March 2009
39 posts
March 31, 2009: Architects on big houses →
“I’m just going, What do you do with a bidet? I don’t even know,” he recalls. “And after awhile, I’m thinking, I don’t even know the people who want these big stupid houses I’m designing. I don’t…
What is the work of creation?? →
What is the work of creation??
The missus and I are sleeeepy. Weaving big letterforms out of sticks takes a lot out of you, I guess.
March 28, 2009: Disney on passion →
“We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.”
- Walt Disney, apocryphal
Giving facebook another try. countdown to regret starts NOW.
Just discovered that a former classmate is a (successful) professional wrestler. From his Wikipedia page. Creeped. Out. http://bit.ly/Wyz
howies® - Get Excited And Make Things →
This shirt looks custom-designed for me. Except, you know, not coming in black.
…and now I get to watch a client present a financial application I designed and @nathancolgate built!
Presenting an intranet redesign to the university users. I expect either polite interest or deep rage.
Apologies for sloooooooow mattkirkland.com today: my host is under “a DDoS attack at the datacenter in Boston.” Probably just a tea party.
Creative Review commissions their very own Mumbai... →
It looks great. WIth making-of photos, from the artists’ taxi-decorating studio.
New album of hymns from Kevin Gosa & Jake Armerding: http://tinyurl.com/c7ovgx
Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
Few things delight my heart like unplanned dim sum. Thank you, 99 Ranch.
Whew.
Roooooooock chaaaaaaaalk
At a wedding cake tasting with the Colgates. I think I’ve almost convinced them to go with a Hannah Montana theme.
I’m self-employed, and yet I’m STILL at the office instead of at home watching basketball. Dedication, or stupidity?
Booking flights for BellyTour09. Mark your calendars, midwesterners: the Kirklands will be at a theater near you in July.
Work: Oh, Hello :: microsoft sustainability →
These ‘future interfaces’ are kind of ridiculous, but they sure are pretty. And for a bonus, you get to see some nice Hong Kong scenery.
Kutiman, Big Media, and the Future of Creative... →
Man. What an exciting time this is… . there’s absolutely never been a better time to at least give it a throw. Remember: the only person who can sit on your ass is you.
Henrique Oliveira at the Rice Gallery →
These installations are kind of terrifying.
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final... →
I think this is just an advertisement for a standup show - but good gravy! I’d pay actual dollars to see Will Ferrel do this Bush vs. Bush thing for an hour and a half.
March 8, 2009: Auden reads us the news →
“Flood, fire, The dessication of grasslands, restraint of princes, Piracy on the high seas, physical pain and fiscal grief, These after all are our familiar tribulations, And we have been through…
Doctor Who Dalek found in pond →
Sweet!
March 5, 2009: A man in a queue is a fair man. →
“A man in a queue is a fair man; he is minding his own business; he lives and lets live; he gives the other fellow a chance; he practices a duty while waiting to practice his own rights; he…
Camouflage at IKEA →
This is the best thing I’ve seen all day.
February 3, 2009: The Proper Awkwardness of the... →
“In fact, the only rule one can identify with any certainty in all this confusion over introductions and greetings is that, to be impeccably English, one must perform these rituals badly….
February 28, 2009: Tolstoy on National Assuredness →
“The German’s self-assurance is worst of all, stronger and more repulsive than any other, because he imagines that he knows the truth- science- which he himself has invented but which is for him the…
Academic Earth - Video lectures from the world's... →
This site compiles university lectures made available online. It’s a heckuva lot faster than using the clunky iTunesU interface!
Video of a Journey Around a Sushi Conveyor Belt in... →
There’s quite a bit of suspense involved when the camera makes its way into the kitchen.
