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August 1, 2009

"If you thought that the senior senator from Arizona would ride off into the political sunset last November, inconsolable after losing his bid for the presidency, think again."

Go, baby go!

Making fortunes.

Regarding Cyberwarriors.

William Gibson must be rolling in his future grave, I mean crystal entity.

August 2, 2009

Partly Cloudy.

Someday I want to tell stories like this for a living.

August 5, 2009

When you think to yourself, "In 18 months I'm going to start my crocheted beer coaster company," the problem with that sentence is the 18 months. What you're really saying is, "I'm afraid."

Direct hit.

Redesign.

Simon pulls back the curtains on Erskine's redesign process of their own site.

August 6, 2009

A tour of the Carl Zeiss SMT AG facility.

I'd love to read more from Dr. Nasser's speech on optics on camera phones.

Obama wants to kill your grandma.

He also wants to take guns away from every white male on the planet.

Clinton's field trip to North Korea was paid for by a Hollywood producer.

Bromance saves the day.

Knowing is only half the battle.

Brilliant.

I could be wrong but I swear Apple had a lot more than $150M in the bank.

Gruber, didn't they have a few Billion in their savings account at the time?

August 7, 2009

"AOL has been scooping up talented journalists right and left, with some 1,500 on board already - a number it expects to double or even triple over the coming year."

You've got journalism!

Are Tweets copyright-protected?

Signs still point to "no".

Giant waterslide jump.

Cracks me up every time I hit the play button.

"A decade-old love affair between coffee shops and laptop-wielding customers is fading."

Coffee shop Internet surfers are the new hippies.

Rules to live by in the Photoshop Era.

Trust no one.

Absinthe & Flamethrowers.

No it's not a Jean Claude Van Damme movie, but maybe it should be.

This is wrong.

Plain wrong.

Apparently Billy Mays used a different sort of Oxyclean.

No wonder that guy was acted like he was jacked six-ways-to-Sunday.

August 10, 2009

Dogs are as intelligent as a two-year old human.

They would be a hell of a lot smarter if they could drop the habit of sniffing each other's posterior.

X Troop.

A story of the real inglourious basterd.

US banks stand to collect a record $38.5bn in fees for customer overdrafts this year.

Great, so now they can pay the taxpayers back now right?! Hello?

Periodical Photographs.

Great backstory on the making of a fantastic book.

Brian Warren is moving to Philly.

The family just got another creepy beard guy, but his references check out.

Mountain wisdom

by Captain Kirk.

Building a design community.

Dial in and learn.

Two Weeks.

August 11, 2009

Music Exclusive.

Marcotte, Irelan, Cashdollar, Renaud... you need to download this now.

August 14, 2009

Thus the vast bulk of this year's currently estimated $1.8 trillion deficit was determined by Bush's policies, not Obama's.

I'm floored by this rage crap. Where was the rage while Bush grew the government and the deficit to record levels?

August 17, 2009

Exploring failure, together.

Learn from our mistakes. Profit!

August 18, 2009

Science proves Zombies are bad for the planet.

Dammit, we are so hosed.

Gentlemen Broncos.

Hollywoodanous finally delivers.

August 19, 2009

This is the result of forty-plus years of really poor, poor decision making.

The fake sunflowers are a nice touch though.

Mozilla Creative Collective.

One of the coolest project we worked on this year has finally gone public.

Our former office is up for lease.

I can assure you it's the best deal in Orange County hands down. Contact me if you have questions.

Happy birthday Buckaroo Bonzai!

Airbag has roots in Bonzai lore.

Starbucks needs help with their website.

While you're there see if you can help them make coffee, like they used to.

"There's not a beat in this movie that doesn't seem perfectly timed, that's executed with anything less than tremendous care and wisdom and, more than anything else, that's emotionally accurate."

Thanks Khoi, I was unaware of this title.

August 20, 2009

Fire in the Plateau.

August 21, 2009

Happy Cog smiles as Airbag becomes the West Wing.

Ok so that's not the exact title, but I can do that kind thing here.

The Cove.

Looking forward to seeing this, and not so much.

August 24, 2009

Designing with Web Standards version Three.

I wish there was a Special Edition that included a blue beanie.

August 25, 2009

"We...always look at our business as being a 10-year lifecycle for all of our platforms."

A little look into Sony's business model for Playstation products.

August 29, 2009

Comcast is holding a job fair for web people in Philadelphia.

Hoy, go stand in line and I'll meet you there.

August 31, 2009

Disney has acquired Marvel for $4B.

The first time I see a Mickey Spiderman I'm going to punch a cast member.

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