December 2008
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
James Brown (28)  Alessandra Marc, Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli (24)  The Posies (22)  Yo La Tengo (20)  David Munrow: Early Music Consort Of London (13)  Imported…
Dec 29th
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Growin' a Beard →
Growin’ a Beard is a documentary that follows the men of Shamrock, TX - and a hairy outsider- as they compete in the town’s annual Beard Growing Contest. Since 1938, it’s been a tradition in Shamrock to grow a beard from New Year’s Day to St. Patrick’s Day. But not just any beard - A Donegal beard. A Donegal grows along the jowl and chin with no mustache - like the...
Dec 29th
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Is your logo phallic? →
 
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Pomegranate | NS08 →
 
Dec 24th
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I S O C I T Y →
I so want to do one of these… just don’t know when I will be able to find the time.
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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ListenI’m in the Christmas mood… I blame...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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GridFox - The Grid Layout Firefox Extension →
“Grid-based layouts have become really popular among web designers over the last year. This popularity is due largely in part to the work of Khoi Vinh, Design Director of NYTimes.com. He’s spoken at several venues touting the advantages of grid-based design and demonstrating how the concept can translate from print design to the web. However, I ran into a problem when coding grid-based...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Credit Crunch
Husband and wife are shopping in Tesco’s when the man picks up a crate of Stella and sticks them into the trolley. “What do you think you’re doing?” asks the wife. “They’re on offer, only £10 for 24 cans”, he says. “Put them back. We can’t afford it”, says the wife and they carry on shopping… A few aisles later the woman picks...
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
James Brown (28)  Alessandra Marc, Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli (24)  The Posies (22)  Yo La Tengo (20)  Barenboim/Staatsoper Berlin: Eaglen, Meier, Pape, Seiffert,…
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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WatchWatch
Around 50 photos of Kevin, in his signature “wave” pose, were taken on our walk to the top of Arthur’s Seat and edited together to make this timelapse-style video which lasts only around 5 seconds.
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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I took screenshots from the Castlebay Hotel webcam on Barra and then put them all together for this wee video. Enjoy.
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Child star Grimes' Wonderful Life →
Karolyn Grimes was the child star of classic Christmas tear-jerker It’s A Wonderful Life. George Bailey (Stewart) is very close to his little girl Zuzu (Grimes) In Frank Capra’s movie, the selfless George Bailey - played by James Stewart - is saved from suicide by an angel who shows him just how much worse off the world would have been if he had never existed. Grimes was...
Dec 19th
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The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3) →
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Obama logo ideas that weren't chosen →
Sol Sender, who led a design team for the Obama 08 logo, was recently interviewed about the project.  Here’s a walk through the various logo options, with some of Sol’s thoughts.
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Siah Design →
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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BURGER KING FRESH →
  Okay, when did the Burger King become a thing of nightmares?
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci (40)  Nada Surf (24)  Daniel Lanois (22)  Dinosaur Jr. (17)  Red Hot Chili Peppers (16)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 15th
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My good friend (and filmmaker), John Maguire, stars in this short film which exagerates a young man’s sudden realisation of his own mortality… or something wanky like that. Basically I got the idea for this when I met Julie McElrath; a talented young make-up artist who was more than happy to be involved. Anyway, watch it and let me know what you think. Keep in mind it was all shot...
Dec 14th
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Brad Pitt defends new moustache →
Brad Pitt has defended criticism of his new facial hair. Brad Pitt has defended criticism of his new facial hair. “It’s fashion,” he told People.com. “Who am I without creative facial hair? I consider it very brave.” The actor first sported his new moustache this week at the Los Angeles premiere of his new movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, having grown it...
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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This is where we live | 4th Estate →
Great find Papa Sprott! (via sprockett)
Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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VAGUE ( ) SPACE music video - the first half is animated using stop motion techniques mixed with hand-drawn frames. The second half is crappy film. vaguespace.co.uk
Dec 10th
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j-zachary →
Some interesting design work (and lovely art pieces too).
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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