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iPhonesque

January 30th, 2008 osx

iPhonesque is a really nice set of styles for the Growl alert system for OSX. It’s the only add-on display utility I have found useful, with the mac being so fancy pretty by default and all.

I’m impressed by the effort with this shot-by-shot remake of the ‘classic’ music video by Journey. But, come on folks, 80’s the pop culture nostalgia must die. Really. It’s not ironic. It’s awful. It was awful. Especially 95% of the popular music. But, I suppose that probably has something to do with the fact that I was listening to records like this at the time.

The saying goes, “If you remember the 60’s, you weren’t really there.” So, shall we coin a phrase? : “If you remember the 80’s, you probably wished you didn’t”, perhaps?

Ok, there were actually many bright spots of that time for me. Just very few which are celebrated or recognized today.

And so, this is probably as good a time as any to cop to my own 80’s nostalgia trip this weekend, where I stopped by the Jack Hanley gallery to get a look at a show by Gee Vaucher. Gee produced much of the visual art used by the seminal punk band, CRASS. The show featured the original art from the album covers and posters, as well as paintings and insanely detailed works in gauche. We got a chance to meet Gee, and she was very sweet. We missed out on Penny Rimbaud’s poetry and saxophone deal, with bedtime schedules and all.

(Gee Vaucher)

Ron Paul is the Snakes on a Plane of 2008

January 18th, 2008 asides

Best headline to date for 2008 : SEOmoz | Ron Paul is the Snakes on a Plane of 2008

OneLessDesk

January 18th, 2008 linkage

Mac design meets the furniture market with the clever OneLessDesk design. It’s a low-profile two piece unit made out of thick, 12 gauge stainless steel. Pretty cool, especially for those of us living in lower square footage apartments.

We have a wooden side table set which uses the same nesting principle. We can use the maller side tables as chairs, if needed.

Mark Mothersbaugh Interview @ Fecal Face

January 17th, 2008 music

Mark Mothersbaugh Interviewed @ Fecal Face:

obligatory out of context quote:

“…one thing we learned is that rebellion is obsolete.”

Flickr: The Commons

January 16th, 2008 web

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Flickr launches The Commons, a collaboration with the Library of Congress. They have posted 1500+ pictures from the FSA Archives, and the Bain News Service, which features news photos from the 1910’s.

The goal of the project is to crowdsource metadata about the individual images, but beyond that nobel effort, the pictures are just great. Enjoy!