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May 2008 Archives

May 2, 2008

If flags are not at half-staff today, then they had better be tomorrow.

We can not forget Merlin German's sacrifice nor the other before and after his.

May 5, 2008

First-born kids have it tougher.

I didn't need science to tell me this.

I didn't know McCain could raise his arms now.

Was this photo taken at an INS deportation ceremony?

Beware: Celebrity endorsement.

I wish more Hollywood types were as intelligent as Hanks.

Redesign must die

by Louis Rosenfeld.

May 6, 2008

Obamacorn.

The official nomination for President of Apparel.

Milk Juice.

Is that like Hill People Milk?

Pitching tents.

Sodom and Gamorrah indeed.

May 7, 2008

Bacon maple bar.

They should have called it the Homer Delux.

Lisbon bound.

Nintendo has a channel.

And it can be subscribed to.

The Hill People Milk Gang.

Just another of many train wrecks in the South. Mind the language at the end.

May 8, 2008

The perfect product for lonely non-girl kissing men.

Yes that link is safe for work but not recommended if you're trying to date, you know, girls.

So at 2PM on Tuesday's Ethan's pretty much just Twittering.

That's Ok, Stephen uses Facebook like most people breathe (no statistics available).

The psycho ex-girlfriend of the Democratic Party.

I was starting to think she was new Heidi Fleiss.

Fontstruct!

Best web app ever.

"Airlines are spewing 20 percent more carbon dioxide into the environment than previously estimated."

Yeah, we're going to need a lot more trees.

The five mistakes Clinton made.

So much for her "experience".

May 9, 2008

Generalist.

Sounds fruity.

May 11, 2008

When View Source attacks.

I wonder how often this happens in the newspaper and television industry.

Trutz, St. Moritz.

Ryan, you should go here.

May 12, 2008

Earthquake measuring 7.8 hits central China.

Speaking of...whatever happened to China's earthquake prediction program?

Ghostly Swim.

Adult Swim, you give so much and expect so little.

BlizzCon '08?

Apparently they're every year now.

May 13, 2008

HBO now available through iTunes.

I wonder what will sell more, The Wire or Sex and the City.

A day in the life of Tron Guy.

Thanks Andy.

"There is a very, very, very fine line between looking hipster cool and looking like a child molester."

Uh, well, that depends...what color is their Members Only jacket?

Opening the Windows Vista box.

Who was the idiot that designed this?

In these tough times you have to fight for everything.

And that includes extra applesauce at dinner.

Singular adj., 1. Airbag Industries.

Merriam Webster can suck it.

May 14, 2008

Sad Song is the best Apple ad to date.

I'd link to it directly but apparently Apple doesn't understand things like permalinks.

May 15, 2008

CBS buys CNET for $1.8B.

Insanity.

May 16, 2008

Robert Mondavi has passed away.

Time to pour a glass of red on the curb.

May 17, 2008

Hey, you stay classy Kansas.

Does anyone have the phone number for Dateline?

May 18, 2008

"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times...and then just expect that other countries are going to say Ok."

Now that's some Straight Talk.

Amazon has finally responded to the growing Myanmar disaster.

Why did it take two weeks to get this active?

McSweeney's is looking for a summer design intern.

Go for it.

Books as seen through the eyes of those who design them.

Thankfully the first in the series is not Chip Kidd.

Wired and it's love for male facial hair.

They missed one.

May 19, 2008

Seed Conference is offering student scholarships.

Make it happen.

The original Japanese version of The Office.

Can't wait to see the French version.

Hollywood has finally come to grip with the fact that they are out of great ideas.

The first step is recognizing the problem.

Snow Blindness.

Lets see McCain do this.

The Wonder Twins.

"...finding work as been a little tough."

May 20, 2008

Ballmer ducks behind podium to avoid egg attack.

Not sure what good that did, Steve lives with egg on his face and sleeves.

Footage and details for Resistance the Fall of Man 2.

Call of Duty what?

U.S. currency, already down and out, gets a kick to the head.

Can we also remind the Treasury Department that color ink has been available since the time of Christ?

Sulu gets married.

Kirk to give him away.

"Get control of your career and your projects, and stop waiting forever for the client to deliver the content."

Another must read issue of ALA.

May 21, 2008

I really hope Ridley's Andromeda Strain is as good as it looks.

Casting Cpt. Silverspoons doesn't help.

American student 'Twitters' his way out of Egyptian jail.

I think we can all see where this is going.

Why is symmetry so satisfying?

Because anything else ends up looking like a halibut?

May 22, 2008

Death toll jumps to 51k in China.

Country is asking for donations of tents. I wish Amazon had their act together.

Why ExpressionEngine should be your next CMS.

Listen to Ryan, he's smart about these things.

TekkonKinkreet.

Fantastic!

May 24, 2008

"It makes me not want you in my political party."

That would make two of us, at least.

May 26, 2008

Boardmaster, the skate boarding superhero.

The Christmas Tree sidekick is teh awesome.

Saul Bass Exhibition.

It's not enough but I'm grateful for what's there.

Bush considering the creation of marine wildlife reserves "far larger than national parks like Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon."

George, I'm confused. Is this part of Stay the Courseā„¢? Do the fish have Sadam's WMD?

Fox News contributor says it "would be good" if both Osama and Senator Obama were killed.

Correct me if I'm wrong but that's a nationally televised death threat against a US Senator currently under Secret Service protection.

Phoenix makes a grand entrance.

Absolutely stunning. Read how the photo was taken.

Sydney Pollack has died from cancer.

Sad.