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March 1, 2007

One Laptop Per Child and serious games.

"The OLPC team believes the serious games and greater game development community can play a vital role in their mission."

On being run into by the Democratic Majority Leader of the House.

Jeff, did you lift his wallet?

Unfurl.

One of my own favorites.

Blueeyes magazine.

Rick, click through as fast as humanly possible.

Warhammer 40k MMO announced.

I wonder if you have to paint your character.

AIGA redesigns.

And Jason has something to do with it.

The Washington Post as profiled by Apple.

In ten years there will be one-thousand Washington Posts.

March 2, 2007

How to jump a bus.

Maybe it helps if you think the Terminator is after you?

The last bag.

Only Santa Claus has one better.

Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein.

Wait, countries can be accidentally invaded? Oops, sorry about Iraq folks, ourbad, we'll just go now. Bye-bye.

March 3, 2007

Westfalia redux.

I wish VW would make another Westfalia.

Ann Coulter should drive a bus on the Atlanta HOV.

She is a talentless hack who's position is fueled by mindless zombies.

March 5, 2007

A faster way to speed up Mail.app.

Thanks Jason.

Popout balcony.

Simplicity wins again.

Rebuild of Evangelion.

I welcome any new content that will help make sense of the original series.

Twists N' Turns On Every Page.

The China problem.

"Huge horizontal markets have no echo chamber, no niches, no easy entry points."

Starbucks is publishing a magazine in Japan.

The official website look interesting.

We make Matt Lauer look good.

While they made a few changes, the Airbag re-align is now available for your viewing pleasure.

Star Wars paper models.

Bobba Fett owns.

Yaris is your SXSW buddy.

By the way, not many people know this but Yaris is Japanese for Yugo.

Laying your energy line.

Not to be confused with current level of terror threat assessment.

"Contestants have to jump over a shark."

It's like Tracy Jordan says, "live every week like it's shark week."

Biofuels may not be so bio after all.

For the rocket scientist.

"I reckoned AIGA would hire a more obviously design-focused shop."

A little context goes a long, long way.

Colorjack.

Biddle, this is going to be your new favorite tool.

President Bush on the hunt for Osama.

Safety glasses help when you're smokin' out terrorist.

March 6, 2007

300 seconds of 300.

Can't wait to see all of the seconds.

March 7, 2007

Ernest Gallo, dead at 97.

To be burried in one giant box with a tap.

XYZ, PDQ!

I thought that's what cucumbers were for? I'm confused.

Waiting in the Pits.

Outrunning the meme police.

So many punchlines in one cartoon. Wonderful!

March 8, 2007

Drop the Methspace and get Virb.

Nice work Ryan, take a bow.

On finding a designer.

Authentic owns.

Tii-Shirt.

Need one for the Nunchuck.

The eMusic Lookup is worth the visit alone.

Ryan's utility belt keeps getting bigger and better.

March 9, 2007

War has increased terrorism sevenfold worldwide.

Bring it on! Yahoo!

A commercial message.

I've always been taught that when Coudal calls you don't say no.

Glimpses of Helvetica.

Veer has scenes from the movie.

March 13, 2007

Shrub doing his best Catholic Priest impersonation.

Billy, do you like Gladiator movies?

Yeeaahh!

Hey Mark, when you get back please write about your horizontal grid algebra.

Tips on storytelling by Ira Glass.

I forgot to reference these beauties in our panel. Click and soak it in.

The opening for the 2007 Academy Award by Errol Morris.

More entertaining than some of the awarded work.

Crowd clout.

A trend briefing memo.

Foley Room.

It's always a good week with Amon releases a new album.

March 14, 2007

Duran Duran and the comedy of errors.

Further proof that the Internet needs more curators.

Great Firewall of China.

Test to see if your site is censored by the People's Republic.

Two great commercials with half the calories.

Crime deterrent. Priceless.

Flathicks loves mexican food.

You were missed Jon, I think.

March 16, 2007

WTFCNN?

Perfect Friday fodder.

Forget the CIA, Valerie Plame should host Rocketboom.

Or at the very least challenge Amanda Congdon to a knife fight.

In a world, where Richard Gere can not cook

and a Rat who loves great food.

Hammer & Coop.

My action name: Grand Slam Seawolf.

Anderson, Alaska wants to be somebody.

Want to live in the middle of absolutely nothing, go for it.

March 18, 2007

"...became totally overwhelming. I don't see how anyone could get anything done."

Ryan on how super puppy dog cool Twitter is.

It's interestingness you can eat!

It's Khoi but with more flair.

SXSW, an infographic recap.

My dream for 2008: Naz and PJ come to Austin and present their version of the design inspiration panel.

The Royal Treatment.

"The movie-going experience sucks. Nothing more. It simply sucks these days. You know it. I know it."

A wonderful rant.

Independent content is the new web app.

Does this mean it's time to dust off Independents Day?

March 19, 2007

RegisterFly is dead.

Thankfully I've never used them.

"...the vast bulk of the junk listings was created from just two Web hosting companies..."

So where do we bring our pitchforks and torches?. Full report.

Crowdsourcing and journalism?

Zowie! What a brilliant idea! Just make sure everyone wears matching bike helmets to get the full effect. Asshats.

Bringing back the dead is a sure sign that a company is afraid of risk.

And why bring back Life? Let it rest in peace as an icon from another era and create something new.

Pentagram shows off it's new Time.

The TOC and Dashboard designs are interesting.

It's harder to become a car designer than it is to get into the NFL.

And then what? You're designing the next Ford Taurus? No thanks.

"...we're witnessing the emergence of a global visual language."

But where are the floating cars and white jumpsuits with matching helmets?

Hotel Puerta America, 4th floor.

Trippy but I like the Kathryn Findlay floor better.

Unmanned! Rescue! Robot!

If it's going to grab me like that then I'm going to want a steak dinner afterwards.

The Story of the Quadruped.

Soak in the eye candy. Just stare at it for a while.

Coudal Partners swap meat.

Can FedEx ship a full body cast?

Todd Warfel is writing a book on prototyping.

Published by Lou's book label. Awesome!

Yakushima forest.

Sites of managed anxiety.

March 20, 2007

"Need I remind the reader that it is our flag, not the troops, that we salute? It is our nation-state, not a bunch of 20-year-olds in parachute pants, that deserves our allegiance."

Redesigning the ExpressionEngine website.

Nice work Jesse!

Highrise is here.

Go forth and manage people better.

Deconstructing Brady: A very Brady set tour.

A 3D tour.

"Why should we jump through all the new hoops you are introducing when I could just as easily get fonts somewhere else."

Go baby, go!

Screw Airbus, make mine Boeing.

Only a 10th of the real size! Boosh!

Xbox 360 Elite.

I will have one, it will be mine.

Silhouette.

March 21, 2007

Under the hood at AiGA.

Naz shows why he's a design ninja. Love. Love Love.

True prime.

A minor correction to Web Typography Sucks.

Twitter is dumb, but I'm stupid.

WSJ can suck it.

China to enter the America's Cup.

With a dragon on the boat, how can they lose?

From savior to trucker.

Thanks Gillette!

Tracking Twitter's message growth.

Wow, I remember a similar post for Metafilter. Sniff.

IconBuffet has been upgraded.

New social icon trading goodness.

March 22, 2007

I'm so very, very tired of this.

It's time for designers to start fighting back.

Cooking with Aitlin and Bob.

We should all make cooking shows!

Quantum views.

For the Rocket Scientist.

I'm not a huge fan of Digg, but this story needs to be heard.

Take a minute and support one of our own.

March 23, 2007

Happy Cog Philadelphia is looking for a monster truck driver.

And you only have to work on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

You're a ball buster!

Thank you Milton Bradley.

Red 5 is looking for a web designer.

Special bonus, you get to work with Airbag form time-to-time.

March 24, 2007

Visual language.

March 25, 2007

When renaissance fairs attack.

Who taught Sony how to do marketing online?

March 26, 2007

NIke is looking past Wieden + Kennedy.

Ad agencies need to get online. It's stupid they have lagged for so long.

Verbarius clock.

It's the NPR of clocks.

March 27, 2007

John McCain reverses his decision on gay marriage.

Also now a big, big fan of Xena Warrior Princess.

Digital asset manager/art buyer.

Art buyer?! What a cool job.

March 30, 2007

Grand Theft Auto IV.

Xbox owns! Boosh!

I would love to see Apple turn this into a competition.

America's next Interaction Designer!

Web Standards Stole My Truck.

A slide show.

I will start podcasting tomorrow if Santa brings me this.

The price is right now!

"You may be seated next to that leggy blonde cheerleader or the yokozuna who makes Hurley from Lost look like an anorexic teen."

Musings indeed.

Shaun, have fun in Tennessee.

Of couse with neighbors like this it's hard not to.

New York to Dublin by way of water-wings.

"Swim across the Atlantic Ocean: 3,462 mi."

Green, Buena Vista.

Mark Coleran, visual designer.

Watch the large reel and get ready to drool.

Brush.

Hot new stuff from You Work For Them.

The Nightly News.

Run, run, run and get your hands on this book. It's absolutely incredible.

What We Call The News.

Jib Jab does it again.

March 31, 2007

If ancient Rome had the Internet.

I love lists like this, especially when they are well written.

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