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Umm…..sure. Whatever. If their goal was to come up with a...

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:04:28 -0400

Umm…..sure. Whatever. If their goal was to come up with a logo as flavorless and forgettable as their product, then they did a bangup job.

My friend Sophie, who creates a sizable proportion of my...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:34:25 -0400

My friend Sophie, who creates a sizable proportion of my favorite things on the internet, has created a vlog. The first one is a lesson on how to screen print which almost immediately becomes a lesson on how not to screen print.

“I don’t hate golf.”

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:29:26 -0400

“I don’t hate golf.”

All of these are apt. TheSneeches(listed above asThe...

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:02:28 -0400

All of these are apt. TheSneeches(listed above asThe Racists)andThe Butter Battle Book(listed above asThe Futility of…) are two of the best works of satire I’ve ever read.

Apple’s defunct clothing line is hipster gold.

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:49:12 -0400

Apple’s defunct clothing line is hipster gold.

I’ve always promised myself that when I REALLY learn...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:00:00 -0400

I’ve always promised myself that when I REALLY learn piano, the first song I will figure out how to cover will be Slade/Quiet Riot’s “Cum on Feel the Noize”. I finally bothered to youtube it to see who’d done it already - it’s even more beautiful than I had imagined.

I’d given up on posting ads, but this one is the best in a...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:18:45 -0500

I’d given up on posting ads, but this one is the best in a long time because it says everything I hate about razors while using the tragically overdone “the-man-your-man-could-smell-like-montage” format in a way that doesn’t make me hate the company.

One of the things I’m most proud of is that sometimes...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:40:12 -0500

One of the things I’m most proud of is that sometimes Harry Fulop lets me hang out with him. Here he is dueting with Ingrid Michaelson.

Nope. No. Change it back.

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:33:07 -0500

Nope. No. Change it back.

Here’s to Dr. King. He was a master orator even through...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:23:00 -0500

Here’s to Dr. King.

He was a master orator even through comedy.

The National Rights Museum is built into the facade of the Lorraine Hotel (below). If you’re here in Memphis you really need to see it, it’s incredible.

Video

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:01:35 -0500

Harry Fulop is one of those people who makes me wonder how...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:39:15 -0500

Harry Fulop is one of those people who makes me wonder how musicians work. Composing music a magical science to me, but he’s absurdly good at it and his new album is out.

Well-written, too-short bio on Colbert

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:12:02 -0500

Well-written, too-short bio on Colbert

"The National, Beirut, The Walkmen to feature on Sharon Van Etten’s new album"

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:03:05 -0500

"The National, Beirut, The Walkmen to feature on Sharon Van Etten’s new album" :

Feb 6, I am ready for you.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:07:21 -0500

I’m thankful for you. So here is a galaxy-smashing simulator you may not have seen.

Click the Applett. Set friction on, stars at 2000 and play around with the rest. I’m also Thankful for Andrea Dobson.

Awkward high five + 90’s-era bewilderment towards the...

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:01:00 -0400

Awkward high five + 90’s-era bewilderment towards the internet + Julia Stiles = my new favorite Ghostwriter clip.

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Thank you, Memphis Gospel-pop stations, for giving me my new...

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:25:48 -0400

Thank you, Memphis Gospel-pop stations, for giving me my new favorite jam. I’m legitimately obsessed.

theeconomist: Daily chart: which governments take the biggest...

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:12:56 -0400

theeconomist:

Daily chart: which governments take the biggest chunk from a $100,000 salary? Belgium’s government grabs the highest share from earnings of $100,000, at almost 48%. Between 2003 and 2009, the highest tax rates on personal income declined. But last year they increased by 0.4% as governments sought to reduce deficits.

…oh there we are, near the bottom of all the Superpowers, new and old.

Hundreds if not billions of you have been calling me, asking,...

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:09:54 -0400

Hundreds if not billions of you have been calling me, asking, “WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE GROWING TREND OF U.S. CITIES ALIGNING THEIR SPORTS TEAM LOGOS TO CREATE A CITY-WIDE COLOR IDENTITY, ALEX!?!?!????”. First of all, calm down, second of all, your problems are over.

There is a brilliant sports-logo expert out there who is absurdly gifted at both writing and web design, but was naive enough to invite me to blab all over TheSportsDesignBlog.com. You can read it here, and I strongly urge you to chime in on the comments, regardless of your familiarity with the subject.

This is beautiful. Also, our cities look like liver spots on the...

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:17:44 -0400

This is beautiful. Also, our cities look like liver spots on the face of the earth. But it’s actually beautiful

thedailywhat:

Time-Lapse Thing of the Day: 600 photos from Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth strung together by science educator James Drake to form a stunning time-lapse video of the view from the International Space Station as it orbits the Earth over North and South America.

[infinity-imagined / u|t.]