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Looking for design professionals who actually refer to themselves as "graphics designers." My favorite so far: youtube.com/watch?v=F2B4fVvVV…
Referring Center for Cartoon Studies students with anti-art-school attitudes (drawn.ca/2008/09/11/cartoon-colle…) to the wisdom of John K (johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/04/c…)
A cappella heavy metal seemed like a funny idea when I was a kid. Apparently it's funnier when people take it seriously: thedeciblog.com/?p=839
The video of the story of the stupidest thing I ever did: viddler.com/explore/uwishunu/…
Consumption: August 2008
On the Web
- Dear Lulu: A downloadable book of print samples you can use to test the capabilities of print-on-demand services. Such a great idea.
In the Stereo
- Faraquet: Anthology 1997–98
- Don Caballero: Punkgasm
On the Silver Screen
In Print
- The Book of Other People edited by Zadie Smith
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nunzio DeFillippis, and Kevin Cornell
- How Life Imitates Chess by… See more →
This just in: Allowing the passage of time to continue is tantamount to suicide! tobymiller.com/articles/natur…
The US is Leo O'Bannon. Russia is Johnny Caspar. Georgia is Bernie Bernbaum. nytimes.com/2008/08/10/world/…
Glad to see some stern education directed at one of the many people on craigslist who grossly undervalue design: philadelphia.craigslist.org/med/7…
Made the necessary arrangements for my 7th trip to the Ottawa International Animation Festival: ottawa.awn.com
Uploaded my first YouTube video. Haven't talked to the (now defunct) band in years; hope they don't mind. Try to spot me: youtube.com/watch?v=ULV4saghl…
San Francisco! I will invade your borders on August 8 to represent Philly in the US Air Guitar national finals. Tickets: ticketmaster.com/event/1C0040…
Consumption: July 2008
On the Web
- Beard Revue: Rob Weychert: My beard has been rated 9.5/10.
In the Stereo
- DAT Politics: Are Oui Phony??
- Richard Hell & The Voidoids: Blank Generation
- Mission of Burma: OnOffOn
- Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
- The Hold Steady: Stay Positive
- Mercyful Fate: Melissa / The Beginning
- ZZ Top: Tres Hombres
On the Silver Screen
My beard has been rated 9.5/10 on Beard Revue. I'll add that to the goals list and check it off. beardrevue.com/2008/07/rob-we…
Really impressed with the Silverback video demo I just watched. Bravo, ClearLeft, and congrats on the launch! silverbackapp.com
Revisited The Lost Boys, glad to have my memory refreshed on that beefcake singer/sax-player's moves: youtube.com/watch?v=PIU52Yeogdk
Adding some hardcore shows from the '90s to my Last.fm event archive, using hardcoreshowflyers.com as a memory aid.
"Cast of 300 Advises Obama on Foreign Policy" is a misleading headline, to say the least. nytimes.com/2008/07/18/us/pol…
Consumption: June 2008
On the Web
- Camp Naked Terror 7: Photos from this year’s Summer Camp Slasher Birthday Bash.
- Touring to Alaska on Vegetable Oil!: My friend Matt and his tour mate Kyle demonstrate how they the prep the environmentally-friendly fuel that’s taking them across North America.
In the Stereo
- Bad Brains: Rock for Light
- Mose Giganticus: Commander!
- Dr. Dre: The Chronic
- Danzig: Danzig II: Lucifuge
- South: South
- Mission of Burma: Vs.
- Kanye West: The College Dropout
- The… See more →
SXSW has released the podcast of the presentation I did with @jasonsantamaria, Everyone's a Design Critic: 2008.sxsw.com/blogs/podcasts.php…
Just invited a whole bunch of people to be dazzled by my air guitar skills on Friday. Feel free to add yourself: crush3r.com/page/public/hvyrltmiz…
Registering for the motherfucking US Air Guitar Championships! Come see me compete at the TLA in Philly on Friday: livenation.com/event/getEven…
Consumption: May 2008
Consumption: April 2008
On the Web
- We Bleed Design: The style is a bit trendy for my taste, but the site employs some very novel and intriguing transitions using a clever combination of JavaScript, CSS, and transparent PNGs.
In the Stereo
- Pharaoh: Be Gone
- Rupa & The April Fishes: Extraordinary Rendition
On the Silver Screen
Checking out TwittEarth. twittearth.com?lat=39.95227&lon=-…
Lots of helicopters and sirens directed at a big church fire a few blocks away from me. inquirer.com/philly/news/bre…
If your web design podcast's very simple site is needlessly rendered in Flash, it doesn't do much for your credibility. 101webdesignshow.com
May skip OIAF (ottawa.awn.com) in favor of ATP New York (atpfestival.com/events/atpnew…). Ability to get tickets for the latter will decide.
Glad to find that I'm already on top of most of these excellent tips for freelancers: salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04…
Has xScope's Dimensions tool always worked like this and I'm just making a wonderful, belated discovery? urltea.com/335b
Consumption: March 2008
On the Web
- Binary Marble Adding Machine: An amazingly simple wooden machine that performs calculations using marbles. Don’t miss the video demo!
- Muxtape: Remarkably simple site that lets you make a mixtape online. Check out mine.
- Penguin Classics Tumblr Theme: Beautifully rendered by Max Wheeler.
Loving the results of a burglarized @JesseMcPherson's detective work: blog.mcfearsome.com/2008/03/22/wo…
Consumption: February 2008
On the Web
- Hitchcock Classics: Vanity Fair puts contemporary stars in classic frames.
- Say What You Will (Requiem for a TV News Career): Chez Pazienza recounts the story of being dooced by CNN, and lacerates the television news industry in the process.
- Are Oscars Worth All This Fuss?: Interesting thoughts on what the Academy Awards were, are, and ought to be.
- RIP: Owning Music (1880–2008): Well-reasoned observations on the evolution of music distribution.
In the… See more →
Grasping the great concept behind the old RCA logo for the first time, and discovering its relationship to HMV: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmv
Well, the day has finally come. Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion: nytimes.com/reuters/business/…
Consumption: January 2008
On the Web
- Opening the Windows Vista Box: Because it seriously can’t be done without a fucking tutorial.
- Brown Tape Art: Mark Khaisman creates some stunning images with translucent brown packing tape backlit on plexiglass.
- Bobby Fischer, Chess Master, Dies at 64: He may have been an asshole, but man could he play.
- Lasagna Cat: A wonderfully bizarre collection of videos putting Jim Davis in his place.
- The Amen Break: The history of the world’s… See more →
digging @bronwynjones's iPhone wallpaper collection: gallery.mac.com/bronwynjones
Today's Inman Vs. Glass Layer Tennis match is off to a great start. layertennis.com/080125a
really digging Khoi's illustration in the latest Brief Message: abriefmessage.com/2008/01/25/gupt…
just caught wind of last.fm's big announcement. Wow. blog.last.fm/2008/01/23/free-the-…
Consumption: December 2007
On the Web
- The Moby Equation: A clever formula used to determine a recording artist’s sellout level.
- Untraceable: The funniest film trailer I’ve seen in awhile. Looks like The Net meets Fear Dot Com. Enticing, no?
In the Stereo
- Salter Cane: Salter Cane
- Van Halen: Fair Warning
On the Silver Screen
retiring the devil horns from my hand gesture repertoire. Its menace and meaning(s) are gone. A eulogy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corna
Consumption: November 2007
On the Web
- Fray Returns: The beloved site filled with true stories is reborn as a printed quarterly volume!
- Design Doing: A nice roundup and response to recent conversations regarding the relevance of web design within the greater spectrum of design.
- Charts and Graphs of Rap Song Lyrics: The title says it all. Fall-down funny stuff.
- Curriculum Vitae: The long-awaited followup to The Story of Eh, this fantastic new book of comics from Kevin Cornell… See more →
Holy crap, there's a hostage crisis at Hillary Clinton's NH campaign office: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/…
happily subscribed to the new incarnation of Fray: fray.com
wasn't going to finish this AIGA article, but glad I did (there's a real gem at the end): aiga.org/content.cfm/a-foolpr…
Another morning with the dog: imdb.com/gallery/ss/0103644/S…
in need of some new kicks because my current ones are junk: zappos.com/n/p/dp/6725870/c/8…
trying out chesspark.com
Consumption: October 2007
On the Web
- Behind the Scenes of Layer Tennis: Chris Glass details his side of the Layer Tennis match he played with Naz Hamid.
- The Pothole: My first guest contribution to The Superest!
- The Superest: A wonderful new site from Kevin Cornell and Matt Sutter, determined to determine who is the superest of them all.
- Radio Orphan Annie’s Secret Decoder Badges: A brief history of the decoder pins used by Radio Orphan Annie’s Secret Society… See more →
catching up on fortsleepover.com.