Kevin Smith

"Unlike the 1930s, when food and clothing were far more expensive, today we spend much of our money..."

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:31:11 -0800

“Unlike the 1930s, when food and clothing were far more expensive, today we spend much of our money on healthcare, child care, and education, and we’d see uncomfortable changes in those parts of our lives. The lines wouldn’t be outside soup kitchens but at emergency rooms, and rather than itinerant farmers we could see waves of laid-off office workers leaving homes to foreclosure and heading for areas of the country where there’s more work - or just a relative with a free room over the garage. Already hollowed-out manufacturing cities could be all but deserted, and suburban neighborhoods left checkerboarded, with abandoned houses next to overcrowded ones.”

- Depression 2009: What would it look like?

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:54:34 -0800

Note that you can add "source:life" to any Google image search to focus on this archive.

This. Fucking. Election.

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:58:14 -0800

I'm so glad it's finally over.

Standing In Line

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:23:05 -0700

Interesting Ask MeFi thread about queuing norms in different countries. I don't recall anything specific about what it was like in Greece, so I guess it was similar to the US.

Keen to produce imagery that didn’t fall into the traditional...

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:45:18 -0700

Keen to produce imagery that didn’t fall into the traditional genres of photography, this project’s central focus is the parroquet, a type of small, slender, long-tailed parrot.

"If, by the time you’re old enough to sit through a movie, you haven’t heard that smoking..."

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:32:31 -0700

“If, by the time you’re old enough to sit through a movie, you haven’t heard that smoking is bad for you, you don’t need a movie rating, you need a foster home.”

- Roger Ebert

WTFPL - Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:32:34 -0700

From the FAQ: "There is no such thing as “putting a work in the public domain”, you America-centered, Commonwealth-biased individual."

"If the work that really matters to you involves understanding a relationship between a handful of..."

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:10:15 -0700

“If the work that really matters to you involves understanding a relationship between a handful of seemingly unrelated things and then figuring out the best way to portray, magnify, or resolve those relationships, then you’re already doing creative work.”

- Merlin Mann

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:59:09 -0700

Added to the top of my daily feeds.

Recipe: Salmon Cakes

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:18:29 -0700

I can never remember how much bread crumb & egg to add. This one worked out well, but I substituted pepper jack cheese for the cheddar and added maybe a tablespoon of grated parmesan. Don't tell Sophia about the black pepper - she'll claim to hate the recipe.

Bizarre music video of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck played with a...

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:39:00 -0700

Bizarre music video of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck played with a glockenspiel & some stuff you’d find around the house, like kitchen utensils and beer cans.

"Nothing brings people together more than mutual hatred."

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:02:40 -0700

“Nothing brings people together more than mutual hatred.”

- Henry Rollins, on Twitter

Pantone Autumn - A photo by Chris Glass featured on Wikipedia....

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:53:00 -0700

Email exchange with Bruce Schneier

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:38:21 -0700

Quite likely bullshit, but I <3 Bruce Schneier.

Suppose you killed somebody...

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:26:20 -0700

Thoughtful, detailed essay on properly disposing of a corpse.

"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:32:28 -0700

“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.”

- African Proverb

Visualization Strategies: Text & Documents

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:14:56 -0700

DogTube

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:16:00 -0700

DogTube

"Take away the right to say fuck and you take away the right to say fuck the government."

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:54:48 -0700

“Take away the right to say fuck and you take away the right to say fuck the government.”

- Lenny Bruce

PDFMiner

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:11:33 -0700

Python library for analyzing text data from PDF documents.

TV screen closeup

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:56:13 -0700

TV screen closeup

"[T]he usability and elegance of any product, software or hardware, tends to reach and seldom..."

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:48:35 -0700

“[T]he usability and elegance of any product, software or hardware, tends to reach and seldom surpasses the level that satisfies the taste of whoever is in charge of the product.”

- John Gruber

Parking Garage Typography Goodness

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:52:13 -0700

Parking Garage Typography Goodness

I’m no economist, but this doesn’t look good.

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:10:00 -0700

I’m no economist, but this doesn’t look good.

alphanumeric's photostream

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:03:18 -0700

Flickr stream focused on Modernist Design

Sanzhi UFO Houses

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:00:32 -0700

2007

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:57:11 -0700

2007

LastGraph

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:54:29 -0700

Lets you explore your last.fm listening history

goosh.org - the unofficial google shell.

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:53:15 -0700

google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell. You type commands and the results are shown on this page.

The Paper Version of the Web at Deeplinking

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:51:55 -0700

Paper prototypes (initial UI sketches), including Twitter, Flickr Places, and Vimeo

1960s Brazilian book cover designs

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:44:51 -0700

1960s Brazilian book cover designs

Mirror Skate Board

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:43:37 -0700

Mirror Skate Board

"Interesting how some iPhone app developers use the platform-agnostic “Tap” in their..."

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:21:22 -0700

“Interesting how some iPhone app developers use the platform-agnostic “Tap” in their names.”

- Dan Cederholm

"To remember the difference between a font and a typeface, think of it in terms of an MP3 vs. a song...."

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:28:00 -0700

“To remember the difference between a font and a typeface, think of it in terms of an MP3 vs. a song. You wouldn’t describe the musical merits of an MP3, you’d talk about the song. The MP3 is simply the delivery vehicle.”

- Stephen Coles

Frankenfruit

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:01:47 -0700

Frankenfruit