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"Desynchronize from standard time frames and surprising opportunities may present themselves."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:36:50 -0400

“Desynchronize from standard time frames and surprising opportunities may present themselves.”

- Bruce Mau Design

A rant about disappearing Americana >>

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:29:00 -0400

A rant about disappearing Americana >>: I suppose I don’t really know the first thing about design, but I agree with this rant. I hate to see signs like this, this, or this replaced by cruddy cookie cutter crap.

The Thing poster is freakin’ awesome. One of my favorite...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:22:39 -0400

The Thing poster is freakin’ awesome. One of my favorite flicks. (via Daniel Gray)

Lost in Space >>

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:15:00 -0400

Lost in Space >>:

There are those who believe that somewhere in the vast blackness of space, about nine billion miles from the Sun, the first human is about to cross the boundary of our Solar System into interstellar space. His body, perfectly preserved, is frozen at –270 degrees C (–454ºF); his tiny capsule has been silently sailing away from the Earth at 18,000 mph (29,000km/h) for the last 45 years. He is the original lost cosmonaut, whose rocket went up and, instead of coming back down, just kept on going.

(via)

There are usually some cows grazing in this field, but I suppose...

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:10:00 -0400

There are usually some cows grazing in this field, but I suppose it was too hot for bovines. (via my flickr pics)

Favtape.com

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:56:00 -0400

Favtape.com:

Create & share an instant mixtape of your Pandora bookmarked songs or Last.fm loved tracks.

Nice. This mix is rather dope. (via)

"That almost hit me in the dudes."

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:53:15 -0400

“That almost hit me in the dudes.”

- My son after an errant ball came close to hitting him in the family jewels. I take back all the times I said he wasn’t listening to me.

My son got these magnets as a favor from a recent birthday...

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:39:00 -0400

My son got these magnets as a favor from a recent birthday party. We spent some time talking about each hero and their powers over breakfast recently. I’m glad all that comic book reading came to good use. (via flickr pics)

Redskins Trade For Jason Taylor>>

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:38:13 -0400

Redskins Trade For Jason Taylor>>:

Taylor has talked about playing just one more season before leaving the NFL for acting/Hollywood options, but [Vinny] Cerrato, Washington’s executive VP of football operations, said, “I’m 100 percent confident he’ll play more than one year.”.

Sheeeet, Vinny. You had to say 100%. Now Taylor will be starring in a movie with The Rock before training camp ends. Haven’t you ever heard of a jinx?

Search for Alien Life Gains New Impetus >>

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:34:19 -0400

Search for Alien Life Gains New Impetus >>: The confidence that alien life will ultimately be found is strong enough to have kindled formal discussions among scientists, philosophers, theologians and others about the implications that such a find would have for humanity’s view of itself, and how to prepare the public for the news, should it come.

Everyone is going bat shit.

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:28:36 -0400

For some reason this old post has been responsible for the majority of traffic to @random over the last couple days.

Thieves ride off with Paris's free bicycles >>

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:09:00 -0400

Thieves ride off with Paris's free bicycles >>: More than 3,000 of the sturdy grey bicycles have gone missing. Some have turned up as far away as Romania and, according to one report, Australia.

Justwatchthesky >>

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:13:00 -0400

Justwatchthesky >>:

Ryan Simms explains:

The scope is narrow: An exercise in documenting words in the music I listen to with color and type. The constraints are simple: (1) Only use Georgia (serif) or Helvetica (sans) and (2) try to post as often as possible.

This is one of those blogs you should actually visit instead of follow in your feed reader.

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan,...

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:52:00 -0400

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it.

Watch this even if you don’t care for the Beatles, the animation is amazing and worth five minutes of your day.

Covers Blog >>

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:49:00 -0400

Covers Blog >>: A blog dedicated to interesting book cover designs. Eye candy and book suggestions. Good combo.

A rubber band wallet >>

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:27:00 -0400

A rubber band wallet >>: Seems silly, but it’s kinda cool in that simplistic, minimalist way.

Crime prevention.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:51:52 -0400

Crime prevention.

"Today the blogosphere is so charged, so polarized, and so filled with haters hating that it’s..."

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:37:44 -0400

“Today the blogosphere is so charged, so polarized, and so filled with haters hating that it’s simply not worth it. I’d rather watch from the sidelines and be involved in a smaller, more personal, conversation.”

- Jason Calacanis

When I got home from work tonight there was a sign on the fence...

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:51:00 -0400

When I got home from work tonight there was a sign on the fence door that read “Prepare for War!” I was soon ambushed by my son with an arsenal of 20 water balloons. The battle was brief and furious, but ended in lots of laughs. (via my flickr photos)

Georgia Brown is a another one from G. Love and Special...

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:54:55 -0400

Georgia Brown is a another one from G. Love and Special Sauce’s latest album, which is purty darn good.