February 2009
1 post
WatchWonderful stop-motion animation. The good stuff starts 20 seconds in.
January 2009
15 posts
A bicycle sharing system, like the one in Paris, is coming to San Francisco. But don’t get too excited: it is just a pilot program for now.
Pranksters just relabeled the entire three-mile length of Bush Street to Obama Street.
A Photo Tour Atop San Francisco’s Sutro Tower
Safari on the Mac doesn’t give you much control over cookies and how they expire. To periodically delete cookies I had to write an AppleScript and trigger it daily in iCal. However starting in Mac OS X 10.5.6 there is a easier way: change the Library/Cookies directory to read-only. This has the effect of making all cookies essentially session-only.
Kiyoshi (glowing jellyfish) Kurosawa’s latest: Tokyo Sonata. It’s eerie how US trailers for foreign language movies avoid showing any dialog whatsoever. Presumably this is because subtitles would scare away potential viewers?
Movie poster remakes by Flickr’s Olly Moss.
Everyone loves free fonts! Alte Haas Grotesk.
The US one dollar bill as canvas. Great images.
Lovely abstract Polaroid photographs by Grant Hamilton.
This foghorn kept me up all night. Argh!
Typesites reviews the blog and portfolio site of Wilson Miner. Stunning.
November 2008
1 post
October 2008
10 posts
Donuts and Bacon: Taste we can Believe in
“This is just too crazy. Daito Manabe stimulates his facial muscles with small...”
– Electric Stimulus – today and tomorrow
Cup and saucer with a smile. Fun!
I know I linked this already, but the humor at Sad Guys on Trading Floors just keeps on coming. Some recent favorites: thin mints, free market, forgot to save, next hand. Grab the RSS feed.
Sad Guys on Trading Floors: “Turning the economic crisis into one of those clever internet memes.”
My vote for word of the year:
crater intransitive verb
1 : to exhibit or form craters
2 : to fail or fall suddenly and dramatically : collapse , crash <the deal cratered> <cratering stock prices>
A very clever advertisement for laundry detergment:
To demostrate the long-lasting whiteness of the Tide detergent, they created an outdoor poster in a really busy road, with constant heavy traffic. The poster was covered in cotton with self cleaning effect which over the course of a few weeks became more and more polluted, finally revealing a clothes [line] of a brillant white clothes.
What a lousy debate. This t-shirt seems appropriate.
Life Clock. A frighteningly simple concept.
A gripping account of the 36 hours leading up to Secretary Paulson’s bailout proposal to Congress.
September 2008
11 posts
WatchA wonderful animated short: Herr Würfel.
Quite an impressive house. A bit like cubic swiss cheese, no? And a bit out of place in its Japanese neighborhood.
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The director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) testified today before Congress. And on his blog. This by far the most informative, well-written and evenhanded analysis that I’ve read concerning the financial crisis and the Treasury’s response. Highly recommended.
Emo For Obama. I almost fell off my chair.
The Art of Kevin Dart. Take a peek at his BBC Olympics illustrations.
“My fellow conservatives and Republicans have tended not to worry very much about...”
– From The Vanishing Republican Voter, a thought-provoking article from the New York Times Magazine.
WatchRap about world’s largest science experiment becomes YouTube hit
Google cafeteria serves Krispy Kreme bacon cheddar cheeseburgers.
The HiddenRadio has no buttons or controls. That’s because the entire device is one big knob. Interesting, but is it practical?
After eight months of service, my AT&T DSL modem (Motorola brand) has already gone belly-up. Eight months of sitting on a shelf and then poof—dead. The best that the technical support staff can offer is, “did you try restarting your computer?” Luckily I found another modem in the closet, connected it, and voila: problem solved.
Is it too much to ask for home networking equipment...
August 2008
17 posts
The NY Times has an awesome, full-screen panoramic view of Invesco Field during Obama’s speech.
There will be a block party next Saturday, September 6th on 18th Street between Guerrero and Dolores. Bi-Rite Creamery and Delfina will be providing the yummies.
Can you guess the movie title after seeing just one letter of the poster? A very difficult quiz. I managed 10/46.
Lovely illustrated posters of fictional destinations.
Great photographs of a striking piece of architecture: Les Bains des Docks.
I love reading the Muni Diaries. Today’s story of two scofflaws receiving a surprising punishment for cheating on their fare was particularly entertaining. Another of my recent favorites: Livin’ the dream, for at least one night.
Customer at a renowned San Francisco restaurant orders the nectarine dessert for $8 and receives exactly that: an unadorned nectarine on a plate. Ha!
WatchDeath Star and Imperial Walkers sighted in San Francisco.
WatchImagining the Tenth Dimension. Awesome.
Toneshared: completely free bleeps, chimes, clicks, buzzes and tones from a selection of electronic musicians. Download as DRM-free MP3.