January 2008
88 posts
“Imagine that you’re a composer. Imagine getting this commission: “Please...”
– WNYC - Radio Lab: Salle Des Departs Listen to the full piece of music here
“Pitchfork Media is looking for some obnoxious hipster scum to beat up in the...”
– Pitchfork: Pitchfork Seeks Administrative Intern in NYC Office Best job posting ever.
11 minutes of Annie Hall set to stock video from... →
There are some pretty entertaining clips here. It’s amazing how we these match up so perfectly.
“Watching Politweets’ constant flow of short ideas and information is oddly...”
– Politweets - All the News That’s Fit to “Tweet” - Off The Bus on The Huffington Post Doug’s interview with the Huffington Post about Politweets. (Alisa also get’s a nice little shout for her design work on the site)
Edwards quits presidential race →
Finally. Not that I don’t like the guy or anything but he was becoming a sideshow. He didn’t have a legit chance of winning because he’s going up against two superstars.
Comedy Group 'Protests' Repair Of Montrose Avenue →
After Montrose’s giant sinkhole that was created last week by a water main break, this guy has organized a protest to fill in the gaping void. I love the tagline “You wouldn’t fill in the Grand Canyon would you?” Ha! Check out their MySpace page as well.
Chicago El Stories : A project by Jonathan... →
Passengers were asked to share a memory of a place of significane from their lives in Chicago. The locations described in their stories were then photographed and each image was paired with an excerpt of text from the corresponding interview. Update: As I listened to these further, I noticed one in particular that I can connect with. I used to work at a small design firm in River North and my...
New Arcade Fire Black Mirror Interactive Video →
(via stuffage) The imagination of the web never ceases to amaze me.
50 Literary Euphemisms for Masturbation →
Pretty funy stuff.
DEAR SCALPER-DUDE:
Hello dirtbag. Do you remember me? I gave you a bunch of money for Chromeo tickets tonight on the street. Remember? Well I wanted to tell you those tickets you sold me were fake. And so I didn’t get in. Wow! Surprised? Me too! Now, right after I found that out, I went back outside to find you. But you weren’t there. I guess you had someone else to go steal from. Oh boy was I mad. ...
Happy Australia Day! →
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick shamed by text... →
Can we put him away? Perjury charges please? Get him out of office. This is like giving Tupac the keys to LA and seeing what happens. First there were parties at the mayoral mansion that end with his wife slapping a stripper and then spending $6.5 millions to shut a couple cops up that broke said stripper party up… $6.5 million dollars that could’ve employed over 120 more policemen,...
“Sean Paul was giving me seizures. I was very surprised, because he was one of my...”
– NY Post: Hip-Hop Op Fixed My Head And she’s not the only one! Zing!
New Weightshift →
Gorgeous new design from the ubertalented Naz Hamid. Open an ear to his soon-to-be-released “Murders and Mysteries” EP while yout there. Great stuff.
List of Suicides →
The following are lists of notable people who intentionally terminated their own life. Suicides committed under duress are included. Deaths by accident or misadventure are excluded. Individuals who might or might not have died by their own hand, or whose intention to die is in dispute, but who are widely believed to have deliberately killed themselves, may be listed under Possible suicides.
At Whole Foods checkout, no more plastic bags →
The Whole Foods Market chain said Tuesday that it would stop offering plastic grocery bags, giving customers instead a choice between recycled paper or reusable bags.
Worst Athletic Commercial Endorsements
Hiya kids! So today we’re gonna talk about poor decisions made by athletes. No, not on the field… On camera! Let’s begin in Cincinnati with Carson Palmer and John Morrell Sausages. Is the eye black necessary? Is there a chance Carson might miss the sausage while starring at the sun? ——- Next up, we’ll get a little more local for me and swing by the Rahmani...
Mr. Tony Returns! I’ve been looking forward...
The AP Has Written Britney Spears' Obituary →
I mean, why not right? Better to be safe than sorry.
Hula Hoop and Frisbee inventor dies →
Knerr and Melin met by chance as teenagers outside a cinema. They went into business together because Melin raised falcons and they used home-made catapults to fire meatballs at young birds to teach them to dive for prey. I can’t tell you the number of companies started by making home-made meatball catapults.
Origami spaceplane to launch from space station →
Some researchers invest time and money into curing cancer, these guys want to build a giant paper airplane.
“I haven’t used these. I’ll be the first person to acknowledge that.”
– Amazon.com: Customer Reviews So why is he reviewing the product?
Monkey Picked Tea →
I hope they washed their hands before picking…
i'm a libra
Alexis: so true
Alexis: LIBRA - The Harmonizer (Sept 23 - Oct 22)
Nice to everyone they meet. Can't make up their mind. Have own unique appeal. Creative, energetic, and very social. Hates to be alone. Peaceful , generous. Very loving and beautiful. Flirtatious. Give in too easily. Procrastinators. Very gullible.
Me: i'm not gullible!
detroit design guide →
Design*Sponge’s latest design guide is about Detroit! The most amazing thing to me about this are the comments. Everyone “gushing” over Detroit. Even outsiders.
Family finishes RV trip with grandmother's body →
There are just too many jokes to make about this so I’ll stick with this famous quote from National Lampoon’s Vacation, “She breathed on me! A dead person breathed on me!”
2008 NAIAS Panoramas →
NAIAS = North American International Auto Show for those not from Detroit. I’ve never been a “car guy” (I can tell you where my gas tank is and that’s about the extent of my car knowledge) but every year my dad and I would make a trip downtown to go to the Auto Show. When I say every year, I’m not kidding. From the ages of 7-24, we went to the show every year. Detroit...
"For the first time in my life I saw a snow-rain... →
For a couple of hours anyway, a city where mortar shells routinely zoom across the Tigris River to the Green Zone became united as one big White Zone. Check out the YouTube videos of this as well. Surreal.
Bathrooms are more than just places to read the... →
A toilet which flushes to the sound of Italy’s national anthem has been impounded by police in northern Italy, sparking great patriotic debate. Forget the war, foregin policy, or taxes, if anything can spark a “great patriotic debate,” it’d be an anthem playing toilet.
chicaGO →
Developed by a couple of Loyola students, this handy little CTA/Google Maps mashup is the greatest thing since the red line was built. Quick and easy, it is, without a doubt, 1000% better than the CTA Trip Planner.
100 things we didn't know last year →
23. To be found attractive, women should sway their hips and men their shoulders (although researchers call this a “shoulder swagger”). And….. done!