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June 1, 2008

Universal Studios is on fire.

King Kong has been damaged but the film vaults remain intact. This has happened before.

"The Democrats are throwing the election away. And for what? An inadequate black male?"

When did the KKK open their membership to women?

June 2, 2008

A look at the upcoming Versions SVN client.

"I'm told Versions will be available to the general public very soon." Not soon enough.

June 4, 2008

Yves Saint-Laurent.

June 5, 2008

French stuntman scales the NYT building to raise awareness about global warming.

Khoi, tell me you got to watch him climb from inside the building.

June 7, 2008

Clinton's website asks people to support Obama.

I wonder if she'll go to Disneyland next.

June 8, 2008

Twitter makes some adjustments to avoid melting during WWDC.

Good luck with that.

Almost Madison.

Once we've reached 100k maybe we can buy an island.

Creating an RSS feed and lighting up the navigation.

The next episode in Ryan's ongoing series.

Sunset on Mars.

Xbox may unveil Blu-ray 360.

If that's true then goodbye PS3.

David, this is how Sundance's calendar should function.

Paper version be damned.

"The Metis flag predates Canada's Maple Leaf flag by about 150 years."

That's great but you can't put infinity on pancakes.

Grand Theft Auto, Naked Gun Edition.

Brilliant.

June 9, 2008

Transsiberian.

The Ryans got to see this at Sundance and liked it very much.

Ten examples of beautiful CSS based typography.

They're spot on with number five. Spot. On.

Porter! Porter! Porter!

Bill Moyer's slaps a Bill O'Reily stooge around with one arm behind his back.

Windhammer!

Rob you are the wind beneath all of our wings.

Rob, before he could play guitar...without a guitar.

Rockin in the Free World.

Me.

Exactly!

Apple's Me will not support IE6.

Does that mean we can take it behind the shed and put it out of it's misery?

Blow your actor in half.

I'm waiting for the Active Bullets episode. I said I'm waiting...

June 10, 2008

Capri Lanes.

Steve is looking a little Lohan.

Throw that man a steak.

"I understand Twitter has immediate issues to deal with, but privacy should be high on the list of concerns."

Add it to the punchlist.

June 11, 2008

"This is how I like it, just salt, pepper, tomato coulis, little basil and thyme, some finely (like seethrough) sliced red onion, and fresh mozzarella."

Simplicity always wins.

Today marks the opening of the Graphic Design Museum.

Where's the Concorde when you really need it?

In Saint Tropez avoiding the Saint Tropez scene.

Homestar Ruiner coming this July.

Todd, tell me you've played this already.

It is not uncommon for Chinese children to be given names of common events and popular slogans - such as Defend China, Build the Nation and Space Travel.

Clearly I'm going to need a new first name.

June 12, 2008

The Grëgtønes.

Yep.

A new MFA in Interaction Design.

There are times I wish I lived in New York City, this is one of them.

"...lawyers are arguing that only people of Lesbos have the right to call themselves Lesbians."

Anyone know Xena's phone number?

Now my wife — well, she'll kick your ass in reading.

I am so not kidding.

Designer survey.

Andy's doing some research and could use your help.

June 13, 2008

McCains are carrying over $100k in credit card debt.

Fiscally conservative? Signs point to no.

Tim Russert had died.

Dammit! I liked Tim a lot.

June 14, 2008

Vote for your favorite Watchmen commercials.

Cool idea.

Get larger images with Flickr feeds.

Thanks Josh.

Creative Relativity.

"What started out as a pseudo-scientific parody of pop-sci writing turned into a pseudo-scientific pop-sci essay."

All emotional over the 3G iPhone announcement, Cameron has discounted his book on mobile web design.

Prepare for the future.

BSG better than DS9?

Pffft. Not even.

"Springfield, MO has a new library and its focus isn't on books but reading."

What a novel idea.

Field Tested Books 2008 by the map.

To damn cool.

Construction photos of the China Central Television Tower.

"...it isn't just the leaning tower aspect that is intriguing, it's the balancing of the whole middle section in the middle of thin air that is also jaw dropping."

June 15, 2008

Uh Jared, like, jinx!

The Submarines are the best band you're not listening to right now.

June 16, 2008

Time's fifty best websites.

Maybe I should make my own list because more than half of these suck.

"Everyone's always asking, 'Are we ready for a black president? Are we ready for a female president?' Of course we are! We just had a retarded one!"

The monkeys ain't got nothing on me.

Gruber, if this doesn't merit a comment I don't know what will.

Bottle Shock.

Batman can suck it, this is going to be the movie of the summer.

"This is the chance to redefine the look and feel of 37signals."

Just hire Airbag already.

June 17, 2008

Resistance 2 is coming along nicely.

I hope the multiplayer is going to be as hot as it looks.

No McCain isn't like Bush.

Wait, are we talking about '02, '06 or '08 McCain?

"I was thinking that maybe there could be a game or a scavenger hunt embedded in the apartment — that was the beginning"

Noted for when I build a house. Stu, take notes please.

Sketching in Code: the Magic of Prototyping.

"Wireframes: square peg, round hole."

Why you should download Firefox right now.

After today, no one should have to suffer from using IE. No one.

Racist in Texas?

Shock, horror!

June 19, 2008

OmniFocus helps you focus on things and hey look over there is something blinking?!

Saved for later.

June 22, 2008

Playing card deck 2008.

Only to be used when gambling with typefaces.

"What ideas do you have to keep America competitive in the years ahead?"

Obama wants to know.

Map of the Realm of the Internet.

With which to slay dragons.

Mark Huot brings us a message.

Tomatoes kill, yo.

"Long before we had color as we know it today, there was black as the color."

Contrasty.

How Obama reinvented campaign finance.

Nice work Dave!

Un-pimp your ride.

For Naz.

Tokyolife: Art and Design.

Dear Santa, never mind on this one, I can't wait until December.

Shouldn't the Institute of the Future know about RSS feeds?

Nix you live close, go over there and turn on 2001.

Logobama '08.

"...a place for you to create your own custom Obama logo and use it wherever you want. As Obama says, "we are the change we have been waiting for."

George Carlin has died.

Everyone add seven dirty words to your prayers tonight.

June 23, 2008

McCain's big idea for solving the energy crisis: No-spec work.

Asshat.

Dan Mall got himself hitched in April.

Absolutely fabulous.

June 24, 2008

The best Tumblr design I've seen to date.

Nice work Stephen.

The fashion, entertainment, and pop culture are looking for a Jr. Web Designer.

Matching hot pants and cape are recommended but not required.

Architecture of envy.

June 25, 2008

Ryan if you don't have a WTF plate by the end of the week I'll be disappointed.

More photos have been added.

Might be time for another iPod candy collection.

June 26, 2008

Anticipation.

Beerzie, this should be in File.

North Korea no longer an Axis of Evil.

Tonight they're gonna party like it's 1994.

Flap N Snap 5000.

For Team Happy Cog.

Please tell me this comes with a matching Protec helmet.

Weird, I don't see a place to put the Taco Bell and keg of Dew.

Norman Potter, extrapolated.

Brilliant.

June 28, 2008

Jez Burrows was robbed

...is the new Vote for Pedro.

Diablo III.

Great, there goes 2009...

June 29, 2008

"To watch videos looking back on Bill Gates' career and looking forward to the future, you may install Silverlight."

Oh may I, please, please, please?

The MBA myth.

So true, so very true.

Sorry to read that Michael Turner has passed.

I always liked his work at Top Cow.

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