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February 1, 2008

Hey Muhammad Ali, I recognize that favicon.

Try tweaking the color though, it doesn't match the scheme of your site.

Microsoft makes offer to buy Yahoo.

If you can't beat Google, buy their closest competitor.

Given recent events,

this seems a tad defensive. Hopefully it's all for the best.

Marvel works POS-MENS for Lost into their comic book line.

Lame.

Cheeseburger in a can.

Uh, can't we cure cancer first.

What font says change.

"The Hillary type palette is far from fresh and colorful."

Unboxing the MacBook Air.

I love that it comes in box with a real lid.

Microsoft wants to be Pepsi to Google's Coke.

Best analogy you'll read all day.

One-hundred-and-one of the worlds most exciting new architects.

Note the navigation arrows that get you around the surface of the presentation. Nifty.

Playstation 3 is finally profitable.

Now can we have a better interface design and shock controllers?

"Be blunt up-front."

Notes from the SEED Conference.

Hiring, and firing, with your gut.

Also known as the Spartan Management Program.

Apparently the Twitter migration off Joyent was public more than a month ago.

Mybad.

MoveOn says Obama is the one.

Go baby go!

Ann Coulter endorses Hillary Clinton.

So...does that mean Armageddon starts now, or do we get a few days to prepare?

February 2, 2008

Standards Champion.

Dan, I think you can break away from the Justice League now.

Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back.

It's so nice to have Andy back in the saddle.

February 3, 2008

Oh NBC, that's not Seal on Ice.

This is.

February 4, 2008

"...hey, Steve, doesn't that mean that sixty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or more last year?"

The rest are listening to audiobooks.

ESPN is looking for a web designer.

Pick up where Davidson left off.

Getting back to the basics to make your business more fun to run.

Way to go Howard!

The five most pwned newscasters.

Great way to start a Monday.

Thomas Allen.

Who's afraid of Microhoo?

Who cares about Google. We're about to loose Upcoming and Flickr.

Midcentury Storefront Design 1938-1950.

Love, love, love it. Sold.

United to start charging for checking a second bag.

Pretty soon we'll be charged to sit at the gate.

February 5, 2008

The Polling Place Photo Project.

"...capture, post and share photographs of this year's primaries, caucuses and general election."

iPhone now comes in 16GB.

I'd rather have a model with 128k and way better reception.

Arcade Daze System.

Big 1up to Iconfactory!

Run.

The latest from Gnarls Barkley.

February 6, 2008

Erractic Wisdom.

One of the better personal site designs I've seen in a while. Nice work.

The Rules of Digital Engagement.

If you've ever received a check from Airbag Industries then this is now required reading.

TimeWarner kicks AOL to the curb.

I hope they have soup kitchens in Virginia.

That's not a blog, it's a memo.

And this is why nobody cool or relevant to modern times works at Martindale-Hubbell.

This is the first time I've seen software delivered exclusively through SVN.

That's one way to keep the mouth breathers away.

February 7, 2008

Goodbye Mitt.

Don't let humility hit your ass on the way out.

Preheat the oven to 451.

Brilliant!

Steampunk on NPR!

I want the MMO please.

February 8, 2008

Waxy investigates airplane on a treadmill.

We need to get Andy an anchorman outfit.

Circle filled.

Crazy, crazy, crazy round of poker.

What are the odds of this happening?!

The writers strike is over?

I hope so, I need more 30 Rock.

Berkley hippies want to boot the Marines from their town.

Reason No. 379 Why we should legalize marijuana.

February 9, 2008

The Flying Spaghetti Monster appears in Jeff's cabinet.

Dozen's of followers are said to be making a pilgrimage towards D.C.

February 10, 2008

Disney to spend 1.1B to revamp California Adventure.

Send the bill to Eisner, he's to blame.

"If I were a Yahoo shareholder, I would be looking at purchasing an old battleship right now, sailing it into San Francisco Bay, and lobbing some 16″ shells on the Board members' houses in Atherton."

It's funny because it's true.

February 11, 2008

The Full Hitchcock Portfolio.

More please.

Roy Scheider doesn't make it to 2010.

So weird, I was just thinking of the likely interviews they would do two years from now. Sad.

Well Hello There, Robin.

Last man standing.

Remembrance of the last known veteran of the First World War.

Netflix dumps HD-DVD after seeing a "clear signal" from the industry.

Time for Toshiba to take the hint.

Sometimes the truth both hurts and makes us laugh.

Scorpio Rising.

If I had started the day off listening to this it might have gone slightly more chipper.

U.S. Army Divisions in World War II.

Want.

"There is still no answer to the original question."

Leopard WiFi issues exist and it's affecting our productivity.

What's your font type.

I took the quiz as Santa Maria and came out with Palace Script.

Tumblr is looking for theme designers.

"We don't care when you work or how you do it, we're totally hands off as long as things get delivered on time."

February 12, 2008

Temperature hits an all-time record of forty below in the "Icebox of the Nation".

Global Warming appears to have taken the winter off.

Fail tags.

"...superdelegates are somewhat outdated, and it's not the most democratic way of doing things."

ORLY?

The Starman Omnibus Volume 1.

If you haven't seen Tony Harris' artwork then you're missing out, big time. Robinson's writing is also something not to miss.

9rules redesigns.

*snicker*

Leopard Graphics Update 1.0.

Why is this stand alone?!

I am now the future Mrs. Unstoppabot.

Congratulations!

Agreed, I'm just not sure about the no-spec part of it all.

Still working on my own written conclusions.

February 13, 2008

"Pixish was always supposed to be about pictures - photographs and illustrations - not design work."

That ought to keep the wolves happy.

92.5% of guild vote in favor of strike's end.

The other 7.5% are now taking orders for their creative work at the local Starbucks.

Gavin Potenza.

Be sure to have your drool towel at the ready.

Getting fired at Yahoo: A Twitter Log.

"This is a serious downer. Trying to drown it in free lattes. Which I will miss."

Spore: A visual walkthrough.

Not sure about this game yet.

Alan.

"...design hasn't been the crucial factor in the company's health."

Khoi opines on Yahoo's failure.

February 14, 2008

Berkeley council becomes home to intolerance.

So what conclusion can we come to regarding the events of the past two weeks? That the Berkeley City Council is home to the Jerry Falwells and Pat Robertsons of the left? It's unfortunate but true.

Picturing yourself as a rock icon.

Are people really that bored?

Six out of one-hundred.

That has to be the lowest score I've ever seen on Metacritic.

"For the first time this century, more white cars were manufactured in 2007 than those in any other color."

Compact cars are still sporting silver—they've always been insecure like that.

Pownce is now open to everyone.

Not sure that anyone cares anymore.

16.4% of all Xbox 360 consoles has a hardware defect.

Is there anything at Microsoft that's not failing?

February 16, 2008

Help rebuild Doug's library.

He's been through a lot lately.

The rise of BRIC.

How Brazil, Russia, India and China are reshaping the marketing world.

"In 2008, Singularity will define Web '08."

Hmm, spoken like a Microsoft marketing tool—but you go tiger! Rowr!

Olympic athletes will be allowed to blog while in China.

However, their writing must "be confined solely to their own personal Olympic-related experience."

Crowdsourcing and Superdelegates.

Better known as: Dumb and Dumberer.

HotOrNot acquired for $20M.

Hot: Yes.

Stupid drivers: The collection.

Nothing to add.

On the American truffle initiative.

It will be the same as it is with wine, good but different.

Weeklong boycott of Ebay to start on Monday.

Will be interesting to see if there is enough solidarity to make an online strike effective.

February 17, 2008

Fantasy league typography.

More please.

February 18, 2008

Alienware curved display.

Holy. @#$!.

Comrade Hillary.

No sash and white gloves?

Broken Heine.

Jobs hasn't had that much hair in ten years.

Nixon, quit slacking off and get these things updated and leave off the Gaussian blur please.

An idea inspired by Sumo Wrestlers.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata interviews the engineers and designers behind Wii Fit.

Beijing 2008 Tangram.

A timeline for Kosovo's declaration of independence.

An infographic.

Nekko Case live at the Disney Concert Hall.

Thanks to Ryan for pointing us all to NPR's free live concert podcast. Amazing!

Netdiver's best of 2007.

Saved for later.

"The problem is a simple one: once you have a precise outline of a map on a flag, it becomes a fiddly thing that can only be professionally reproduced by a computer, or flag-maker."

On Kosovo's new flag.

Yahoo has fired their entire Design Innovation Team.

In other news, Yahoo had a Design Innovation Team.

Philadelphia Phillies pranks pitcher into thinking he's been traded to Japan.

Excellent.

The Many Deaths of Lord British.

I didn't know you could kill him. The guards were always too strong and too many.

Somehow, Ryan, I don't think you're alone.

By the way, I just wrote those words, I didn't copy them so don't go all Hillary Campaign on me.

February 19, 2008

Why Microsoft things big is better.

Big is all they know; it's the Kool Aid they've been drinking for years and now they can't think any other way.

Castro quits.

Does this mean I can get some cigars now?

Musharraf set to lose power.

First Castro now this. How about a hat trick? North Korea I'm looking at you.

A new Backpack emerges from the labs at 37signals.

I always liked this product. Glad to see it's received some love and attention.

Graphic '57/58.

Fantastic!

Poolga.

Wonderful designs for your iPhone.

Toshiba kills HD-DVD.

Now can I please have The Matrix on Bluray. I'm tired of waiting.

Visualizing Fitts' Law.

Saved for later.

"Clearly someone in the administration who has the instincts of a cowboy has decided this is the perfect excuse to rattle our sabres and show the Chinese that we have the same capabilities."

Penis size is everything.

Lord British hath lost his ability to lead.

Egos and MMOs don't go well together.

February 20, 2008

"Stern dangled the possibility that the nudes would be displayed only in a museum or as part of his book and that the tamer shots would go to New York."

Somehow I think Lindsay knew exactly what she was doing.

February 22, 2008

"For hardcore designers, "does it work?" is the one question that must be obsessed over."

For Ian.

Paul Giamatti is John Adams.

I won't really be happy in life until I've seen this.

Airbag readers: Save $50 off registration for An Even Apart New Orleans.

Use discount code AEALB. Thanks Jeffrey!

February 23, 2008

Designing for Disagreement.

Be sure to click on the poster, it's fantastic.

Chalkwork icons for the iPhone/Pod.

Wonderful colors.

The 2008 Tournament of Books.

Coudal Partners and a bunch of other cool companies will be buying books for kids if you lay down a little gambling money and take a chance to win some cool prizes.

February 24, 2008

Ralph Nader to run for President.

Is this good or bad news?

February 25, 2008

The New York Philharmonic will play in North Korea this Tuesday.

Where military threats fail, perhaps the arts can help.

We will not be distracted.

The Clintons need to hang it up and go party with the Bush in Cuba.

February 26, 2008

"It wasn't planned. The goal was to hibernate."

Bon Iver's album is finally here. Go celebrate.

"Note to dictators: Ditch your tailor; stick with the scrambled eggs and chest decorations."

Clothes make the leader.

In 2006 one-hundred people were responsible for submitting 56% of Digg's content.

Interesting read on the "myth of the web 2.0 democracy".

MySpace is being sued over a teen suicide.

Good. Now add to the lawsuit the parents of the girl and the guy who victimized her.

Book-cave!

Now I know what I want when I grow up.

Beware of Freeconomics.

It's Communism 2.0.

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