November 2008
59 posts
Jason Collett - A Beguiled Christmas in Sales...
“For Detroiters, of course, it is hard to separate all this talk of “buy...”
– Sweet Juniper! - Don’t let them die
WatchHere’s maybe the best one-liner from a Turkey Day episode ever, courtesy of WKRP in Cincinnati. If you’ve got a spare 25 minutes, watch the entire episode for it’s full effect. Happy Thanksgiving Eve!
What Really Happened at the 1992 MTV Music Video... →
soupsoup:
by Krist Novoselic.
via pandarants
I hadn’t thought about how great their performance was in years. Read this story then watch it again.
Type Notes: 1
yourmonkeycalled:
“Most of the text of this book was set in Backslap Grotesque Italic Semi-Detached, a variant of Bangalore Torpedo Moribund adapted in 1867 from a matrice by the Danish chiseler Espy Sans, a character if there ever was one… Backslap is a solid citizen and a joiner: A.A., A.A.A., AARP, Christmas Club… That part of the text not set in Backslap or Bangalore—the lowercase d’s, k’s,...
The “O” in Obama →
mattmcinerney:
Steven Heller interviews the man that designed the Obama logo.
Sol is pretty nice guy. He contacted me about year ago to come in and talk with him for a bit. Unfortately, I didn’t get the chance to stop by as I was already in the process of moving back to Michigan. But, in the few emails I sent back and forth with him, he seemed like a pretty reasonable character. His firm...
WatchRecently it was discovered that the tallest building in the world - the Burj Dubai - had been the scene for a world record (and highly illegal) BASE jump. 1 British man attempted the jump and was successful, while a second man, a Frenchman, was caught before he could jump. They were both arrested and held in Dubai. What is not known to either the authorities or the world in general, is that 2 men...
“Let me reiterate the spirit of Michigan. It is based upon the deathless loyalty...”
– Fielding Yost
Please excuse the excess of Michigan posts this...
Seeing as we’re about to head into Columbus and, in all likelihood, get our brains beat in, I’m looking to the future to try and find something positive to cling to. I spent over an hour and a half discussing the next few years of Michigan football with a friend of mine last night. We both felt cautiously optimistic about where the program was headed but neither of us really know how...
“Perhaps in every era of affluence and self-indulgence, America needs a national...”
– Alistair Cooke, 1988.
Today marks what would have been his 100th birthday. He was the quentiessential American documentor and his words, in 1988, seem like they were written only a few weeks ago with President Obama’s election.
The 10 Songs/Albums That No One Should Ever Have... →
jtramsay:
I can’t believe Jeff didn’t think to include Sade on either side of this equation. In fact, I think one might consider calling her both cliche and inspiration….
I’d like to add anything by Dave Matthews Band… “Crash into Me” especially. I mean, that song is about 15 years old now, find something more creative. (via yvynyl)
Watchinky:
Augmented reality
This makes me want an iPhone:
I’ve been rather taken with RjDj, an app for the iPhone that samples environmental sounds, processes, loops and generally mucks around with them in real time, and plays them directly into your ears via the medium of headphones. Because I use noise-blocking in-ear buds, I can’t hear the “real” sounds around me (when I have nothing playing I...
livejamie:
Very happy to have found Komodo Edit, it’s my new code editor http://tr.im/13tx - What do you guys all use? I was using PSPad
Because I develop mostly using TextMate, and on the Mac, if/when I have to develop on my PC, I use E Text Editor. It’s the only program I’ve found on the PC that can handle TextMate bundles and comes with a nice amount of features that I’ve...
Neil Diamond - Forever in Blue Jeans
For your...
Tupac - Changes
And although it seems heaven...
Two years ago, I sat in a bar with a group of friends. We were talking about the notion that the Democrats would be electing either a woman or a black man for president. After a few beers, the conversation got a little heated. I specifically remember arguing the point that middle America would never vote for a woman or a black man to be president. It was just too unbelievable to me. We were really...
I don’t miss living in Chicago. I mean, the cool factor of telling people you’re from Chicago, as opposed to Detroit, is really unmeasurable. People love to tell you about “this one time” they had in Chicago, about how beautiful the city is or about how nice Chicagoans are. It’s all true too. It really is that breathtaking, the people really are that nice and all...
Seriously, though.
britticisms:
I’m super sick of seeing these pictures everyone took secretly of their vote for Obama. Isn’t that illegal? And yes, we all know you voted for Barry.
Agreed. It’s as if the last 23 posts on their blog, all pictures of Obama, weren’t enough to tell us who they were voting for and we need actual proof of their ballot.
