Charlie Park

A t-shirt at mental_floss

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:32:05 -0400

Yosemite Waterfall, by Mike Matas

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:08:30 -0500

Yosemite Waterfall, by Mike Matas

"One of my philosophies as a designer is that you should first start with the patterns that exist,..."

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:38:24 -0500

“One of my philosophies as a designer is that you should first start with the patterns that exist, and only break the rules little by little, in the right places. When [you] don’t break enough patterns, you end up with something boring and predictable. But when you break too many, you end up with something chaotic and confusing. There is a sweet spot, and it contains both the familiar and the new.”

- Jack Cheng (here, though post is only available to Kickstarter backers)

Multiball Skills

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:39:51 -0400

Multiball Skills:

mwfrost:

When playing with more than one pinball, things tend to get a little stressful. These are some of the skills you can use to make multiball a little more manageable.

Every tip in this list also applies to being a parent of multiples.

"You know, you and especially your grandparents could have used more of a spirit of lawbreaking. One..."

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:45:53 -0400

“You know, you and especially your grandparents could have used more of a spirit of lawbreaking. One day you will be called upon to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. Everything will depend on it. You have to be ready. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay ‘in shape’ so that when the big day comes you will be ready. What you need is ‘anarchist calisthenics.’ Every day or so break some trivial law that makes no sense, even if it’s only jaywalking. Use your own head to judge whether a law is just or reasonable. That way, you’ll keep trim; and when the big day comes, you’ll be ready.”

- James C. Scott, in an imagined address to hyper-obedient Germans.

“See the Milky Way”, by Tyler Nordgren

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:58:00 -0400

“See the Milky Way”, by Tyler Nordgren

Straw Bales, by Maciej Ceglowski

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:00:54 -0400

Straw Bales, by Maciej Ceglowski

"Great products stand on their own merit and sell themselves. They are simple, striking and bold...."

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:43:19 -0400

“Great products stand on their own merit and sell themselves. They are simple, striking and bold. Seeing them function is advertising enough.”

- @danielgatsby

ayjay: The next 2.5 minutes of your life will be spent watching...

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:58:25 -0400

ayjay:

The next 2.5 minutes of your life will be spent watching Bruce Lee play table tennis. With nunchuks.

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:28:31 -0400

“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”

- Thoreau (via zachklein)

Egg By C.G. Hanzlicek I’m scrambling an egg for my daughter. “Why are you always whistling?” she...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:47:21 -0400

Egg
By C.G. Hanzlicek

I’m scrambling an egg for my daughter.
“Why are you always whistling?” she asks.
“Because I’m happy.”
And it’s true,
Though it stuns me to say it aloud;
There was a time when I wouldn’t
Have seen it as my future.
It’s partly a matter
Of who is there to eat the egg:
The self fallen out of love with itself
Through the tedium of familiarity,
Or this little self,
So curious, so hungry,
Who emerged from the woman I love,
A woman who loves me in a way
I’ve come to think I deserve,
Now that it arrives from outside me.
Everything changes, we’re told,
And now the changes are everywhere:
The house with its morning light
That fills me like a revelation,
The yard with its trees
That cast a bit more shade each summer,
The love of a woman
That both is and isn’t confounding,
And the love
Of this clamor of questions at my waist.
Clamor of questions,
You clamor of answers,
Here’s your egg.

"I’ve learned that talking to the press is like talking to the police — ideally, don’t, since your..."

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:54:29 -0500

“I’ve learned that talking to the press is like talking to the police — ideally, don’t, since your interests conflict and there’s little to no potential upside for you.”

- Marco

"If I kept thinking, “I am doing something that could shape the character and virtue of a child,..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:26:17 -0500

“If I kept thinking, “I am doing something that could shape the character and virtue of a child, redeem the brokenness of their world, teach them important lessons about life, etc.” the playing would stop, the grown-up mind would reassert itself, and the art would end. All of those other things are happy byproducts if they happen, but that is not my business. My job is to play with the pieces of the world I’ve been given, find the delight inherent in them, make something delightful out of them. Even if the only one delighted is me.”

- Jennifer Trafton

"Late last night, inspecting Santa’s handiwork, a simple thought occurred to me. A decade or so from..."

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:49:48 -0500

“

Late last night, inspecting Santa’s handiwork, a simple thought occurred to me. A decade or so from now, when, say, I’m waiting for my son to come home from college for his winter break, and, when he does, he wants to spend his time going out with his friends — how much will I be willing to pay then to be able to go back in time, for one day, to now, when he’s eight years old, he wants to go to movies and play games and build Lego kits with me, and he believes in magic?

How much then, for one day with what my family has right now? How much? Everything.

”

- John Gruber

Beautiful.

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:17:06 -0500

Beautiful.

Super-impressed at the dedication it took to pull off this music...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:53:40 -0500

Super-impressed at the dedication it took to pull off this music video.

The String Quartet Tribute To Weezer - Across The Sea

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:10:14 -0400

The String Quartet Tribute To Weezer - Across The Sea

The String Quartet Tribute To Weezer - El Scorcho

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:09:00 -0400

The String Quartet Tribute To Weezer - El Scorcho

In NYC? Want to meet up?

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:56:00 -0400

Hello, folks following me on TUmblr …

I know a bunch of you are in/around Manhattan. I’m in town for a few days, and would love to meet up with you (that’s the singular “you”, but that goes out, individually, to all of you (plural)). I’d especially love to come cowork with you wherever you do your thing, but even if you just want to meet up for a drink, that’d be cool, too.

If you’re around, and free, let me know (e-mail or Twitter). I’d love to connect.

"In this town I’ve always said “Don’t ask for permission, because the..."

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:14:03 -0400

“In this town I’ve always said “Don’t ask for permission, because the answer’s always no”. If you think about our work, when we started Dischord we didn’t register the name, we didn’t copyright the name — we still haven’t. We didn’t get a business licence, we didn’t get a lawyer — we’ve never had a lawyer. We didn’t have contracts, we just made records because that’s what record labels do. We didn’t ask for permission, we just did it. If we had asked for permission, and we tried to do it formally, then I don’t think we’d be having this conversation now. Being 18 years old, starting a record label and asking someone how you do this and they give you the formal structure? That would have taken the air outta that fuckin’ thing right away! I would have quit immediately. But instead we just went in and did it. With Fugazi, we just played so many shows in D.C., and with the exception of the shows that we did on Federal property — the park system, where we had to get permission from the park police — by and large we never asked for permission or a concert licence or anything. We just did the shows. It’s not hard to do! You need to learn that lesson — don’t ask, just do!”

- Ian MacKaye (via mwfrost)