The Kafka pinstriping system (not that Kafka) from Eastwood (not that Eastwood) looks cool as hell. Probably the next best thing to living next door to Von Dutch or Steve...
Eureka! It’s only taken 30 years, but I’m finally beginning to master the fingers-jammed-in-your-mouth method of whistling. Like many things, it’s all a matter of finding it explained the right...
Taking the term “enthusiast” to disturbing lengths, Kim Pedersen designed and built a 300 foot long monorail that snakes around their backyard. It was built over a span of 5...
Most people think of Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise when they think of the Cannonball Run. Not a lot of people know that the Cannonball Run (later U.S. Express) wasn’t...
A new U.S. release date for Control is being given. There’s finally some consistency among sources, so I’m feeling like this might be close to a solid date.
Sunshine is the latest film from the same director and producer of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. The screenplay was written by Alex Garland, who also wrote 28 Days later....
A film by JD Ligon at Sundance called HA HA HA AMERICA is entertaining, disturbing and tragic all at the same time. It’s framed as a “translated harangue from China...
We must have hit a breaking point, cuz if Rooney’s talking about something serious… Ususally, his crankiness is directed at something trivial and fun. This time around, he’s talking about...
Minneapolis Hollywood-type Eric Tretbar held a nice cast/crew/friends screening of his latest movie He’s My Thing at the Riverview theater this morning.
A new U.S. release date for Control is being given. There’s finally some consistency among sources, so I’m feeling like this might be close to a solid date.
Tony Wilson, the man who brought the world bands like Joy Division and Happy Mondays through Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub in Machester has been diagnosed with kidney cancer....
When I saw La Contessa (tragically burned last year) for the first time at Burning Man I found out about her builders, San Francisco’s Extra Action Marching Band. They’re awesome,...
Mark Frauenfelder over at Boing Boing has done the heavy lifting and searched through YouTube for this list of 9 great old punk videos. The Sonic Reducer footage is amazing....
I’m not a superfan or anything, but Devo will always be one of my faves. Mark Mothersbaugh gets a little closer to J.R. “Bob” Dobbs with dev2.0, a revamp of...
The new album, You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having, is the 5th Atmosphere release (I think). I have pretty eclectic taste in music, but I’m pretty selective when...
Today I got my hands on an advance of the new album from DANGERDOOM, The Mouse and The Mask. DANGERDOOM is a collaboration of Danger Mouse and MF DOOM.
Minneapolis Hollywood-type Eric Tretbar held a nice cast/crew/friends screening of his latest movie He’s My Thing at the Riverview theater this morning.
The new album, You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having, is the 5th Atmosphere release (I think). I have pretty eclectic taste in music, but I’m pretty selective when...
One of my fellow Metrobloggers was talking about how we could use a better metro subway or rail transit system here in the Twin Cities. It got me thinking more...
Shepard Fairey was in town for the opening of his show at OX-OP on Washington Ave. and coincidentally a number of OBEY pieces popped up around town. I was thrilled...
The Midtown Greenway itself is simply a repurposed train corridor that was decommissioned a number of years ago. It’s essentially a big trench that runs below all of the North/South...
In my little world, I won’t shut up about the Minnesota RollerGirls. Their next bout is coming up Sunday, April 24th and tickets tend to sell out. So get yours...
I’ve been taking a different route to work the past couple of weeks and I pass by an old, boarded-up (read: slightly-creepy) building in North Mpls on Glenwood Avenue. Today...
Most people think of Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise when they think of the Cannonball Run. Not a lot of people know that the Cannonball Run (later U.S. Express) wasn’t...
Taking the term “enthusiast” to disturbing lengths, Kim Pedersen designed and built a 300 foot long monorail that snakes around their backyard. It was built over a span of 5...
One of my fellow Metrobloggers was talking about how we could use a better metro subway or rail transit system here in the Twin Cities. It got me thinking more...
The Midtown Greenway itself is simply a repurposed train corridor that was decommissioned a number of years ago. It’s essentially a big trench that runs below all of the North/South...
Frank Kozik’s brightly colored toy smoking rabbit for Paul Budnitz’s Kidrobot typifies the intersection between graphic design and product design. Is it a product design, graphic design, or art?
I don’t frequently buy Trident. One big reason was that the peel-back-the-wrapper packaging ended up making wads of paper in my pocket and invariably fell apart toward the last half....
It’s no secret that I have an unnatural fascination with packaging design. Coke’s package design has been in constant flux for years and usually just seems noisy to me. I...
Before you get all huffy about the inflammatory headline, I’m not saying the uh, fascinating details of your family’s life suck. Nor does this apply solely to your yuletide publishing...
It’s a good thing I started doing this Typo Tuesday thing. (It’s painfully obvious that I haven’t posted since last Tuesday.) It has kept me in a heightened level of...
I was reading up on the background of a typeface I’ve had a lot of interest in lately—Brothers (Emigre)—when I was reminded of what a ridiculous typography nerd I really...
Worth 1000’s Where Are My Pants? Photoshop contest has some truly awesome entries. Entrants take a crack at digitally (de)pantsing the famous. Of course, some of the entries are horrible....
A couple of antiques dealers were having a 2 day sale in a storefront up the street last weekend and I scored a General Fireproofing Goodform office chair for $10....
A gmail security vulnerability (now fixed) allowed a domain extortionist to hijack logo designer David Airey's domain. Fortunately he had a a .co.uk backup and is online. But he's still...
It makes me a little sad that Kathy Sierra has been intimidated by a handful of asshats who undoubtedly had their books dumped one too many times in high school....
Mrs. Marv’s popularity has es-ploded lately. The most recent lovin’ is coming from Slashfood – Corn soup, the remix. Who knew remixing food was even done? Does this make her...
We’ve taken another little step toward living in the Jetson’s age. Not pneumatic elevator tubes, but almost as good. Your own personal mailroom to be the front line in dealing...
Mark Frauenfelder over at Boing Boing has done the heavy lifting and searched through YouTube for this list of 9 great old punk videos. The Sonic Reducer footage is amazing....
Someone made a comment on Metafilter about how they were struck with the BBC’s usage of the the term “beat off” being…er, different than the American usage. I’m as likely...
<div style="position: relative;overflow: hidden;width: 236px;height: 30px;" </div> Benevolent Creator </div> I love this sort of personality profile thing. They don’t really explain the specifics of how the test works beyond...
Worth 1000’s Where Are My Pants? Photoshop contest has some truly awesome entries. Entrants take a crack at digitally (de)pantsing the famous. Of course, some of the entries are horrible....
NASA makes lots of high-res images of their assorted projects available on their website. I’ve always found the nighttime sat photos of the Earth fascinating. It’s neat to see how...
I threw the RSS feed for wikiHow into my feedreader a while back and sometimes an intriguing one comes through. But, if someone’s going to start an entry it should...
I'm not too concerned about whether or not Burning Man is under military surveillance. In fact, I'd be surprised if it weren't. Lot's of young pilots are out flying maneuvers...
When I saw La Contessa (tragically burned last year) for the first time at Burning Man I found out about her builders, San Francisco’s Extra Action Marching Band. They’re awesome,...
I'm not too concerned about whether or not Burning Man is under military surveillance. In fact, I'd be surprised if it weren't. Lot's of young pilots are out flying maneuvers...
It makes me a little sad that Kathy Sierra has been intimidated by a handful of asshats who undoubtedly had their books dumped one too many times in high school....
Someone made a comment on Metafilter about how they were struck with the BBC’s usage of the the term “beat off” being…er, different than the American usage. I’m as likely...
The War On Christmas? This has to stop. Is enough of the American public blunted on glue fumes to not get that the preoccupation with a “War on Christmas” by...
Just got a link to this video clip from channel 13 in Des Moines featuring an old friend I haven’t seen in years returning home to his family in Iowa....
Funny how sometimes you can become acutely aware of the most ordinary thing when some particular aspect lines up just right. My usual bus trip to work in the morning...
I’m sitting in a coffee shop in Iowa City that I’ve always loved. It has all of the characteristics of a good pre-smoking ban Minneapolis coffee shop that I now...
So, I think I might actually have things coming together enough around here where I can start posting again. I've been screwing around with designs whenever I get a few...
The new album, You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having, is the 5th Atmosphere release (I think). I have pretty eclectic taste in music, but I’m pretty selective when...
I’ve been having a lot of space travel dreams lately. Virgin Galactic seems to be getting close to making zero-G space flight by non-astronaut people attainable in the near future....
Since the one and only time I set foot inside a Showbiz Pizza Place (aka: Chuck E. Cheese’s), I wanted to have one of their animatronic bands in my garage....
I was just at a convenience store up the street where I saw two honest-to-Jeebus Amish fellas were loading up on <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Throttle_%28drink%29” title “WikiPedia entry for Full Throttle”>Full Throttle...
...I’d wondered if the rings I saw embedded in curbs here and there were for hitching horses. We were out for a walk and rounded the corner to find the...
Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit cooperative based in Decorah, Iowa. I get my heirloom tomato transplants and various other garden seeds from them every year. The quality of the...
Mark Perez and crew set up the Life Size Mousetrap in San Francisco for a run of three nights of shows October 28-30. The finale featured a 2-ton bank safe...
Eureka! It’s only taken 30 years, but I’m finally beginning to master the fingers-jammed-in-your-mouth method of whistling. Like many things, it’s all a matter of finding it explained the right...
Missus Marv has posted my dangerous recipe for the Merciless Chili of Quetzlzacatenango. I couldn’t be happier. If for no other reason than I don’t have to type it up...
Every cook has their go-to ingredients and I sometimes feel like I’m not stretching enough by getting too stuck on my standbys. Mrs. Marv is one-stop shopping for me to...
Mrs. Marv’s popularity has es-ploded lately. The most recent lovin’ is coming from Slashfood – Corn soup, the remix. Who knew remixing food was even done? Does this make her...
I was reading up on the background of a typeface I’ve had a lot of interest in lately—Brothers (Emigre)—when I was reminded of what a ridiculous typography nerd I really...
...I’d wondered if the rings I saw embedded in curbs here and there were for hitching horses. We were out for a walk and rounded the corner to find the...
The Kafka pinstriping system (not that Kafka) from Eastwood (not that Eastwood) looks cool as hell. Probably the next best thing to living next door to Von Dutch or Steve...
I was having a conversation today with a friend about vending machines and the Art*o*mat popped into my head. I hadn’t thought about them in years. I don’t really recall...
Mark Perez and crew set up the Life Size Mousetrap in San Francisco for a run of three nights of shows October 28-30. The finale featured a 2-ton bank safe...
I've intended to shift the RSS feeds for the site over to Feedburner for quite some time. I'm still in the middle of banging out a live rebuild of the...
A gmail security vulnerability (now fixed) allowed a domain extortionist to hijack logo designer David Airey's domain. Fortunately he had a a .co.uk backup and is online. But he's still...
My everyday routine involves using both my desktop PC running Windows XP and my MacBook Pro running os X (most of the time). It can vary a bit from day...
I ran across these mods somewhere at lifehack.org and wrote them down in my notebook. Since I typed them out to email to someone, I figured I might as well...
Tuesday morning (12/5), the pipe is opening on a portion of the citywide wireless network going in across Portland. The whole shebang is privately funded by a CA company called...
The always delightfully snarky John Gruber of Daring Fireball has posted a very good rant regarding the use of the ‘beta’ label as an excuse for releasing buggy software.
Most simply, Pzizz is a program that generates audio files that put you to sleep (and subsequently wake you up). I’m not sure if I buy the bit about its...
I’m in the midst of upgrading the backend of the site and will have a few hiccups as I get the presentation side of things back to normal or better....
With the impending financial collapse of the anti-Bush tchotchke market, bumperstickered Subaru owners and political punsters everywhere are going to be wondering: what’s next?
Via Gizmodo Chris Matthews and the CNBC crew did their best to report last night’s vice presidential debate between Biden and Palin, but it appears that a rogue squadron of...
With the impending financial collapse of the anti-Bush tchotchke market, bumperstickered Subaru owners and political punsters everywhere are going to be wondering: what’s next?
Via Gizmodo Chris Matthews and the CNBC crew did their best to report last night’s vice presidential debate between Biden and Palin, but it appears that a rogue squadron of...
Frank Kozik’s brightly colored toy smoking rabbit for Paul Budnitz’s Kidrobot typifies the intersection between graphic design and product design. Is it a product design, graphic design, or art?
One thing I never think while on public transportation: “I should cut my toenails…right now.” Witness the horror of Merlin Mann’s Mortifying MUNI Movie
Inspired by the designer’s mother being frustrated with e-mail and computers, 22 Pop is a portable typewriter that sends and receives email. Very nice.
Walk Score calculates the “walkability” of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Our place in PDX scores slightly lower than back in Mpls, but not by...
The Death by Caffeine calculator will tell you how much of your preferred caffeinated beverage you can ingest before you get dead. (I can have 3 more cups of coffee...
My Twinn, the “just like me doll”. Now, one of these would just freak me out. What a wonderful way to encourage solid narcissistic skills early in childhood.
Who knew he was born with the Ukrainian name Volodymyr Palanyuk? Who knew he was a pro boxer and bomber pilot? I didn’t. Jack Palance died today of natural causes...
Ed Bradley has died. One of my favorite new reporters growing up. “You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do,...
Frank Black stopped by the Current studios to play a few songs and chat with Mary Lucia. Superb quality mp3 stream of the segment after the jump. (He’s playing the...
As I start thinking about what I’d like to brew this spring and summer, this cache of beer logos in vector format should provide a fair amount of inspiration for...
Threadbared is all loaded up with vintage fashion ads, craft book photos and such. (and all appropriate comments) Things Never To Do Under Any Circumstances is one that nearly made...
With the impending financial collapse of the anti-Bush tchotchke market, bumperstickered Subaru owners and political punsters everywhere are going to be wondering: what’s next?
The night before last around midnight, I was on the phone with Sponge working out the details of a project we’re working on. I looked out the window and saw...
When I saw La Contessa (tragically burned last year) for the first time at Burning Man I found out about her builders, San Francisco’s Extra Action Marching Band. They’re awesome,...
Tuesday morning (12/5), the pipe is opening on a portion of the citywide wireless network going in across Portland. The whole shebang is privately funded by a CA company called...
...I’d wondered if the rings I saw embedded in curbs here and there were for hitching horses. We were out for a walk and rounded the corner to find the...
Most simply, Pzizz is a program that generates audio files that put you to sleep (and subsequently wake you up). I’m not sure if I buy the bit about its...
A 2-minute animated look at typography titled Typographics [vimeo link]. Created by Vancouver Film School students Ryan Uhrich and Marcos Ceravolo through the VFS 3D Animation & Visual Effects program....
It’s no secret that I have an unnatural fascination with packaging design. Coke’s package design has been in constant flux for years and usually just seems noisy to me. I...
Before you get all huffy about the inflammatory headline, I’m not saying the uh, fascinating details of your family’s life suck. Nor does this apply solely to your yuletide publishing...
It’s a good thing I started doing this Typo Tuesday thing. (It’s painfully obvious that I haven’t posted since last Tuesday.) It has kept me in a heightened level of...
I was reading up on the background of a typeface I’ve had a lot of interest in lately—Brothers (Emigre)—when I was reminded of what a ridiculous typography nerd I really...
With the impending financial collapse of the anti-Bush tchotchke market, bumperstickered Subaru owners and political punsters everywhere are going to be wondering: what’s next?
Most people think of Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise when they think of the Cannonball Run. Not a lot of people know that the Cannonball Run (later U.S. Express) wasn’t...
Since the one and only time I set foot inside a Showbiz Pizza Place (aka: Chuck E. Cheese’s), I wanted to have one of their animatronic bands in my garage....
A 2-minute animated look at typography titled Typographics [vimeo link]. Created by Vancouver Film School students Ryan Uhrich and Marcos Ceravolo through the VFS 3D Animation & Visual Effects program....
Mark Frauenfelder over at Boing Boing has done the heavy lifting and searched through YouTube for this list of 9 great old punk videos. The Sonic Reducer footage is amazing....
I’ve been having a lot of space travel dreams lately. Virgin Galactic seems to be getting close to making zero-G space flight by non-astronaut people attainable in the near future....
Frank Kozik’s brightly colored toy smoking rabbit for Paul Budnitz’s Kidrobot typifies the intersection between graphic design and product design. Is it a product design, graphic design, or art?
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