April 2009
March 2009
“You will then make plans for the second date, right there and then. You will not...”
– [ Does anybody date anymore?, via A P O C A L Y P S T I C K ]
Visit Our Muppet Whatnot Workshop Boutique at FAO... →
lauraglu:
HOLY AWESOME
Billy Idol muppet!
“Fact of the Day: rocket and cow
In November 1960, an American rocket launched...”
– [ via Reference.com’s Word of the Day ]
“As I’m sure most of you are already aware, the infamous, glamourous and just...”
– [ We NEED More Women at Web 2.0!, via Girls In Tech ]
As a Woman In Tech™ who isn’t going to Web 2.0, I’d like to know what’s so important about getting a lot of ladies on the expo floor. Is the assumption that having more women attend is its own reward?
On a broader note,...
“June, I can just see it: Apple launches 2 new OS’s, a new phone, and Steve...”
– [ Neven Mrgan via 43folders, via marco ]
It’s irrational to expect anybody to be pleased to get a bunch of stuff they don’t particularly want instead of the one thing they do want. This is true both of Christmases and keynotes.
Icons of Fright News and Updates: Let The Wrong... →
spangley:
my friend spencer pointed out that the subtitles on the US version DVD of let the right one in were kind of weird & seem oddly dumbed down when he watched it this past week - and boy is that ever true!
this article points out how the subtle nuances & dark humour of the movie are completely lost in this version of the film. i strongly suggest you do NOT buy or rent this...
“What it’s wrong to do is criticize Arial as a clone or rip-off of Helvetica....”
– [ Arial versus Helvetica. How to tell them apart. Is Arial just a poor copy?, via i love typography, the typography and fonts blog ]
I love reading this.
“According to the latest time estimates, if everything continues to move along at...”
– [ Everything Taking Too Long, The Onion ]
[ The Morning Benders cover of the...
nevermind that i'm tumbling this
james: using scribd as a verb! http://twitter.com/michelfortin/statuses/1381690559
timoni: actually when i was in starbucks this morning, i started writing little 140-character admonishments about saying things like "i visited your twitter yesterday" or "i only facebook from my iphone"
timoni: but i suppose if "scribd" is a verb, then facebook can be, too.
james: i facebooked you
timoni: that just makes me SO sad.
“Data-driven design is a vital tool for hill-climbing iteration of a site, but...”
– [ From an open letter to the Google engineers and PMs, in Google design: The kids are alright, from fox @ fury ]
“Many printers do not resemble whatever print icon a particular app may provide....”
– [ Larry Tesler’s answer to The Save Icon “rut”, an IxDA discussion ]
“Without a person at (or near) the helm who thoroughly understands the principles...”
– [ Goodbye Google, via stopdesign ]
“You’re going to want to do this on a cutting board, so your fianceé doesn’t flip...”
– [ The hardback Moleskine project, via Sunshocked ]
21st C idioms
fetherston:
pinguim:
factsarenothing:
I propose replacing “Let’s blow this popsicle stand” with “Let’s blow this frozen banana stand.”
Thanks to a much-delayed viewing of Arrested Development, I finally get all these banana stand jokes.
How about “let’s burn this banana stand to the ground”?
“The Saturn Return is an astrological phenomenon that occurs at the ages of...”
– [ Saturn return, via Wikipedia ]
I’d always wondered what was so especially significant about thirty. I like that there’s a historical background.
