July 2009 Archives
July 17, 2009
The Great Google Doodle Triforce Conspiracy#
Appealing to my Zelda fanaticism as well as my fan-boyism of Google, these hidden Triforces in Google logos are great.
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July 13, 2009
Pinboard - antisocial bookmarking#
Although I admit I love hosting my own bookmarks, I'm always curious about the other services out there. I like the little jab on their homepage to ma.gnolia for their lack of backups (which is what forced my hand in creating this setup), as well as the little sign-up fee to help cut back on spammers.
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July 11, 2009
The Wind in the Willows#
Possibly due to my recent thoughts being filled with how to use that blasted new typeface Phaeton, and its older feel... or maybe it's because these illustrations are so spot on and perfectly fitting such a classic book. Either way, they deserve an appreciative review once more. (or see the full flickr set)
Dilbert - 7/9/09 - Compensation#
Like most Dilbert strips, this one is unfortunately spot on.
Bad Domain Purchase#
This shipment of fail post reminded me of Tobias Fünke's business card (a character on the ill-fated, but wonderfully crafted TV series Arrested Development), which was a combination of an Analyst and a Therapist. See this clip, about 16 seconds in to see his job title.
KidWash 2 : PVC Sprinkler Water Toy#
For the day when I have room to store something like this... I can't help but flag this idea.
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July 8, 2009
Lego Waterfall house#
I'm not normally into the whole castle scenes of Lego, but I particularly liked this setup. Nice touches like the sand green and brown home, which gives it a European feel. Slick.
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July 7, 2009
Tour de France Chalkbot#
Speaking of The Tour, I never knew something like this existed - a computer that prints out chalk messages on the road for the riders to see. The messages were obvious, but I never knew it was done by a computer on a trailer. Very slick.
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Versus | Tour de France - Live#
I love The Tour de France. I've talked about it before. This year, American TV finally pulled their heads out, and made their broadcast available online. I'm in love, since I don't want to pay obscene money just to get one channel for the 21 stages.
James Brown gives you dancing lessons#
Because you need to brush up on some old-school dance moves, and because James Brown is a smooth operator.
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darkgate comic slurper#
I used to host a comic scraper on my own site, but all I really wanted was an easy way to read multiple comics. This "slurper" does that job for me now. It lets you customize which comics you want to see (out of hundreds) then can even conveniently put them into a RSS/Atom feed for daily consumption.
July 5, 2009
Phaeton - Typeface by Randy Jones and Kevin Cornell#
A great unique typeface. Although I don't have an immediate project where I could use this, I can think of several applications.
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Frontrow on Secondary Display (Leopard) - Mac - Apple#
My main computer is a MacBook, but I wanted to use the built-in Frontrow application on the secondary monitor (while still having the laptop on/open). This little bit of code made it possible.
defaults write com.apple.frontrow FrontRowUsePreferredDisplayID ___?___
Just find the display ID, with the displaysInfo utility (RapidShare link). Geeky, and inapplicable to most, but helpful to me.
July 4, 2009
Twitter your Flickr#
I knew it was inevitable for the Twitter and Flickr to finally get things together. I've never been a fan of yet another service housing my photos/info. Now I just need my favorite Twitter client(s) to get in gear as well.
design martus - early tools#
Sometimes I sure feel like I want to beat the $#!% out of something, and this would be the perfect tool.
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Vintage Clothing Tags#
World Famous Design Junkies put together a collection of vintage clothing tags. I've always been interested in some of the tags on my old ties or gag clothing (seriously).
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F Minus - Talent Day#
"Actually, Ms. Logan, I called for it."