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"He is the only political figure I have ever met that one could apply the word adorable to."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:02:48 -0800

“He is the only political figure I have ever met that one could apply the word adorable to.”

- Milton Glaser, after his acceptance of the National Medal of Arts from President Obama. I’m so glad I can say I’ve met Milton, and even shook his hand. Congratulations, Mr. Glaser! /via idsgn; a design blog.

Now watch this: Jamie Oliver, talking about the sad state of...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:40:00 -0800

Now watch this: Jamie Oliver, talking about the sad state of food and diet in America and England, and how it is negatively impacting our lifespans. From his talk at TED on Wednesday.

The Editors (at The Showbox at the Market)

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:44:26 -0800

The Editors (at The Showbox at the Market)

How Fucking Romantic

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:05:17 -0800

How Fucking Romantic:

A blog of illustrated / comic book version of The Magnetic Fields’ amazing 1999 opus 69 Love Songs.

♥

/via Largehearted Boy

Way cool commercial about seatbelt safety, from the UK. The...

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:46:21 -0800

Way cool commercial about seatbelt safety, from the UK. The campaign’s site can be found here: Sussex Safer Roads /via @MajorLB

Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds,” as visualized by Nick Jr....

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:32:14 -0800

Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds,” as visualized by Nick Jr. (née Noggin). I’m not a reggae fan, and I never considered Bob Marley to be children’s music, but I’ve always loved this song, and it’s an absolutely perfect kids song. Adding this to my Songs to Sing to Ike repertoire.

/via luckyshirt

Fantasy baseball players are less than one step removed from throwing a 20d and wielding a battle axe.

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:19:00 -0800

Fantasy baseball players are less than one step removed from throwing a 20d and wielding a battle axe.:

It’s true. Fantasy baseball, if you’re an avid player like myself, is all about crunching numbers and developing formulas that help you decide which players should be on your team. And there are a LOT of numbers at your disposal, ready to crunch, just like in Dungeons & Dragons. So many stats, it sometimes causes my numbers-loving head to a splode.

I wasn’t quite sure what to do with this stuff once I found it, but I wanted to make sure to capture it somewhere. Lucky you. My fantasy teams are usually built by tracking a number of run-of-the-mill player stats, and now I’ve found this resource that helps explain a lot of the lesser-known stats (to me at least) as well. My teams won’t be the same this year.

“On the Shoulders of Giants: A Compilation,” created at Lookout Landing, is a collection of resources explaining all obscure baseball stats so even I can understand them.

/via U.S.S. Mariner

"Gathering all the stealth at my command I nosed the closet door open and silently stood behind him,..."

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:00:41 -0800

“Gathering all the stealth at my command I nosed the closet door open and silently stood behind him, clutching the sash—not an easy feat for a creature without opposable thumbs.”

- Woody Allen, in a great short story he wrote for Jan. 18’s New Yorker.

Three and a half years is entirely too long for a band to go...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:04:02 -0800

Three and a half years is entirely too long for a band to go without a new record. In the mean time, enjoy this John Roderick video from the excellent giveseattle.org compilation. /via MBV

“The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push...

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:02:16 -0800

“The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can. Running from Camera, a blog. /via @andremora

But where do you get the hole punch then?

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:31:06 -0800

But where do you get the hole punch then?:

Muji + Lego, together for the first time. Should have happened a long time ago. I want one of these right now. But I need the hole punch, too. /via @andremora, who apparently found it @wired

I want to go to there: The Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture...

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:35:16 -0800

I want to go to there: The Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, a photo story from one of my favorite blogs, Boston.com’s The Big Picture.

Happy New Year! Enjoy this fantastic video created entirely by...

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:29:24 -0800

Happy New Year! Enjoy this fantastic video created entirely by Methodologie.

♥ me (and everyone else at Methodologie)

"I didn’t even know the “Alternative Songs” category still existed on Billboard. How quaint."

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:18:03 -0800

“I didn’t even know the “Alternative Songs” category still existed on Billboard. How quaint.”

- Me, from my other blog, The Bacon Review, where I just completed my 2009 Musical Advent Calendar, topping it off with Passion Pit as #1.

"Do you have any idea how much shit six geese generate in a single day?"

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:09:38 -0800

“Do you have any idea how much shit six geese generate in a single day?”

- The Twelve Days of Christmas, McSweeney’s style.

The Known Universe Scientifically Rendered For All to See, a...

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:57:28 -0800

The Known Universe Scientifically Rendered For All to See, a very cool animation created by the American Museum of Natural History.

The logo — it’s ALIVE! (because of Processing)

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:15:08 -0800

The logo — it’s ALIVE! (because of Processing):

OK Deluxe, “a London-based design studio with a foundation in interaction design and the design of media experiences, services and products,” has created a logo for the UN’s 2009 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen that doesn’t sit still. It reminds me of an animated ball of pubic hair, but that’s beside the point. They used Processing to “add dynamic, real-time movement to the logo and take the rigid grid of the logo and animate it…, rendering out a large variety of styles and moods in formats useable for broadcast HD-TV and vector-graphics for printed media.

Fascinating.

(via CAN)

“Some 10,000 galaxies were observed in this tiny patch of sky (a...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:03:24 -0800

“Some 10,000 galaxies were observed in this tiny patch of sky (a tenth the size of the full moon) - each galaxy a home to billions of stars.”

For a second I tried to come up with a metaphor describing how small a place in the universe each one of us occupies. But I couldn’t. Christ I feel insignificant. Puts it all in perspective, though, doesn’t it?

This and many other great photos is from The Big Picture’s End-of-Decade review.

The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing Dark Side of the Moon

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:36:00 -0800

The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing Dark Side of the Moon:

I want to go to there.

"Our rats use safe sex"

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:18:55 -0800

“Our rats use safe sex”

- Every once and a while, I cave to my vanity and Google my name. It’s always a bit strange, because “Royal Stuart” is the name for a lot of things, usually related to English & Scottish lineage. But this site I found, the Royal Stuart Rattery, was a new, pleasant surprise. Also, here.