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Poster Cabaret
Poster Cabaret wheels and deals awesome show posters screened and printed by some of today’s coolest artists and designers. With a steep collection of everyone from Billy Idol to The Decemberists, the prices range from cheap to deep, with a huge selection of bands and styles. They also sell art prints that are non-band related....
Etsy Tuesday : Chocolate Birch Purse
This small purse over on Etsy is the cutest, and is made by and sold in a great shop called Portemone, with even more awesome things for sale. Handmade, with hand-screened birch and bird, this would be a super awesome gift. Check out the rest of the store. They are selling a ton of cute...
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Awesome Idea : MagCloud
MagCloud is a great new(er) site where one can publish, print, and sell your very own magazines for very little money, and this looks like a fantastic idea. The site is free to join, and free for people to buy. You just upload the PDF of your magazine and these guys print and ship to...
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Awesome Books : Dear Gretchen
Visualizing with handmade paper graphs the frequency of words, topics, and phrases in notes from childhood, Dear Gretchen is a fancinating and visually stimulating book put together by Gretchen, INC. Amazing. Check it out. PS: Her site is beautiful as well. Cheers!
THE NEW BIKE!
I can’t believe I haven’t even mentioned this yet: Last week, I GOT A NEW BIKE! Well, it’s definately new to me. And it just so happens to be the super-classy ride seem above-a Ted Williams Free Spirit bike from Sears. And though that’s not techinally me in that picture, it might as well be,...
280 Slides : Presentations on the Go
280 Slides is what I hope web interface and usability will evolve to. Bringing PowerPoint to the web, 280 Slides allows presentation building, sharing, downloading, and importing solely online, without software or a fee. I work in education, and a problem we face all the time is portability of class work and using PowerPoint in...
“Cowboy Needs a Horse” : Classic Disney Short
My last post reminded me of this classic. I freakin’ love this cartoon, and let’s just say that I get this song in my head all the time…. PS: did you know that Disney released a ton of DVDs with collections of their old cartoons? The library here in town has the whole collection, and...
Cartoon Modern : Fifties Animation
Animation and illustrations from the 50s through the late 60s probably have to be my favorite style of all time. I just dig all of it–the colors, the line work, the angles….Just awesome. Anyways, Cartoon Modern is a great little blog that follows the development of a book of the same name that shows and...
Ginkgo Tote : Fred Flare
Since my mom first told me that ginkgo leaves have been unchanged since dinosaur times, I have loved this crazy things. This tote is super cute, and can be found over at fredflare.com. Check it out!
Illustration Thursday: Andy Miller
Based in the UK, but originally from “a small town in Indiana” (WOOTWOOT), Andy Miller does great work. Reminiscent of childhood illustration but with an honesty that is hard to come by sometimes, I’m just totally digging his work. And he is this week’s feature for Illustration Thursday. Here’s more of favorites: Yellow Bird Project...