July 2008
37 posts
I Want A New Drug →
Apostle Of Hustle
July 30, 2008: Darwin has a horrid doubt →
“With me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any one…
Eamespunk! →
There are simply not enough EamesMemes. That’s all I’m saying.
Los Angeles Urban Rangers - Malibu Beach Access... →
You know those ‘Private Property’ signs along California’s beach property? They’re lies! The beach belongs to the PEOPLE in California. Here’s a guide to Malibu beach access.
Faber Finds are out-of-print books, reprinted on... →
and they’re really quite lovely.
Wheelock's Latin flashcards on Flashcard Exchange →
Total gold mine. Thank, Patricius!
Extinct, my ASS! on Vimeo →
Dinosaur roams the hallways at the LA Natural History Museum. Now THAT looks worth a drive up to LA, doesn’t it?
July 22, 2008: Peter Klappert on experimentation →
“Experimentation should not be confused with mere dilettantism: the quest is serious, the stakes are mortal, the poet’s desire must answer a desire in the reader.”
- Klappert, from his course…
Valérie Madill redesigns the call number label →
as a designer who is often tempted to librarianism, this pretty much presses all my buttons.
Kansas Information Architect Sean Tevis is running... →
called, “Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner” - it combines so. many. internet. jokes.
trailer for Masaki Kobayashi's film, Harakiri →
looks great, but then again I’m a sucker for samurai movies. Bookmarking for the future netflix queue.
RCS Computer Experience carries Art Lebedev... →
Bookmarking this for next month’s trip to New York. I don’t really like computer stores, but it would be fun to see A-L studio products in real life.
"Popes and the Tale of Their Names" Book now on... →
Fellow papal historian Anu Guruge has a new book out; I’m looking forward to reading it!
Twitter / Joshua Blankenship: There's a church... →
It’s gratifying to know others have similar emotions to mine.
July 12, 2008: Shakespeare on death →
RICHARD: Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth, Let’s choose executors and talk of wills: And yet not so, for…
How to Type a Macron (on your Mac) →
Pat points me to this good resource for my long-neglected Latin studies.
July 10, 2008: Eliot, from The Waste Land →
“After the torchlight red on sweaty faces After the frosty silence in the gardens After the agony in stony places The shouting and the crying Prison and palace and reverberation Of thunder of spring…
Q: Are you a robot? →
Nate finds further evidence that dolphins are, of course, robots.
July 9, 2008: Eliot and exploring →
“Old men ought to be explorers Here and there does not matter We must be still and still moving Into another intensity For a further union, a deeper communion Through the dark cold and empty…
July 8, 2008: Eliot and time →
“Time and the bell have buried the day”
- T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton (Four Quartets), 1943
"Social networking features" is the new Flash... →
Thanks, Mr. Zeldman.
Why I Am a Designer →
While I am way too young to have ever used Bestine in the professional world, my personal version of this graph is otherwise very similar.
Rock-afire Explosion, the movie →
Remember the animatronic CREEPFEST from Show-Biz Pizza? Looks like there’ll be a documentary about it this fall. Can’t wait.
July 6, 2008: Williams on Caesar →
“‘Caesar,’ Considine answered, ’ knew of it. I am sure he did. This man who had so many lovers, who could bear all hardships and use all comfort, who was not athlete or lover or general or statesman…
July 4, 2008: Richard II on impartiality →
“Now, by my scepre’s awe, I make a vow, Such neighbour-nearness to our sacred blood Should nothing privilege him, nor partialize The unstooping firmness of my upright soul: He is our subject,…
July 2, 2008: Williams on belief and fanaticism →
- “I only meant that I should like you to believe that Roger’s quite serious, and a little unhappy.” - “Unhappy!” Philip exclaimed. “Roger!” - “Certainly unhappy,” Sir Bernard said. “He’s fanatic…
Hack your coffee machine to track caffeine... →
I actually have a few daily graphs like this in my sketchbook, from just before i went cold turkey.
