February 2010 Archives
Check out this photo of a 17 year old Joni Jett. There's tons of other must-sees around this site as well. #
Lost things. A wonderful stop-motion video featuring Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy. #
Some totally rad old school BMX bike photos. #
10 reasons to avoid talking on the phone. This hits so close to home it almost hurts a little. #
Your new favorite desktop for the next 5 minutes. #
Top 10 mispronounced foodie words. Fine I admit it, apparently I've been butcher 'bruschetta' all these years. #
The Hummer is dead. D*bags everywhere panic in looking for alternate means of transportation to Ed Hardy stores. #
How genetics works. There you have it. #
Tilt-shift stop motion vid of 1st Ave & 5th St makes that part of downtown look downright charming! #
Cat curling. A little known corner of the winter Olympics world. #
Three Apparel. Your new favorite t-shirt shop. #
Boxes made from friggin' lasers. #
Uglyass US Embassy to be built. But it's in London so it's okay. #
BoNA interviews local designshop LandLand. Check out their show this weekend! #
4chan makes a guest appearance on Jeopardy. Two things. First, THE $1600 QUESTION?! Oh c'mon at least act like you're trying here. And second, I don't think my mom should ever have to hear the word 4chan. EVER. #
"When Yitta Schwartz died last month at 93, she left behind 15 children, more than 200 grandchildren and so many great- and great-great-grandchildren that, by her family's count, she could claim perhaps 2,000 living descendants." Dayum. #
A flipbook of photos of Ryan Adams' band The Cardinals. You know what this book needs? Moar sopheava photographing their next tour. #
Brit Brit's new album drops in June. I'll almost certainly circle the entire month in a giant red heart. #
Pedigree: Catch! Slomo wonderdogs. #
It's a trap! It's.... something you don't want to get caught in (and not small claims court). #
[creditgoeshere] My co-conspirator and I are blogging cool, inspiring shit on the web. There's a lot, we might be busy. #
Hipster puppies. Yes, oh yes, it's everything you imagined it could be. #
Behind the NYT Magazine redesign. Designer porn. #
Amazon reviewers go apeshit over the release of LOTR on Blu Ray. Hahaha and not in the good way. Whatever you do, don't piss off the nerds! #
Food gawker. I've practically gained 15 lbs. just looking at this site. #
MN woman gets a $1600 water bill surprise. There is something so wrong about her having to pay it. #
A bunch of limited edition artwork for 'Inglourious Basterds' you've probably never seen before. #
How far does your creativity go? #
Vote now on Pawlenty's most awkward moment ever. Not to be confused with the "Most awkward poll ever." It's easy, the two. #
Olympics photos: week 1. Norway is practically begging to get pant'd. #
I don't know if you guys heard about the large iPad? Oh you did? Ok, nm. #
Check out this new Vampire Weekend video for 'Giving Up the Gun'. With a fucking phenomenal Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil Jon, Joe Jonas, and RZA. Mrow. #
ShadyURL. Like regular URL shorteners, but dirtier. #
Winter Olympics events I *want* to see. Fort tunneling!!! zomg, I might fulfill my dream to be an Olympian after all. #
You know that awesome Old Spice commercial? Here's how they made it. I freagin' love these guys, when can we have a beer? #
Captain Picard at it again. Ok now that is funny. #
Man should be brave. Check out more from the French Connection's campaign here. #
Tumblr fight! In all seriousness though, I've always wondered how, say, Facebook handles this stuff. #
Belstaff's Postman Bag is a replica of the mail bags carried by NYC postmen in the 1930s. I bet NYC postmen weren't paying those prices tho... #
Flickroom. Great, another Facebook, Twitter, Buzz, AIM, Gtalk .... *headexplodes* #
Bored games. Lord, I don't know if anything is worse than figure skating this year. #
Twincians: I present to you ... bacon. Too bad you have to drive all the way to Canada to get it. #
Olive oil ice cream. Today marks the first time I ever wish I had an ice cream maker. Nomnom. #
World Press Photo of the year gallery of winners. The presentation is truly heinous, but the photos are amazing. #
AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and a shitton of other wireless service providers gang up on Apple. If this were middle school, Apple would totally be getting the evil eye across the cafeteria. #
Pub name generator. You know what this needs? More Middle Earth. #
The Vatican's top 10 albums of all time. I must have re-read that headline at least 5 times. *blink blink* #
Windows for your phone. Oooh, dare I say it looks promising? #
Kid gets detention for being hilarious. Inappropriate? Probably. But still freagin' hilarious. #
Pancake Tuesday. Your friendly reminder. #
Sandisk micro ads. Adorable. #
Favorite scotch/whiskey. Cuz a girl needs to know these things. #
'Inception' reels me in with another awesome trailer. Ugh, bastards! #
Backyard snow tracking guide. Legolas is so dreamy. But not as dreamy as Strider. #
New law in MN would ban marriages between people who don't love each other. "Our feelings of co-dependence are just as strong as a happy couple's love." Bless you, Onion, on Valentine's Day. #
Designing the Winter Olympics. From the posters to the gold medals. #
The 2010 Vita.mn Hotness winners are... Amen. #
Minneapolis limiting street parking until 4/1. The people who made those rules clearly do not live in Loring Park. #
The man your man could smell like. "I'm on a horse." #
MTV drops 'Music Television' from its logo. Sad. Welcome to a new decade with more Jersey Shore to look forward to. Never so happy not to have cable. #
Why aren't we coming to your town? Hmph! #
And in other local news: Minneapolis Doritos ad is most-watched tv spot ever. #
Miss me yet? Yeah, I'm sort of shocked it's in the Twin Cities too. #
8-bit cat. This hits the sweet spot this week. #
Your flickr stats explained. ROFLstats. #
C is for Color. Can't talk, busy with all the eye candy. #
A symbolic analysis of the complete works of Taylor Swift. So awesome it brings a tear to my eye. #
This inspires me today. Tres lovely. #
Transformette. The 6 year old in me is pretty excited about this. #
Trailer for 'The People vs. George Lucas'. "I imagine George in a crystal castle drinking Margaritas. Laying on a bed made of people." #
Dogs and sleds. Number 10 is so freagin' cute. #
Mathematician uses the Drake Equation to determine his chances of getting laid. Kimi sums it up in a nice little package with a bow on top: "Yeah, [that scientist] pretty hot. If this guy can't get laid, our species will cease to exist." #
An open letter to husbands and boyfriends about the guys we (surprisingly) DO and DON'T want to have sex with. Uh ... NSFW 'kay? #
Senior sexting? "I'm gonna believe A LOT OF THINGS before I believe that "senior sexting" is a bona fide trend." #
10 products that boom(ed) during the recession. I'd love to know where video games ranks on this list. Cuz what a beautiful, brutal escape :). #
Your favorite banana gets a facelift. Bananas-4-ever. #
Listen to 'Go Do', a track of Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi's upcoming solo album. *faintz #
Lighting. The difference between a monster who wants to hug you and a monster who wants to eat you. #
Compound butter. Bookmarked for later. #
Worker productivity increased 6.2% in 2009. Yeah I'll tell you why they're working harder: cuz all their colleagues are being laid off. It's called Forced Productivity, bitches. #
Sun Microsystems CEO tweets his resignation. Haiku style, of course. #
Peter Gabriel covers Bon Iver's 'Flume'. Listen to the track now, album comes out soon! #
The deets about the Ringo Starr / Electric Fetus tee at the Grammy's emerge. D'awww. #