March 2009
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Waterloo Sunset // The Kinks
Been on a Kinks...
“But that’s what I’m talking about… I’m getting an...”
– some guy i passed on the street a few minutes ago.
February 2009
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This Time Tomorrow // The Kinks
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“The American economy is massive - $14.28 trillion, in fact. If you started the...”
– pandagon.net (via moltz)
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AMAZING NEW MEME FOR YOUR MEMEBOOK™ PROFILE! DO...
1. In the shower that’s closest to you RIGHT NOW, find and write down the brand name of the first product you find. It doesn’t matter which one, but it has to be the FIRST ONE you see.
2. Pick up the book closest to where you are, whether it’s at home or work. Open up to page 47, and write down the last 4 words on the page.
3. Figure out what the main ingredient (by volume)...
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“Pregrated cheese is an insult to pasta and to cheese.”
– The Vegetarian Epicure, 1972. (via stephanieneveda and, evidently, her mother’s teenage vegetarian phase.)
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“Liquor store? I don’t even KNOW ‘er store.”
Stupid // The Long Winters
“The fact that the term ‘neologism’ was coined in 1803 is proof that...”
– me
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Image to Colors Palette Generator →
Perfect timing for a couple of projects I’m working on. From Lifehacker’s blurb: “You can upload any PNG, GIF or JPEG that is less than 1MB in size and Colors Palette Generator will extract colors from it. The application creates three basic palettes of the light, medium, and dark colors, as well as a grid of 49 shades from the image if you’re not satisfied with the...
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Monocle Puts Plantin Back in Fashion →
From Fontfeed’s kick-ass Stephen Coles: “On the newsstand today there is no better example of elegant typographic restraint than Monocle…. Other than the occassional decorative numeral, only Plantin and Helvetica appear on its pages…. I’m convinced that Monocle has single-handedly given new life to Plantin. The early 20th century relic is suddenly appearing in other...
Africa // Toto
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“It’s art if can’t be explained.
It’s fashion if no one asks for an explanation....”
– Wouter Stokkel
JACK'S LIFE LESSONS
Don’t be a jerk.
Don’t take anyone for granted.
Enjoy the moment.
Be honest, always.
Be humble.
Be kind.
Respect people’s wishes.
Allow endings.
Fail openly.
Have an amazing haircut.
(From Rands’s twittering. Specifically, this photo of his fridge.)
John Hodgman: A brief digression on matters of... →
Bloom County to get republished at last. →
The Typographic Desk Reference (TDR) →
