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Waffles in NY

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:08:00 -0400

I'm still working on trying to perfect my own (I'm pretty far off). When I get a chance I'm going to want to try this recipe from Balthazar.

And here's a few tips for cripsy waffles that I'll have to read before I make my next batch.

What do the clouds say?

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:02:00 -0400

Speaking of travel (something I'm not getting to do a lot of and missing very much), here's a way to listen to air traffic control towers from around the world.

Where's Waldo?! Where am I?

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 11:54:00 -0400

Take a trip around the world and use the sights and sounds to figure out where you are. Kinda like the opposite of Where's Waldo.

Sleep(walk)ingbag

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:58:00 -0500

As the days get progressively colder, I want one of these more and more.

Stooping for dollars

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:12:00 -0500

Photo by Earl Wilson

Today's NYTimes featured a front page story on stoopers, people who hang out in front of Off-Track Betting parlours and pick up discarded betting slips. One has made half a million dollars during his 10 year career. They're the gleaners of the betting world.

Fresh folk of bel air

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:20:00 -0500

Neil Young covers Will Smith. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Sometimes I run to you

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:45:00 -0400

I'm back from Asia (though I didn't see anything like this in China or Uzbekistan) and will be posting again semi-regularly. Sorry for leaving everyone in the lurch. Here's another type of lurching. In slow-motion.

Peter Pan, in pink

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:28:00 -0400

Molly Ringwald pens a remembrance of John Hughes in today's Times. I was unaware of his relationship to Hollywood and the arc of his career. On the other hand, I am still aware of how much his films meant to me during the time I was living in Boston. I clung to his films (and, perhaps, a stage of my youth) like security blankets. Ringwald's words bring another level of intimacy to the work and to the man. John Hughes, RIP.

Tryin’ to keep it real

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:55:00 -0400

Peter Lindbergh has a portfolio of eight supermodels in September's Bazaar shot with minimal makeup and retouching. Larger scans can be found at Models.com

Katie Couric rocks

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:17:00 -0400

They've been doing this for a while, but I just caught up. Check out Katie at 1:45, right after the Biggie reference. "You can be Lady Gaga I can be T-Pain we can be bringing on the boogie droppin' rhymes like rain."

if IKEA were a vintage bookstore

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:01:00 -0400

The covers would look something like this.

At the drive-in

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:36:00 -0400

Time magazine has a gallery of photographs taken at drive-ins from the past 75 years. I first saw Star Wars at a drive-in. It was a double-feature with a film featuring stop motion dinosaurs.

Patterns with light

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:57:00 -0400

Peter Buning "illuminates the environment with shadow pantomimes."

It’s sort of the low bar of life goals—just don’t get dead.

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:48:00 -0400

True stories

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:49:00 -0400

As a coworker has it, "This is frigg'n hilarious. It's funny because it's true." And sad for the same reason: Business guys on business trips. (tx karen)

1 bedroom apartment for rent

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:55:00 -0400

Cardon Webb finds flyers posted around the city and redesigns them for effect. The one above is so clever. Unfortunately the flash interface leaves a bit to be desired . . .

TRON!

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:55:00 -0400

An intriguing trailer. Coming 2010 in Disney digital 3D!

Animator

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:45:00 -0400

Pages and pages of sweet gif animations.

And that᾿s the way it was

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:21:00 -0400

My father watches the evening news every night. At the appointed hour, he turns the television on, whether before, during, or after dinner. Broadcast images flash on the screen; voices crowd the living room. But no voice filled the living room like Walter Cronkite's. To me, he was the news. This morning, I read about his passing.

It᾿s so white; it᾿s so clean

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:45:00 -0400

I'm not giving up my M6 anytime soon, but this limited edition white M8 is something to behold.

Where᾿s the fish?

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:29:00 -0400

Eric Ripert shares some photos and thoughts on what goes on behind the scenes at Le Bernardin. One of the more fascinating tidbits is the use of black lights to find the shells lingering in crab meat.

Type tart cards

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:07:00 -0400

Wallpaper asked a few designers, "If your typeface were a prostitute, what would its business card look like?" Here are some of the results.

Pop! Pop!

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:56:00 -0400

Richard Heeks has taken some interesting photos of bursting soap bubbles.

A nail's life

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:06:00 -0400

Photographer Vlad Artazov shares his view into the secret life of nails.

Carboard masks

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:31:00 -0400

Junior Jacquet makes these masks from the carboard tubes left over after the TP runs out. There's something Disney-esque about them . . .