August 2007
32 posts
“Can you have an intervention w/ someone over email?”
It's back!!! →
Ever since ‘Trapped in a Closet’ 12 came out, I’ve been yearning for more. Well, Chicago’s own R. Kelly has quenched that thirst. He’s back! With a recap of episodes 1-12 and a preview of 12-22!!!
July 2007
64 posts
“If you want to capture Chicago, why not have a character who gets clouted into a...”
– Re: the tv show My Boys and it’s horribly inaccurate portrayal or Chicago. I concur, fyi.
Video Game Matches to Be Televised on CBS →
Tomorrow at noon, CBS, the august home of the Masters and March Madness, will become the first broadcast network in the United States to cover a video game tournament as a sporting event.
WatchLoving this video by the Vancouver Film School (via)
Global Cities at Tate Modern →
“The models are shaped around the outlines of each city, with each layer of plywood representing an extra 200 people per square kilometre. We spoke to the team behind their creation…” (via)
Cloverfield Spoiler!! →
Those folks over at CP are always two steps ahead of everyone else.
The New Threadless Store →
“Joe Suta, our in-house magical graffiti musician snowboarder extraordinaire will be doing 3 huge paintings EVERY WEEK to go in our store window. The paintings will be hand drawn mashups of all of the winning designs that week.” These guys are just so effing cool. I’m totally jealous.
Canadian gym puts Wii workout on its schedule →
Damn straight!
Obesity in the U.S. →
Pretty sobering.
WalkScore.com →
My neighborhood is an 86 out of 100. Not too shabby.
The second best thing about living in Chicago... →
is the White Sox are in the Tigers division. That means I get a chance to see at least 6 or 7 games per year in person (at least 13 on television). Tonight is one of those nights. I get to see The Gambler throwing and let’s hope we can forget yesterday’s debacle and pull one out tonight. Go Tiggers!
Whole Foods is open!!! →
No longer do I have to drive to the Ashland and Lincoln one! There’s a Whole Foods two blocks from my place in the new, green Center on Halstead!
New Liverpool Staduim →
What a radical departure to Anfield. It looks like that middle, steel, clamp-like thing is enveloping the stadium.
The Darjeeling Limited Trailer →
Wes Anderson’s new movie.
WNYC's Radio Lab →
This has quickly turned into a “must have” in my podcast library.
“I used to dislike it when a client asked me to do something similar to a...”
– John Maeda
Blurb Books →
Very cool. Just like the iPhoto books and for a good price too. (via)
IHT Redesigned →
Georgia has become the official headline font for newspapers worldwide I’m guessing. (via)
Hide-a-pod →
Absolutely brilliant! And damn funny too.
When Redesigned College Logos Fail... →
I’ve always had a special place for the great logos of universities. The linked “SC” for USC. The block “M” of Michigan. The Longhorns of Texas. These will never need to be redesigned or modified. Something to be said about simplistic design in that sense.
I'm in love. Her name is Chicago.
After spending the day at the lakefront and admiring the countless sailboats floating on the bright blue lake, I walk home to hear the crowd roaring and cheering the Cubbies onto, hopefully, a victory over the Astros. There’s no place in the world that I can think of that is like this. As I was laying on the lawn in the park, I was trying to think of another city that took it’s most...
Damn, I want Joe's for lunch →
WatchWii Fit. I might have to get this even though Wii Sports still provides quite the work out.
The new Trib site →
Interesting redesign. Upon zooming in to read the left navigation, it looks like the ordering is Classifieds on top, followed by Shopping, Weather, Traffic then News. Weird hierarchy from a newspaper. It has some nice functions to bring it into the web 2.0 world (comments/blogs/video/user-generated photo uploads) as well. It’s a little plain though for my tastes. Where’s the other...
Opening games in London? →
Interesting that the NHL picked London of all the European cities. I would imagine somewhere in Sweden or Finland would be a larger draw. But maybe the population and money in London brought it there.
OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer →
(via)
The most un-SEO friendly band name every →
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Favorite Fonts of 2006 →
(via)
“I don’t have any idea why it happens so much here culturally, but it is a fact...”
– Jeff Tweedy, Wilco
1-18-08 →
The new JJ Abrams project. Is this Ethan Haas site somehow connected? It’s funny how even in Lost’s offseason he can keep everyone guessing.
Threadless →
…in the NYT today. Hell yeah boys. Skinny Corp keeps doing things right.
From the "Duh" news desk →
Thanks. guys. I don’t think anyone’s picked up this story yet. Apple may use some iPhones features in the new iPods! Stop the presses!
Next Big Thing (iTunes link) →
DRM free indie rock albums for $7. Some good bands in there too.
Looks like it'll be a late night Sunday. →
New Pornographers aren’t playing until 8.
Sent from my iPhone →
So does the iPhone automatically put this in the body text of an email? If so, it’s pretty obnoxious. I really don’t care where the photo was sent from… On the plus side, all these “Sent from my iPhone” pictures are pretty nice. Looks like the camera is pretty good.
“I need to apologize to my brain.”
– Erin, re: last night’s madness
“So let us hope that the DoD retains some anti-neocon skepticism and keeps those...”
– Oh my god! My spam mail is smarter than me!
“Is there any sadder Fourth of July than the one falling smack in the middle of...”
– Thanks Flavorpill
What an Obit →
(via)
Nice going lady →
How a Dallas kid got the iPhone AND eight crisp $100 bills
