This was once a blog where I shared many, many things, most of which were awesome. Somewhere around fall 2009, I got a big-kid media job and no longer can keep up with this old thing. There's some good stuff hanging around here though. You should check it out.
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Well, hello. How have you been?

Look how run-down this old blog is. When was the last time someone dusted around here? Or cut the grass? Is that an old moldy sandwich over there? gross.

Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman

So, as an avid fan of his books, I just finished Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman, the man’s recent essay collection.  The collection is very good, providing something a little more than previous works with essays that reflect on our need for recognition rather than just simply how our love lives are ruined by...

Love Your Fellow As Yourself : Threadless T

Look what turned up in my Inbox today:  this super awesome typographical tee from Threadless.  With a great heavy font and a sweet message, this shirt is great and $18.
WOW: Monsieur COK

WOW: Monsieur COK

Wow.  Just wow. Monsieur COK is a short French film illustrating the struggle between capitalism and communism, labor and money, automation and human labor.  Visually stunning and groteschly real, this is a fantastic yet somewhat scary look at the industry that drives our lives, wars, and world.  Watch it online. Fantastic! (Found via NotCot.org)

WOW: Odosketch

This is amazing:  Odosketch is a super great online sketching app that allows, well, you to sketch using a variety of brushes and colors.  The brushes act sort of like pastel crayons and allow for some really awesome things.  They also have a gallery of creations from other people, some of which are really, really...
Web Tools : Baseline

Web Tools : Baseline

What a super cool tool:  Baseline is a web development kit that emphasizes, well, using the baseline to create clear and well-designed layouts.  It’s free and gives you a ton of CSS and templates all ready to go, including forms and design on a strict grid.  This super awesome idea was put together by ProjectUrbain,...

To the Cinema! : Art & Copy

Hey, let’s go to the movies… This looks awesome! Like the Helvetica of advertising. I took an advertising class in college and have a friend who works in the field. It just seems too hyper-maniacal when it comes to the creative demand of the field, but I think it really would be thrilling, maybe for...

Web Wednesday : Brand New Redesign

Take a look at who recently redesigned their site and the changes look amazing: BrandNew the blog that discusses idenity and well, branding, has put together quite the fancy redesign, moving everything to the center rather than the left, and incorporating some pretty awesome textures. If you’ve never been to BrandNew, you haven’t lived.  They...

To the Cinema! What Dreams are Made of Edition : Fantastic Mr. Fox

We all knew that one day, two of the greatest things in film making–stop motion animation and Wes Anderson–would come together, and the result would be so awesome that the universe of awesome would explode into a million awesome pieces, like stars of greatness, like that scene in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when...

The Forgotten Web Standard

Graphic Design: The Forgotten Web Standard – Slides in 3 Minutes from Carsonified on Vimeo. This is amazing. There are just some things in life that make me so jealous and excited, all at the same time. Video by Mike Kus. Found over at Photolab

Pretty Blog Design : Smashing Magazine

For your design enjoyment and inspiration, Smashing Magazine has 50 New Beautiful Blog Designs that really are, beautiful.  Some are simple, some full of rich textures and collage elements, and some that gracefully achieve a pretty design.  Check them out for sure! PS: Additionally, most of these blogs serve to inspire or share on their...

WOW : Typographic Paris Linocut

This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.  Over at Design You Trust, Mark Webber has spent 6 months planning and creating this linocut of the city of Paris. AMAZING: Look how humongous this thing is!  My sort of emphasis in college was printing making, and I’m just saying, this is some...