. Juicy. #
Vita.mn list of the day: Your favorite Pop Tart flavors. Frosted strawberry, duh. #
Uh ohz, the SdL is under attack. But in this case I think I'll allow our bacon overlords carte blanche. Yum. #
When I have kids, all their clothing will be purchased from Sourpuss. You know it. #
Habits are fine, but do you have the imperfections necessary for true creativity? #
Retro appliances. Ya'know, the orange is kinda sexy. #
Turn of the century photog super obsessed with super creepy twins. Creeeee-pyyyyyy. #
Wide-angle goodness from the largest hot-air balloon gathering in the world. #
The best photo of an alligator you'll see all week. More in the rest of his photostream. I'm thoroughly creeped out at linking to this ... next thing you know, I'll be linking to pix of snakes (NEVER). #