February 2010
136 posts
“I heard you were shot five times in the tabloids.”
“It’s not true. He didn’t come anywhere near my tabloids.”
- The Thin Man, dir. Van Dyke 1934
Olympic Pictograms Through the Ages - NYTimes.com →
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Awesome. I knew Beijing’s icons would be praised. Also, further proof that German designers were the best and everyone else is working in their shadows.
Designer Steven Heller traces the evolution of the tiny symbols for each Olympic sport since their appearance in 1936.
I just want to thank you for posting those Techno Tuesday comics. They're great! :)
I’m glad they are appreciated ! I only just discovered them also. I would like some more webcomics to start reading if you or anyone else have recommendations.
Oh Sordo. My iTunes was getting a bit stale, so I just downloaded a bunch of new albums and I am pretty excited: Seven Fields of Aphelion (of Black Moth), Modern Electric, Local Natives, El Perro Del Mar, Vetiver, Frightened Rabbit, Wu Tang vs The Beatles (hmm), and Parenthetical Girls.
Oh my goddd Jonathan Ive lives in an actual place in California called Twin Peaks? Too cool.
I didn’t realize Owen Pallett was no longer existing as Final Fantasy because of copyright crap ! That sucks. But all is well, he remains amazing.
Free As A Bird
The Beatles
The Beatles—Free As A Bird. I am kind of obsessed with this song at the moment. Anthology, Disc 1.
I have taken up crosswords. Slowly but steadily improving. Thanks to the online feature that marks incorrect letters in red. Hey.
Sneakiest clues in my last puzzle were “Abbr. with a ring to it?” (Mrs), and “Center of Japan?” (Pee). I have now learned that clues ending with question marks are to be looked at in a more abstract way.
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