May 2008
Conversational Terrorism: How NOT to Talk! →
I am guilty of the “Listen up,” and I had the “Knee-Jerk” thrown at me quite a few times.
Incanto Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar, Noe Valley,... →
Looks tasty, plus they have a sensible page title.
“Problem is, most of the designers using this metaphor seem to equate themselves...”
– [ Designers Are Really Bad Architects, by Robert Hoekman, Jr. ]
“Still, [Randall Munroe] plays along, explaining that “sudo” is a command in the...”
– [ This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix, in the New York Times ] So when I read that comic back in the day, that comic in particular, my then-boyfriend did have to explain it to me. But he explained it in such a way that I still laughed once I got it. *tsk* to the New York Times.
muxtape search - MUXSEEK →
Once more, with feeling.
MuxFind: Search for Muxtapes →
“Web users have always been ruthless and now are even more so,” said Dr...”
– [ Web users ‘getting more ruthless’, from the BBC ]
Starting Salaries but New York Tastes →
I was going to try to pull in a hilarious quote from this article, but then I realized the entire thing was one long hilarious quote.
“But in the past few years, the legendarily raucous weekends at Hilles had begun...”
– [ The Sad Hatter: The Extravagantly Embellished Life and Sadly Overforshadowed Death of Isabella Blow in New York Magazine] Feelings upon reading this obit: (1) Completely and utter disbelief. (2) An intense admiration for the British. (3) Fear that admiration may be misplaced and that those who...
“It is characteristic of Professor Hadank that although he never neglected for...”
– [ O.H.W. Hadank: The Classicist Even a Modernist Could Love, from Design Observer ]
GoodShapeDesign - Prints →
I especially like the circles-as-landscape.
“Remember, a gentleman never boasts except when talking about booze, money and...”
– [ The Foggy Monocle ]
“If there’s something keeping women away from enjoying science fiction, it’s not...”
– Rant: What Chicks Don’t Like About Science Fiction (via perpetua) Um, suck it. I love science fiction. (It’s not like all dudes like it, either.)
Huntington Hartford II, A. & P. Heir, Dies at 97 -... →
“Not content merely to be rich, he longed to be a writer and, more than that, an arbiter of culture and a master builder. But his ambitions were far greater than his reach.” But you know, he had a…
Alex Torrance — Freelance Graphic Design →
Apparently the links aren’t working (?), but more importantly, his Twitter page is sah-weet.
25 resources for ornaments, fleurons, and "frilly... →
Thanks, Cameron Moll.
Tea & Sympathy →
“Welcome to the home of Tea & Sympathy on the web. If you’re looking for anything British then you’re in the right place. Grub, gossip or goodies, we’ll see you right in our restaurant”
Can Money Buy Happiness?, by Arthur C. Brookes in... →
I agree with almost every point in this article, which is in and of itself unusual; more importantly, however, it’s a really thoughtful discussion of how money and happiness and success correlate.
The Ampersand →
Pretty.
Bears by Sean U'Ren by Alex Amelines ::... →
I love those bears.
Porchez Typofonderie [Fonts Typefaces] - Gazette →
“This history, normally told from the Anglo-Saxon point of view, is from a French perspective, allowing the reader to form oneâs own opinion.” …Unless one is neither French nor English. Still,…
Fraktur mon Amour - Judith Schalansky - Home →
Hott, as in a hot pink and black blacketter compendium with a free CD. (Germany only.)
Yeondoo Jung →
I want to draw something and have her make it real.
“Recently, however, researchers stumbled on a striking fact about suicides in New...”
– [ Why New York Draws People Looking to Commit Suicide, in New York Magazine, via perpetua ]
Not to be too blithe about it, but “when you’re tired of Ursa Minor Beta, you’re tired of life”, maybe?
Typography Museums - TeX Users Group →
I said “I want to go on a typographical tour of Europe” and teh Googles helped me out!
“The author concludes that, because the rockin’ world cannot possibly be...”
– [ Fat Bottomed Girls and the Rockin’ World: An Examination of a Close Relationship, via Brian ]
Hello →
Apparently Bai Ling has a blog. It is about as crazy as you’d expect.
“I’m surrounded by a culture of naked ambition and get-famous-if-not-rich...”
– [ from richest of fare ] I had never thought of describing the social interplay between DC affluents and everybody else this way, but I think she hits it dead on.
www.welie.com -- Patterns in Interaction Design →
I thought I bookmarked this before, but apparently not.
Funnily enough, this is exactly the vibe I got...
