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Sleep(walk)ingbag

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:00:37 PST

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

Stooping for dollars

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:15:10 PST

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 16:23:49 PST

Neil Young covers Will Smith. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Sometimes I run to you

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:47:52 PDT

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 13:41:40 PDT

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 12:58:21 PDT

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 13:21:01 PDT

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 09:02:10 PDT

The covers would look something like this.

At the drive-in

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:37:28 PDT

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, 05 Aug 2009 08:58:30 PDT

Peter Buning "illuminates the environment with shadow pantomimes."

It’s sort of the low bar of life goalsjust don’t get dead.

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:49:21 PDT

True stories

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:52:22 PDT

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 07:04:08 PDT

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 07:57:18 PDT

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

Animator

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:45:01 PDT

Pages and pages of sweet gif animations.

And that᾿s the way it was

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:27:27 PDT

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 19:45:00 PDT

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 18:33:12 PDT

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 10:09:44 PDT

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 12:59:18 PDT

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

A nail's life

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:07:55 PDT

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

Carboard masks

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:34:39 PDT

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

Back to the feature

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:24:26 PDT

Wale's got a new mixtape, which has been in heavy rotation on my ipod this past week (along with Kid Cudi's A kid named Cudi). Right now, I'm listening to some "vintage" Britney Spears, tho...

Sketchy characters

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:07:19 PDT

For a while I was obsessed with The Wire. I was sad to see it end, even if I found the final season a bit of a letdown (though not entirely). Since then I haven't had much opportunity to relive it, which is why I was excited to find these illustrations by c. blake hicks.

Film in the blanks

noreply@blogger.com (Shall we dansu) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:55:43 PDT

Film the blanks takes modern movie posters and reduces them to their basic elements. A bit of competition brews as people try to identify the films. Some are easier than others.