Archive for August, 2008
Aspiring super-villain Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) wants to join the Evil League of Evil and win the girl of his dreams, but his nemesis, Captain Hammer… oh, just go ahead and block out your lunch break to watch the newest offering from Joss Whedon and Co.
Pretty much the best from-an-airplane-window photo I’ve ever seen.
Quote, “Single-copy sales [of Rolling Stone] have fallen from 189,000 in 1999, to 132,000 last year” so in order to stand out, we’re going to give up a main differentiator (our size) and look like everyone else. Brilliant! (Seriously though, RS has always been a bit unwieldy to try and read.)
I’m enjoying the slightly odd musical stylings of Francis and the Lights, especially the toe-tapping video for A Modern Promise.
Today’s on-foot journey included obscene amounts of sweating and water consumption (potentially related), a stop by Sermet’s Corner for grub, buying Mrs. Blankenship a huge straw hat, seeing the glorious old Garden Theater on King St. has been converted into an Urban Outfitters, and a relaxed stroll down Church street towards The Battery, where we found that all three floors of 18 Church St. can be yours for a reasonable $3.4mil.
I love this city.
We recently started watching Mad Men, which is gorgeously shot, dressed, written and paced, though I’m still sort of waiting for something (anything) redemptive to make its way into the plot. That being said, there is an appeal to the shadowy lead character, which begs the question(s): what would Don Draper do?
You’re sort of boring lately. Or maybe I’m more detached. Or maybe I’m not looking in the right places. Or maybe I just like playing outside and making things with my hands and my brain more than pixels and code. I mean, I’m not going anywhere…don’t think I’m taking a hiatus; I really like you.
I just feel like we’re going in circles of silly lists, linkblogs (guilty), YouTubes and outbursts of “FAIL!” It’s 99% junk food. Can’t we do better?
Let’s take it up a notch,
Joshua
The best way to destroy my enemy is to turn him into my friend.
— Abraham Lincoln
1. Armaggedon via an overpopulation of cuddly, fuzzy bunnies
2. Armageddon via worldwide boredom
3. Armageddon via Oprah
4. Armageddon via the 1 billionth live rendition of the Def Leppard song Armageddon It
5. Armageddon via an asteroid the size of Texas
Wired tells you where to watch the 2008 Beijing Olympics online. We don’t have a TV, so this pretty much the only place I’ll be watching the Olympics this year. I love the internet.
Five simple steps to designing grid systems from Mark Boulton. A nice part 1 and introduction.
Mrs. Blankenship standing inside Richard Serra‘s 25-ton steel sculpture My Curves Are Not Mad in the garden of the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.
Social bookmarking site del.icio.us drops the dots and finally redesigns. Now, let’s see if it’s actually better.
1. Big D’s Dogs
2. Taco Cabana
3. Rockfish Seafood Grill
4. Jake’s Hamburgers
5. Uncle Julio’s Fine Mexican Food
