December 2008 Archives

December 22, 2008

Monopoly Repackaging | Andy Mangold#

Monopoly, in spite being the classiest of all board games, unfortunately is packaged just as boringly and uncreatively as every other garbage board game on the shelves. Pretty slick.

December 8, 2008

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: List - What Could Have Been#

Pretty freakin' entertaining.

December 3, 2008

Rocketboom Blog - Moderm Mechanix#

Very cool old school illustration. I always think it's interesting to look back to see what we though the future would be like... and see how wrong we were.

Browse the Artifacts of Geek History in Jay Walker's Library#

Awesome library. It sure would be nice to have such a luxury as this, though I don't see many cozy chairs that would actually help in the reading aspect of the books.

The Origin of The Three Stooges - Neatorama#

My earliest exposure to awesomeness. Very interesting to see how they started.

Luxist - Alpina Watch Logo#

Great logo. The swiss know how to do it.

IKEA - Shorter Bedtime Stories#

Awesome. Sometimes I wish the books could be that quick to read, and also that my bed was that comfortable.

Evan Roth: TSA Communication#

Hilarious way to mess with our least favorite travel speed bumps.

Delicious Industries - Vintage Matchbook Covers#

Very cool. I used to collect matchbooks for some reason.These are far cooler.

CreativeTechs Tips: Can't Eject a Disk? Find Which Files are Open.#

One of the most annoying messages, especially when all applications have quit. Handy reference on how to figure things out.

Flickr: Panda#

Really it's just the most recent highlighted photos, but now it's in a handy automated format, although mildly weird.

cabel.name: On Wedding Design#

I wish I could go back and do it all over. So. Very. Cool.

Airmail Etiquettes#

Yet again, I love the old school design on these things. Too bad we only get fugly tags on our bag these days.

APOD: 2008 September 29 - A True Image from False Kiva#

Very cool photo, and within traveling distance. I really need to visit those parks.

oobject - 12 movie industry camera cars#

Very cool insight into something that is usually so transparent.

Sardine King - Vintage California Sardine Can Labels#

Sardineking.com - The largest collection of vintage California sardine can labels on the internet. Fun.

TUAW Tips: Replace login screen background#

Handy.

CreativeTechs Tips: Resize Your Web Browser with Bookmarklets#

I implemented this immediately. I love it.

Natuba - Humorous warning sign#

DO NOT TOUCH Not only will this kill you, it will hurt the whole time you're dying. Awesome sign.

#937 The smell of rain on a hot sidewalk#

Petrichor. I love it too.

aprilscott :: Rainbow Windowpanes Dress#

Buy Rainbow Windowpanes Sundress. For whatever reason I love this little dress, and think one of my girls would look super cute in it.

Voala.eu - ICEBLOX#

ICEBLOX ice cube tray, make an ice play the game, and chill your drink. I think my wife would find these humorous, but I don't know if she'd actually use them.

Pedro's Activity Elsewhere

  • Pedro saved iamdiddy's tweet, "One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves. – L. Tom Perry" as a favorite (Jan 10 - 4:40 AM)
  • Pedro tweeted, "@mrgan Extra vowels are for weeirdos." (Jan 9 - 5:41 PM)
  • Pedro tweeted, "@mrgan Which Zojirushi do you have? Is it worth the price?" (Jan 5 - 2:53 PM)
  • Pedro tweeted, "@garrettmurray THAT JUST GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO GET IT ON IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHICH IS THE POWER WHAT WERE YOU THINKING" (Jan 4 - 6:08 PM)
  • Pedro tweeted, "@danielpunkass I know. It's not my first day (or election) following you on twitter." (Jan 4 - 7:02 AM)
  • Pedro tweeted, "@danielpunkass Not a single one, since they've all already lied before. It's not like we Mormons are perfect. Maybe the Iowan ones are." (Jan 4 - 6:53 AM)
  • Pedro tweeted, "(Insert joke here about any of the personal care things I haven't done ALL YEAR.)" (Jan 1 - 2:40 PM)

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