October 2007
25 posts
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September 2007
78 posts
Road Trip Pt 2, day 1
Brian and I begin our road trip out west to LA this weekend. That’s where I’m living right now. So tonight I catch a redeye to Ft Lauderdale where I’ll meet up with him @ about 6:30a.
From there we’ll sleep, socialize, say goodbyes, bake pies, dot out i’s, and roadtrip clockwise.
“The pirate’s life for me.”
The Mountain Goats - Jenny
Watchd-vade is one cool cat..
There's a Bear There →
Xtorrent 1.1 →
I may actually pay for a torrent client. I never thought it would happen, but someone finally made a client worth paying for. Is this going against all that defines piracy? Of course not. David Watanabe created a program that truly puts the world of torrents at close hand with an outstanding search feature, clean design, and of course limitations to the non-licensed users.
Until I pay,...
WatchCreated by Blake Whitman.
How to Spot Arial →
In the eternal battle of Helvetica vs Arial, arm yourself appropriately. Once armed, though, you might consider testing yourself.
Something Big Will Happen
At the end of the month I fly out of LAX to Miami, FL. Picking me up at the airport is Brian, and from there we start a begin roadtrip back west to Los Angeles.
This excites me because Brian is someone I’ve had nothing but success with. Short videos, mostly, but we happen to with creative entertainment in general. If one of us has the idea, the other is already coming up with an idea to...
Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank →
Flash Forward →
The biographical LA Times article covers the life of Eric Jordan, creator of 2advanced.
“Today, at the gym, I realized that we are all hanging down from the ground....”
– Mareen
Who Shot the Serif? →
For the budding typographer in all of us, this article provides an excellent introduction to the wild world of typography. If you couldn’t tell from the link, this particular article deals specifically with serifs, also known as “the curly bits at the ends of letters.”
Thanks Bill.
List of artificial objects on the Moon →
“[Followup] The leak of MediaDefender’s emails caused quite some controversy,...”
– MediaDefender Phone Call and Gnutella Tracking Database Leaked
“By releasing these emails we hope to secure the privacy and personal integrity...”
– MediaDefender-Defenders, in The Biggest Ever BitTorrent Leak: MediaDefender Internal Emails Go Public
Yahoo! Shop by Color →
Shop by Color is a new Yahoo! feature that allows the user to pick from 56 different color hues.
More Yahoo Pipes →
I particularly like #3 because it allows me to get down with OPP. Yeah, you know me.
YouTunes, a Yahoo Pipe →
“In this example, I created a pipe named “YouTunes” which links to YouTube videos of the top 10 songs on iTunes”
WatchCreated by Olly Walker.
“Designers don’t make any money. They come out with their fancy scribbles...”
– My dad
Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8 →
The Onion lampoons Pitchfork Media to absolute perfection. As a regular reader of Pitchfork, there was lots to love about this article.
This is a reblogged post.
WatchCreated by Mars.
Heat Sensitive Shower Tiles →
“Introverts are driven to distraction by the semi-internal dialogue extroverts...”
– Thomas P. Crouser, Why Should Extroverts Make All the Money?
via The Atlantic.
WatchCreated by Erik Deutsch. I really like the scraping sound a raw potato can make.
Pillowig →
WatchCreated by jemof.
Vote on a Better Slogan for NASA →
Please vote for “All your space are belong to U.S.”
You Didn't See Nothin' →
During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack.
WatchIncredibly great short created by scruff_e_guy.