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Notes, Links and Writing
Things Will be Quiet Around Here While I Move to New YorkSo I'm moving up to New York. The posting will be light to non-existent until after the moving carnage shakes itself out.
— 2 days, 11 hours ago
The Sexiest Women Of Wall StreetSo you’re a woman. You work on Wall Street. You’re hot in that distinct air brushed way popular with many men. But you’re about to lose your job because the economy is dying. This sucks for sure. The good news is Playboy is conducting a nationwide search for the sexiest Women of Wall Street to pose for an upcoming pictorial in both Playboy magazine and on Playboy.com. Think of it this way. If you’re equiped with the physical goods to win the contest chances are solid a few of your male co-workers were already jerking off while thinking of you. Now you can get paid for it. [edit. most likely a few of your female co-workers were masturbating at the thought of you as well, not just the men.]
— 2 days, 22 hours ago | #Dave and Lonnie Talk About Gay Marriage [video]A short video created by Pixar artist Adrian Molina about California’s Prop 8 which proposes to change the California Constitution in order to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. Cute video, great message. Every argument against allowing same-sex couples to marry is total bunk. Utter crap and should be dismissed outta hand by any compassionate, thinking person. Honestly, I can deal with someone saying same-sex marriage makes them quesy. They don’t even have to admitt their uncomfortableness stems from their inability to shake their predjudice. I can deal with that kind of honesty, but what you typically get is prejudice dressed up in all manner of ill fitting rationalization, which is cowardly and lacking any semblance of integrity. [noticed via Drawn! / see NOonProp8 for more info]
— 3 days, 2 hours ago | #The Official Barack Obama iPhone AppLooks slick opposed to the McCain campaign’s new Morse code decoder ring. Here’s a direct link to download the sucker from your iTunes store.
— 3 days, 22 hours ago | #A Realistic Depiction of My Daily Writing StruggleI struggle every day to write. There's varied and multiple reasons why this is so, and I won't torture you by plunging into a discussion of them, but I will share with you a photo that sums up one of the main issues I face.
— 3 days, 22 hours agoGrandma’s Graphics: Unique Images from the Pasta large collection of vintage graphics and clipart. Tons of beautiful images in here, all of them, apparently, are in the public domain and free to use. Nice resource. [via Nicky at Mefi]
— 3 days, 23 hours ago | #Retronomatopeya photo collection on FlickrI have not come across the word retronomatopeya before, but if it is indeed a legit word then it must mean instances of onomatopoeia in retro comic books, or something along those lines - CRASH! - BOOM!- ZONK! The collection of such occurrences deserves a robust group/community at Flickr.
— 4 days, 2 hours ago | #Best Couch EverThe Animi Causa Feel seating system, inspired by a molecular structure, uses 120 soft balls covered in elastic fabric and changes form with your body. I hate most furniture from a practical point of view. Chairs and tables can make for gorgeous art, but I tend to hate using them. I want one of these. Way above my pay grade so I’ll have to make do with a Sumo for now, but I want in a bad way. [noticed following the link trail beginning at Design You Trust]
— 4 days, 2 hours ago | #Roboboy: Dirt is Good [video]A robot learns the joy of puddle jumping in this ad campaign for Persil. It’s easy for me to say as I do not have children, but I’m thinking if you lose your equilibrium because your kid is loving on a dirt pile then you’re fucking up as a parent. Dirt is good. Let the kids play. Shit, do yourself a favor — go get muddy every so often.
— 4 days, 3 hours ago | #Bass Fishing now a High School SportI wonder if they’ll drug test them? [via Treehugger]
— 4 days, 3 hours ago | #Hunter S. Thompson Short Documentary: The Crazy Never DieBefore Kevin Smith began roaming college campuses Dr. Thompson was serving the young and impressionable his sui generis wit and intellect. This short video includes stops in Oregon and Kanas. Have not watched it yet, but filed for later consumption.
— 4 days, 3 hours ago | #The Beauty You Walk AmongIt is easy to lose our way in the frustrations and needs of the day, and to forget the beauty of every footstep. Let this photo be a reminder for me today.
— 4 days, 12 hours agoTesting Oktoberfest BeersEric Asimov samples 24 Oktoberfest beers and lays down the best as he sees it. The article also correctly points out an essential Oktoberfest beer must have a high poundability quotient. October has always been my favorite month, what with the sweeping colors, the seasonal chill, apple picking, pumpkin carving, the whole month is grand, but mostly because October comes packaged with canned legitimization for swilling copious amounts of delicious brew. As opposed to other months that require manufactured and decidedly lame rationalizations for your excessive beer consumption.
— 5 days, 2 hours ago | #The Pi House Music GeneratorFrom Make - “The Pi House Generator by Texas-based artist Paul Slocum is a software system that randomly generates house music using the number Pi. The software calculates the sequence of digits in Pi and feeds the resuls into an algorithmic music generator containing the structural driteria or recipe for house music“. - It’s bound to make you the coolest cat in the math club while raising your prestige points considerably.
— 5 days, 3 hours ago | #Pills: A Short Animated Film by Patrick MobergWhat sucks about growing older is the propensity to dismiss out of hand fanciful daydreams and wayward wishes. Our progression into adulthood can be marked by a gradual decrease in a tendency to believe in the unbelievable. The mundane becomes the cause and the effect, either by choice or by insistence. It is not that as adults we awaken to the stale and finite universe as it truly exists. The universe will always be a waky and wild creature full of foolishness and nonsense. It’s that as adults we insist this is no longer the case. [video noticed via Jessica Bigarel]
— 5 days, 5 hours ago | #The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in High DefinitionVery nice video of a very important message. Best viewed in full screen.
— 5 days, 14 hours ago | #Helvetica MonopolySo if Max Miedinger was commissioned to create the Monopoly board it might have turned out something like this.
— 5 days, 14 hours agoMolecule of the Day WeblogA weblog that gives you a molecule a day, or thereabout. Today’s molecule — Cyanuric Acid (the flip side of melamine). My ignorance of chemistry runs deep so this blog is helpful, and could prove practical. For example, you’re at a hip, bohemian shindig and folks are blathering on about the wonders of Absinthe which gives you the opportunity to educate the assembled fools on the fact that, no, Thujone has nothing to do with the drink’s neurological effects.
— 5 days, 20 hours ago | #Yokai Monsters TrailerNotable for the content, and for raising the observation that there’s a woeful number of films in the samurai/zombie/monster genre. I’m thinking a mainstream samurai-zombie movie would be a hit. Something along the lines of The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi meets Night of the Living Dead. Trailer noticed via Cinebeats.
— 5 days, 21 hours ago | #A Gummi Bear Murder SceneA photo on Flickr causes me to consider the posibilities of recreating murder scenes with Gummi Bears.
— 5 days, 23 hours agoAmerican Studies Tagline: a visual historiography of an evolving disciplineDrag a slider to visualize the frequency of words from canonical texts. Being a former student of American Studies this little toy gave me a geeky shiver of delight.
— 6 days ago | #Google map of Dracula’s travelsI would not have guessed Bram Stoker is Irish by birth. Maybe the vampire myth’s roots lie in a nasty and widespread hops shortage? [via Scribbling Woman]
— 6 days ago | #Worst. Clown. Ever. [video]Australian clown ruins party - “Do you know anything about me” - yeah, you’re fucking scary.
— 6 days, 1 hour ago | #Why do men prefer women with large breasts?Aside from the fact they’re big(ger), it could be gravity’s fault, from an evolutionary perspective.
— 6 days, 23 hours ago | #Baadasss Cinema: The Sounds of BlaxploitationA reminder to self - buy.
— 6 days, 23 hours ago | #Remix of Radiohead Using Redundant Hardware [video]James Houston remixes Radiohead using outdated analogue machines - via Seed. How he did it is over my head. I’m appreciative of the fact he did it at all.
— 1 week ago | #A Note to this Site’s Lovely RSS ConsumersJust a quick mention of some recent changes to this site''s rss feed because of the introduction of delicious bookmarks into the flow.
— 1 week agoVintage Spanking PhotosI link to remind myself there’s a website for everything — not spanking photos — vintage spanking photos. Suppose this goes without saying, given the title above, but unless your workplace does not look unkindly at your occasional Internet forays into sites of debatable taste then it would probably be wise to wait until you get home and draw the curtains before loading this site. It’s not so bad in my mind, but I’m being thoughtful here, and my standards of propriety are frightfully low — relative commonly accepted norms.
— 1 week ago | #A Collection of matchbox labels and match packsA set on Flickr that makes using those plain, white match packs a crime against good taste. Beautiful stuff.
— 1 week ago | #Computer HusbandsThe one sheet of the movie Computer Husbands. Directed by the same man behind The Wife Swappers and other forgotten classics.
— 1 week agoThe UFO Dance [video]This works surprisingly well for the computer screen, keeping in mind it was originally intended to be consumed with three hits of acid at an outdoor movie theater. I’m not entirely sure where the following connection is coming from, the irony would be God herself, but the UFO Dance video reminded me of the Jesus is my Friend video - via absencito. On a sidenote, I think I used the word irony wrong again. Three flogs from an English Professor’s switch might be in order for my continual and flippant disregard for proper syntax. Oh dear, I think I just used the word syntax wrong as well. Bring out The Gimp.
— 1 week ago | #Art of the Luggage LabelA Flickr collection. I would not protest if art departments started reaching back and stealing from their precursors. I find much of this far more beautiful than what I see today — as far as logo design and branding go.
— 1 week ago | #Blonde ZombiesSafe for work if you work someplace cool, otherwise probably not so safe - via Nerd Core.
— 1 week ago | #Cheap watercolors set on FlickrCreated by Doc Pop using cheap Crayola watercolors from Target. The resulting art is anything but cheap. Great stuff. While you’re at it you might as well check out his Failephant — The GOP is currently down. Down in a literal sense, and down in the slangular sense, like, down with all manner of ill conceived ploys to fool themselves and you into thinking they have the wisdom and requisite vision to move this country forward.
— 1 week ago | #Captain Ozone’s Official HomePageAny super hero that travels around by sitting on a toilet - attached to a moving car - is obviously highly resourceful. I’m not sure Batman would have the balls to pull that one off.
— 1 week ago | #Polish movie posters for Japanese moviesI have a crush on the Godzilla kontra Hedora.
— 1 week ago | #Proof that McCain swore during the debate [video]I did not realize his profanities were quite this bad. He sounds pissed, and curious enough much like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman.
— 1 week ago | #Airport signage designs and wayfinding systemsI’m partial to Madrid and Melbourne, and I’m thinking after viewing this showcase what a nice Flickr group the topic would make and, of course, a few already exist. My trek into Flickr also resulted in the discovery of a McDonald’s storefront Flickr group, which would make a good coffee table book I believe.
— 1 week, 5 days ago | #How is Obama doing?How is Obama doing? Lays down in unmistakable clarity Real Clear Politics daily polling average. Obama’s up 2.5 today. Forty-one days left. (via Sujay)
— 1 week, 5 days ago | #The Folly of Education by the IgnorantHere's a great comic I noticed at Don't Make Me Cry on My Own Ship which sums up my opinion of public educaton.
— 2 weeks, 3 days agoThe Art of Burning ManAn annual experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance, the Burning Man event has seen its share of weird, wild, and creative art. Here's one best of list.
— 3 weeks, 2 days agoJill Greenberg Shoots McCainSo you are a professional photographer. The Atlantic hires you to snap the cover shot. You also hate your subject. What do you do? If you are Jill Greenberg you make him look like the Devil in flesh.
— 3 weeks, 2 days agoJesus Hates ZombiesJesus. Zombies. Comic Books. Seem like a perfect fit to me.
— 3 weeks, 2 days agoQuick, Name Your Favorite TreeIf you can not name your favorite tree then you probably suck, but let me explain.
— 3 weeks, 2 days agoWhere the Most Dicks LiveI was able to track down a map showing the highest concentration of dicks in the world. No surprises here.
— 3 weeks, 2 days ago
