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February 1, 2009

Pity the Alfalfa Club is so secret.

Sounds like it's hilarious.

"I'm not going to endorse your movie. I reserve the right to hate it. But I wish you well."

Nice guy that James Cameron.

Five great ideas every client should consider with their web design team.

Two and five are brilliant.

February 2, 2009

Designing for the Web is here.

Clicking the buy button should be a no brainer.

Turns out this Superbowl was not without it's own wardrobe malfunction.

Tucson viewers got a few minutes of extra footage not included in the original program.

Forget Austin, go see Objectified in Chicago.

Lucky ducks.

Mac users close to accounting for 10% of total web users.

Meanwhile, Windows users decrease almost 4%.

9.

Wow.

"People who drive Hummers receive almost five times as many traffic tickets as the average driver."

They are also one foot shorter than the average male and have really tiny pee-pees.

Gruber, the iPhone version of Mattel Football is weak.

Nothing beats the real thing. Nine volt and all.

The GOP is lost.

Come on Reds, surely you can do better than Palin and Limbaugh.

Liberal arts 2.0.

Won't be long before some school gets smart and adopts this as a mission statement.

"When I come back from the Middle East and China, I'm still optimistic," said Fornas. "When I come back from New York, I'm not optimistic at all."

Hmm. Maybe it's time the Rocket Scientist accepted the offer from Dubai.

February 3, 2009

Operahouse.

Give it a listen.

Bulgarians are sick people.

This chart also proves that Ethan is from Bulgaria, not Vermont as previously thought.

The "fans" watching Springsteen were extras.

"Volunteers must be over 16, attend all rehearsals, register as part of a group of at least 10 and submit to a criminal background check."

Batman has a bad temper and a potty mouth.

Especially when you interrupt his acting.

Iran launched itself a space satellite.

Plan 9 now in underway.

If Washington's economic recovery plan is going to be like this then kill it.

We need help, not bureaucracy and stupidity.

Internet based entertainment (gaming, blogs, twitter) is on the rise.

"The number of visitors to online game sites jumped 29.9% during the fourth quarter of last year."

USA is now the Toyota of wind power.

That's something to be proud of right?

Matt Foley 2.0.

Wherein his Warcraft toon lives in a van, down by the river.

"Could it have been 3am after a 14 hour day and he had the scene rendered useless several times by this guy before blowing his top?"

Best, level headed response I've read to Batman's rage roast.

February 4, 2009

Where was this video during the War on Drugs campaign in the 80s?

"Why is this happening to me?!"

February 5, 2009

Battlefield 1943.

Fair warning Jason, you're going to have to put down the Modern Combat.

The Stanford Laptop Orchestra.

Trippy.

February 8, 2009

Australia is on fire.

There are a lot of Airbag readers Down Under, I hope you are all safe and sound.

Killzone is great, if you like acting out a well planned script.

I was hankering to get my hands on a PS3 so I could play this game. Not anymore.

University researchers are using a Half-Life 2 mod to observe how people react to being in a fire.

This makes so much sense.

Fail.

Henchman 24 and H.E.L.P.eR are dead for reals.

And something about David Bowie.

"The #1 habit successful people share with me is this: They read books to learn."

I'm reading right now!

An infographic to explain the recovery plan.

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to use the Homeland Security color code?

February 9, 2009

This has to be, absolutely, the worst way to publish content online.

I just tried to read a magazine and could not get past page two. Pity.

After you've used Postbox for a while you'll wonder why Apple didn't think of this before.

Also, we created the website and have had access to the application since alpha.

"While blogs can do many wonderful things, making huge amounts of money isn't one of them."

Why would anyone think differently?

Mr. Caver continues to explore personal site design.

This latest round really ought to be featured in magazines and books.

February 10, 2009

Facebook is looking for a product designer.

Bixby, I know a guy who would be perfect for this job.

MFA in Interaction Design's recommended reading list.

Get your credit card ready.

February 11, 2009

Jeffrey has posted all of his recovered links from the Ma.gnolia crash.

Lots of good stuff in there.

I don't want more motion comics.

I want to be able to read comics on Kindle.

A better, more detailed map of the stimulus package.

Spending won't hit peek until 2010. Just enough time for me to start a green energy company.

Favre quits, again.

I'll believe it when I see it.

February 13, 2009

WSD+D members, act now and get $400 off registration for Web Design Conference '09.

Are you following me camera guy?

Microsoft has started cheating on Web Standards again.

Why anyone thinks they can be trusted is beyond me.

February 16, 2009

Starbucks to sell instant coffee.

They're just setting themselves up to be acquired by McDonalds.

Let Beckham go.

He's a waste of time and money in this country.

February 18, 2009

Just received a note that the The Typographic Desk Reference is hot off the press.

And get a cardigan because you can't read this book in a t-shirt.

February 19, 2009

William Stout, one of my all time favorite book stores, is having a fantastic sale.

Everything is twenty-five percent off.

Dark Was The Night.

Simmy, grab this before your trip.

Ottawa is white, and the snow's still coming down. Police are on snowmobiles.

Obama goes to Canada.

February 21, 2009

Good Master Edward Alleyn's Fortune Theatre.

February 22, 2009

Time says the Oscars are broke.

Does anyone really care about opaque award shows?

"Serious journalism has seldom been about the straightforward pursuit of profit."

Note: Anything that is cable news is not serious journalism.

"What we went for was the secondary colors: The purples, the greens, the oranges. And I think that made Watchmen distinctive"

— Dave Gibbons on the art direction of the beloved comic series.

Texas, as a political power, is dead.

So long and thanks for all the asshats.

Quake Live goes open beta this week.

I'm going to need to reinstall Windows now.

FOX News is war gaming a militia uprising against Obama's government.

That's neat.

I want to try a Flaming Moe.

Something tells me it's going to be a bit like Harry Denton's Angel's Share.

First Obama cuts takes, now he wants to slash prices.

This guy is crazy! Get him an infomercial!

Clinton has asked China to buy way more of the United States.

Lets not beat around the bush and just let them buy the country state by state, starting with North Dakota.

The "World's Best Designed" newspapers.

I would love full page scans of these publications.

KenKen.

For the Rocket Scientist.

February 23, 2009

The new Formula 1 rules sound fantastic.

Can't wait to see them in action next month.

Newt sees a whale.

Jump whale! Jump!

FontBook'd.

February 24, 2009

Ulysses.

For those who recently purchased a Kindle.

February 25, 2009

Quake Live is live.

Unfortunately Windows is required to use the BFG.

In Chicago.

Almost every one of Israel's major military tactics in the Middle East over the past three decades was performed in advance here.

Nix is looking for some help at Apple.

Go forth and do good work.

The Trilogy Meter.

Spot on.

February 26, 2009

T-1, B-0.

Also, the bit about making a submarine...I came pretty close to spraying water everywhere.

Uldar.

Looks amazing, though I doubt I'll get to run through it anytime soon.

February 28, 2009

"The Kindle 2 is better than the original, but it still looks like it was designed by the makers of the Commodore 64."

Pity it can't play Bruce Lee.

Facebook gets an upgrade.

Should have done this a while ago.

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