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December 2007 Archives

December 1, 2007

Mr. Beledere Fun Kit!

Prepare to want to punch something after you've wanted this.

Ged vs. a red neck.

I've got $50 on the icon boy.

Tin Man.

Looks like December's going to be a little fun after-all.

"...an equally-lavish letter-pressed 'Corbis Assignment and Representation Services' catalog."

Smoking hot!

Clinton hostage taker was looking to get shot.

I hope he at least farted in Hillary's HQ during his brief occupation.

December 3, 2007

Lawyers rank fifth, just behind pizza and used auto parts.

Who the hell uses yellow pages anymore?

WGN's own Chris Walken impersonator.

Quiet possibly reason enough to watch more Chicago news.

Blizzard is merging with Activision?!

That doesn't make any sense. What could Activision possibly offer Blizzard?

Socialist dictatorship has been defeated in Venezuela elections.

Democracy survives, for the time being.

Preserved (mummified sounds like it was intentional) dinosaur found in North Dakota.

Incredible!

"Most repressed homosexuals/pedophiles are conservatives."

Beerzie Boy, Herasimchuk, I think you would like this thread.

Cycloramas and matte paintings from Episode III.

Geek out.

First Chavez gets beat, now this?!

Nothing can be more perfect on this day.

Uh, so it this

supposed to the visual equivalent of this?

You cannot not comment.

Anil, Mena...a little help please.

December 4, 2007

A preview of HTML 5

and make for a can't-miss issue of ALA.

The South Side is for sale?!

I'd buy that place just so I could turn the sign back on, it's neon'oriffic.

The Airbag Sweatshop in action.

Just waiting for the Boston office to comply with new work regulations.

Dude, that first kill is a little too close to the homestead.

Having a hard time not wanting this asshat to suffer for his malice.

December 5, 2007

Sundance Film Festival '08 schedule.

Boys, don't forget to bring your fur coats.

Stafftool is coming along nicely.

Those involved with churches take note.

December 6, 2007

" Facebook is now being devoured by the shark. There's so much blood in the water, it's attracting other sharks."

Gotta love Quittner.

Katherine on Tokyo.

"The place was like a big New York City, especially if Times Square sucked down a Red Bull or two and then ran around whizzing neon all over itself."

Ethan Marcotte, interviewed.

In which Ethan reveals that singing in a boy band lead him to the web. Yep, yep, yep.

Four clauses.

Ho, ho, ho, ho!

Hot chocolate type!

Dear Santa...

Google will be the downfall of civilization.

Everything is being turned into the top of a pizza box.

December 7, 2007

Commodore 64 still loved after all these years.

Load "*.*", 8, 1.

December 7th, 1941.

Take a minute to remember where we've been and where we're going.

Layer Tennis, After-effects style.

"I hope they have crazy 100 megabit connections because they're going to need it."

December 8, 2007

Why would I take advice from a website that has no references or qualifications for their writers.

Bonk.

December 9, 2007

Had the Black Zeppelin on Friday, it was delicious.

Airbag's own label is coming...

December 10, 2007

Book autopsies.

Amazing, I want to see more.

There is no way that Bioshock is better than Super Mario Galaxy.

None. Zero.

Infinite Jest and the Sierpinski Gasket.

That's fantastic! Imagine presenting a website in such fashion.

December 11, 2007

The World of Star Wars.

More Fett please.

DS Buttons is running a holiday sale.

Tom's dressed like an elf and ready to ship these things in time for Christmas.

December 12, 2007

Get seven Radiohead albums on one 4GB USB stick.

Brilliant!

Paris, December 2007.

It's a Rock Off!

Todd, did you play guitar or bass?

iTunes vs. eMusic.

A match between year-end lists.

Dry icons.

Saved for later.

Oh Khoi, you're so hot.

Forget the high-school popularity contest — nice collection of web standards based design.

December 13, 2007

CIA jet crashes with four tons of cocaine on-board.

The Company Christmas party will be postponed until a new jet can be found.

Ten ways to get design approval.

"Don't taze me, bro" is sadly missing form the list.

December 14, 2007

Baseball commissioner vows swift response to steroid user report.

To form a new prison farm league for Bonds and others to play in.

Ambulance Chasing 2.0.

This is disturbing, to say the least.

December 15, 2007

"Browser." The four-letter word of web design.

Ethan on conditional love.

December 16, 2007

"I think life's about the struggle. Too many people see fame as a shortcut and think that the quick and easy way might be the way for them."

December 17, 2007

Winter one-offs: P.

Sweet.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time.

Possibly the best desktop collection ever.

December 18, 2007

Digg for $300M?

I have a client who needs to watch this story closely, you know who you are.

December 19, 2007

Adobe redesigns.

Unfortunately the blog format still holding strong.

Parachute Pants City.

Cardboard breakdance mats sold separately.

Parallels vs. VMWare.

Parallels is like bad shareware on Leopard, go Fusion.

Names used by major presidential candidates in the series of Democratic and Republican debates leading up to the Iowa caucuses.

An infographic.

December 20, 2007

First Firefly now Arrested Development.

Wake up FOX, your track record is shameful.

Queen Elizabeth II is now the longest living British monarch ever.

Whatever she's been eating all these years, I'll take two.

Paste Magazine's best of 2007.

I'm shocked Red Carpet Massacre didn't make the top ten. Shocked!

WSJ is speculating that if Hillary wins, she'll make hubby a Supreme Court Justice.

I think he just wants to eat BBQ and play golf, but whatever.

Think Secret is dead, long live Think Secret.

Waiting for the Daring Fireball response.

December 21, 2007

Vladimir Putin is TIME's Person of the Year.

Great interview, don't miss it.

The Bear and the Dragon.