Movies
alien, the big lebowski, blue velvet, donnie brasco, elephant, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the godfather, goodfellas, the insider, in the mood for love, keane, the last picture show, mulholland drive, no country for old men, north by northwest, notorious, primer, raging bull, reservoir dogs, rushmore, solaris, the straight story, vertigo
Music
a.c. newman, aim, air, andrew bird, arcade fire, beck, beirut, belle & sebastian, the black seeds, boards of canada, bonobo, boozoo bajou, bright eyes, the brunettes, burial, butch cassidy sound system, the cinematic orchestra, the clientele, the cure, david bowie, the decemberists, dimmer, dinosaur jr, dj shadow, feist, the fiery furnaces, fink, fly my pretties, funki porcini, gomez, gonzales, hexstatic, hint, international observer, jakob, jamie lidell, jeff buckley, jens lekman, kid loco, kings of leon, m. ward, the mars volta, money mark, the national, the new pornographers, nina simone, nu-mark + pomo, okkervil river, pavement, phelps & munro, the phoenix foundation, pixies, the raconteurs, radiohead, ray lamontagne, the reduction agents, relaxomatic project, roots manuva, samuel flynn scott, secret machines, shapeshifter, the shins, sjd, skalpel, sola rosa, the strokes, the submarines, sufjan stevens, sunset rubdown, tiki, voom, the white stripes, wilco
NovemberNov 4 Wednesday Wed 09
20 Years of FontShop
Lovely infographic by Nicholas Felton revealing the foundry’s secrets.
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Going to NYC. BRB.
You guys will all quit filling up my Dashboard while I’m away, right? And any further suggestions for things to do would be welcome (please reply here, as the answers facility on that post appears to have stopped working). Unrelated coincidence: it’s exactly two years since I made my first posts on Tumblr.
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“Painted Woman”, photographed by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan on...
“Painted Woman”, photographed by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan on the set of Aurore, a film by Jean-Julien Pous and Denis Huneau.
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NovemberNov 3 Tuesday Tue 09
"I don’t believe in robots. Why would anyone build something with so many parts when we still have..."
“I don’t believe in robots. Why would anyone build something with so many parts when we still have monkeys.”
- Jason Fried. (via Friedisms)
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Typography on Twitter
Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios has compiled a list of more than 80 Twitter accounts related to typography in its many forms. My thanks to him for including my Nice Type account! Here’s the ready-to-follow version using Twitter’s new Lists feature.
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NovemberNov 2 Monday Mon 09
Unpublished concept jacket designs by London-based print...
Unpublished concept jacket designs by London-based print designer Allan Sommerville for Penguin’s Bill Bryson books. Aside: Mother Tongue is a fascinating read for anyone interested in the origins of the English language. (via Dan Wagstaff)
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NovemberNov 1 Sunday Sun 09
In some shots it’s more obvious than others, but while...
In some shots it’s more obvious than others, but while this set may appear to be photography of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, it is in fact a 3D rendering by Peter Guthrie, using 3DS Max and V-Ray. (via Brian Everett)
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Texan photographer Matthew Genitempo. (via Many Many)
Texan photographer Matthew Genitempo. (via Many Many)
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Xiangyang Du, shot with Rolleiflex 3.5F. (via Jarred Bishop)
Xiangyang Du, shot with Rolleiflex 3.5F. (via Jarred Bishop)
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Epic water fight in this video for “Spheres of Fury”...
Epic water fight in this video for “Spheres of Fury” by Hecq vs Exillion, directed by Christopher Hewitt and Tom Brown. An outstanding example of what can be done with the 50fps mode of Canon’s new EOS 7D. (via Mike Harding)
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The Talk Show (Episode 30)
Dan Benjamin: So let's set expectations here for people. I have a commitment from you now — and this is going to go out, this is going to be public — I have a commitment from you now, that you will record a Talk Show with me once a week, every week, going forward.
John Gruber: No.
Dan Benjamin: You won't come out and say that, you won't make that commitment?
John Gruber: I won't commit to anything. Thanks.
Dan Benjamin: So, to clear this up, the reason that we don't record, it's because you don't want to commit to record — a recording schedule.
John Gruber: That's correct.
Dan Benjamin: It's not because I don't want to, or I'm not available.
John Gruber: That's right. Leave 'em wanting more.
Dan Benjamin: Yeah, you can leave 'em wanting more by only recording once a week.
John Gruber: We'll see.
Dan Benjamin: So you're going to commit to once a week?
John Gruber: Yeah. Once a day, every day.
Dan Benjamin: [Laughs.]
John Gruber: Every day.
Dan Benjamin: That'd be great.
John Gruber: Every single day. I'll have a sandwich, cup of coffee, and we'll talk for six hours.
Dan Benjamin: If it was up to me I would record all the time.
John Gruber: Ah well, me too. That's why I said I would do it every day.
Dan Benjamin: You won't do it every day!
John Gruber: I will take your once a week and I will raise you to once a day. Every day at 10am.
Dan Benjamin: Really. Can we live-stream it?
John Gruber: More or less. Sure. Whatever that— I don't even know what that means.
Dan Benjamin: That means you and me talk, and people can listen live, they can ask questions, they can interact with us. We'll talk about news and issues.
John Gruber: Ahh… no.
Dan Benjamin: No. Just us talking.
John Gruber: Right.
Dan Benjamin: Alright, well then I'll see you tomorrow at 10.
John Gruber: Alright. See you then.
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Barbarella poster. Jane Fondova? (via Peter Nidzgorski)
Barbarella poster. Jane Fondova? (via Peter Nidzgorski)
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Hitchcock circa The Birds. (via Bohemea)
Hitchcock circa The Birds. (via Bohemea)
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OctoberOct 31 Saturday Sat 09
Hallowe’en cover for The New Yorker by Chris Ware. The...
Hallowe’en cover for The New Yorker by Chris Ware. The story continues in comic form here and here. (via Mike Hudack)
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OctoberOct 30 Friday Fri 09
The scary story of Hallokitty
The scary story of Hallokitty:
Last October @avon and I built an app and submitted it to the App Store in plenty of time for Hallowe’en. It was approved in January of this year (thanks Apple). The point of the app is to scare your friends and mums by concealing unspeakable horrors behind some cute swipe-activated purring kittens. It makes grown men weep*, and works even better if you can trick your prey into listening through headphones.
And now our devilish, best Hallowe’en app ever can be yours. Follow @hallowkittyftw for free promo codes this weekend, “because you shouldn’t have to pay $0.99 for this pap”.**
*Possibly with laughter. **US store only though, Apple’s rules.
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OctoberOct 29 Thursday Thu 09
Jeremy Holmes, the illustrator behind this new book based on the...
Jeremy Holmes, the illustrator behind this new book based on the beloved nursery rhyme There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, has kindly send me a link to its trailer, lovingly animated by Paul Berkbigler. “Don’t miss the ending. It’s to die for!”
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OctoberOct 28 Wednesday Wed 09
Support Details
Slick single-serve site — with nice interface touches — for displaying a user’s platform, browser, screen and window size, Flash version, JavaScript/cookie status and more. Perfect for giving to clients while troubleshooting.
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Love this new, refined logo for The Heads of State.
Love this new, refined logo for The Heads of State.
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From Superheroes, a personal project by Allan Sanders.
From Superheroes, a personal project by Allan Sanders.
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