Monthly Archives: September 2008

Unfortunately, Now You’ll Die in Seven Days

I can’t decide whether this is the most brilliant thing I’ve seen in a while or the scariest, but either way, I wish I’d done this first.

(h/t to Nick Mamatas)

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How I Became a Professional

I am embarrassed to say that I was a little bit cocky when I graduated from college with my design degree. I didn’t understand why people (clients) wouldn’t listen to me when I would tell them what was best for their project. I thought that taking their input and making changes to my work was [...]

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China to Bail Out Faltering US Economy

Calling the United States “too big to fail”, the People’s Republic of China today loaned the USA up to US$1 trillion in exchange for a 79.9% equity stake in the country. The country’s management will also be replaced, though President Hu Jintao has not yet named the new leaders.

“The collapse of the United States would [...]

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What I Learned in Japan About Drinking Coffee

Drink Boss Coffee, or Tommy Lee Jones will cut you.

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If Anyone Has an Extra Hammer, I’ve Some Thumbs in Need of Smashing

Nights like this are necessary to remind me that, yes, I really do suck at working with hardware.

This is where you should insert a picture of me staring balefully at a Fonera 2100 that is happily bricked despite, or more truthfully because of, my best efforts.

On the plus side, this version 1.0 XBox looks absolutely [...]

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What I Learned in Japan About Bathing

Bubbling is preeminent.

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Nerd Font Lurv

I started seriously paying attention to fonts when I was in college. I switched majors sometime in my junior year and began art/design classes. In one of my first design classes, I cut four Copperplate letter “T’s” out of Styrofoam so that I could lock them together, ink them and use them to make pattern [...]

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Political National Conventions in a Minute

I can tell I’m reaching the end of a long week: all I’m doing is posting short things. And perhaps you, like me, don’t have much time either. In that case, here’s the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention boiled down to 1 minute each.

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If Only Eli Could Have Twittered

Courtesy of Abovenyquist, the NY Times weighs in on parents writing blog posts in their baby’s voice on sites like “Totspot”.

Really, now. Who would do something like that?

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What I Learned in Japan About Makeup

Hello Kitty wants you to be pretty.

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