After watching the trailer for Little Children, I am convinced there is no possible way that it can end well. (But what a cast.)

Designers, animators, programmers, graphics champions, etc. If you are freelancing in full or in part and looking for work, I might be able to help you out. Here’s an example of the info you should put in the comments section:

Joshua Blankenship
email (at) domain (dot com)
864-933-0495
link to resume (or list of capabilities)
link to portfolio (or links to current work)

No promises, but if you’ve got the right stuff, I might be able to throw some hourly work at you.

This concept for a combo money clip/credit card is so simple, inventive, and useful. As an avid fan of the money clip (even if my current one is actually a knife with a clip masquerading as a money clip) I can see the immediate daily usability. Bulky wallets are a pain. (via Josh Spear)

Here’s a nice tour through the history of early photography including milestones along the way.

Sesame Street did the alphabet up right. I’m only recently starting to pinpoint the various ways that show, and most of PBS’ broadcasting, influenced my artistic process growing up.

If you could own any URL, what would it be and why?

Nessim Higson puts up a commemorative piece on Hurrican Katrina. Compelling.

Reason #5,729 not to get pulled over for drunk driving: being this guy and getting caught on tape during processing. This basically made my day. (via Yewknee)

Man wears 100+ t-shirts at once. Other men cheer. The dude with the mustache looks turbo-excited to be a part of the festivities.

The Traveling Guys found me on Flickr and loved their photos. Visiting travelingguys.com I see that the two of them are on a world expedition to promote compassion, inspire others and raise awareness of critical issues around the globe. (Oh, and one of them is Lee Steffen, a talented art director and photographer.) Check out their videos, photos, words, and see where they are in the world today.

Typeism asks, “Hey, what about Major Kong?”

Naz Hamid’s current design at Weightshift makes for nice web surfing. The way the type and color scheme work together feels fresh. And who doesn’t like short movie reviews in the sidebar?

Typically, I would be shocked and dismayed by additional charges to purchases beyond the scope of the “full price.” However, since your verbiage-savvy copywriters are so good at their respective jobs, I don’t feel bad about the extra $6.80 per ticket (plus taxes and other charges) I pay in addition to the “full price.” Why? Because you refer to said fees as a “convenience charge.”

I mean, I was just shy of massively angry until I saw that I was being given a “convenience charge.” And so I’m sitting in the office – content – thinking “this is just SO DANG CONVENIENT.”

Clever copy doesn’t make you friendly,
Joshua

25 things you must know before buying digital camera. “Must” is a strong word, they’re not all necessities. But overall, some decent things to think about pre-purchase.

New motion graphics/broadcast reel from Lambo LA. Hot typography, too.

DJ Lindo the 2nd drops a new website. (I personally liked the old site better.) Welcome to the 2nd dimension, where the fantasy will never die.

Do you know the average annual value of a customer to your business?
Know: 12.9%
Don’t know: 87.1%

Do you know the cost of a customer complaint to your business?
Know: 9.7%
Don’t know: 90.3%

Do you know the cost of acquiring a new customer?
Know: 8.6%
Don’t know: 91.4%

Customer Experience Management Study by Strativity Group in Fast Company 9/06

(via the Brains on Fire blog)

Flickr has added geotagging capabilities which allow you to tag your photos with geographical information by dropping and dragging onto a map. Very cool stuff. (Safari support is still a tad buggy.)

Jsaon Zada’s photoblog Manipulation is an old love that I’ve rediscovered recently. He takes pretty pictures. Go say hello.

The Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas brings us: Nickel Creek on 09/13, DJ Shadow on 09/30, Mastodon on 10/03, and Mute Math on 10/13.

The Lakewood Theater has Sufjan Stevens on 09/13, which presents a scheduling conundrum with the aforementioned Nickel Creek show that must be remedied today.

Any Dallas-ites up for rocking?

Congratulations to the future Mr. and Mrs. Chris Dunagan. Yet another reason to make a return trip to the SC this autumn.