I was contacted by several friends about an article I wrote being linked on nerdblog powerhouse BoingBoing this morning.
This was interesting to me, because not only did they link to the article when I first wrote it…
Archive for 2007
12.11.07
Google Maps adds Streetview Navigation to Detroit.
Funny: The ONLY block of Woodward they didn’t photograph is the block with CPOP, the Majestic and The Magic Stick.
12.8.07
YouTube: Aesthetic Apparatus walks through the screenprinting of their poster for ‘The Shining.’
This clearly wins ‘Best use of a bizarre theme in a How-To video’: Screaming throughout the duration of every step.
12.7.07
Nice comic strip about the role of a video game in the life of the author’s homebound mother.
Touches on the weird interaction of saved video game worlds with real life after a loved one passes away, something I can directly relate to.
11.28.07
Spiderman shills for veet hair removal system.
The modern equivalent of Marvel’s hostess ads?
11.13.07
Wikipedia: List of problems solved by MacGyver
"To bring down a helicopter gunship, MacGyver lassos a metal cable onto the helicopter’s landing rails and connects the cable to a jeep’s winch. By winding in the winch, he pulls the helicopter to the ground."
11.4.07
The web version is too small to appreciate – see page 50 of the print version.
11.4.07
My new favorite website: Sleevage.
In depth discussion of album art, often with input from the designers.
11.3.07
‘Fear(s) of the dark’ official website.
A black and white animated film featuring sections by Charles Burns and Richard McGuire.
10.30.07
A collection of insane theories about hidden meaning within Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows.’
The gist of the theory so far is that the new album is an intentional counterpart to ‘OK Computer.’ In what way remains to be theorized.
10.25.07
Monte Schulz in particular is actively fielding and responding to questions in the comments.
10.14.07
Skill vs. Chance in Solitaire?
A crazy askmefi post on unwinnable and ‘zero move’ solitaire deals.
10.12.07
Website for the epic soon-to-be-released Charles Schulz Biography.
Quoth Chip Kidd: "It’s going to surprise a lot of people. It dispels the myth of Saint Schulz and makes him an actual person again, and often not one we’ve ever seen. As an act of research alone, it’s jaw dropping…"
10.12.07
He’ll also be getting all the old Beanworld collections back into print. Good news!
10.5.07
Alex Trochut does amazing things with typography.
Be sure to check out ‘Type Experiments,’ the last item in his ‘works’ section.
9.2.07
Turn the sound off, the soundtrack is guaranteed to cause seizures.
9.2.07
Cornerstone of Detroit’s former City Hall.
It’s been sitting in outdoor ’storage’ since 1961.
8.26.07
The New York Times checks in with Daniel Clowes.
Beginning this september, he’ll be the next to take the reigns of their weekly serial comic strip.
8.21.07
Crooked NBA Ref Pleads Guilty, to cooperate with investigators.
Here’s hoping he implicates the rest of the NBA’s piston-haters.
8.19.07
Nerdy examination of the evolution of video game company Konami’s logos.
I love that they found ‘company line’ comments on the significance of changing the type to a serif font.
8.18.07
Youtube: Easily my favorite billboard design ever.
Using the length of shadows as the variable in a dynamic billboard. A simple, resourceful and effective solution.
8.18.07
Interesting discussion of autistic children’s special affection for ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’
To my mind, some of the reader feedback offers a more convincing hypothesis than the linked article: the character’s faces aren’t animated, which doesn’t allow for ‘in between’ emotions – they’re all distinct.
8.17.07
An in-depth look at the surprisingly vast selection of ‘Interactive’ Narrative DVD Games.
This is exactly the sort of article on an obscure topic I could get obsessed with writing and never finish, so I’m glad someone else did it.
8.17.07
Somehow I missed this when it was making the rounds. It’s bizarre to see the last panel of the October 18th strip in light of how protective Disney is of their characters.
8.16.07
Youtube: Pop-up book as music video.
Really nicely done, directed by a guy named Price James.
8.6.07
The ‘Game & Watch’ inspired animations illustrating the early history of the company are particularly well done.
8.6.07
Youtube: HP ad featuring Michel Gondry.
A whole heap of Gondry’s signature visual tricks packed into a minute-long ad, supposedly directed by his brother.
7.19.07
Online Preview of Jeff Smith’s ‘The Art of Bone.’
Further feeding my obsession with comic artists pulling back the curtain.
7.13.07
Amazing graph comparing statistics of all NBA players, ever.
Offensive Outlier: Jordan. Defensive Outliers: Rodman, Ben Wallace.
6.13.07
Great collection of rare Bill Watterson work / ephemera.
T-shirts for his brother’s rock band!
6.12.07
Collection of increasingly ridiculous Island and Lake Combination ‘Largests.’
(ie ‘Largest island in a lake on an island’ or ‘Largest lake on an island in a lake’)
6.8.07
Visual evolution of Link’s shield over the course of many games.
5.29.07
Fun pixel-mosaic of a Roy Lichtenstein work that plays with the negative space between pixels. Nice!
5.26.07
Using the scrollbar as a flipbook.
Clever interactive online animation. Naturally adopted for a direct mail campaign.
5.26.07
Matt Haughey posits some inspired Basketball half bakery ideas.
There are simply too many conditions for a human ref to keep track of and accurately call everything. Using technology like this would help them concentrate on the areas where human observation is necessary, and do away with the inconsistent calls of conv
5.26.07
Video: Fujiya & Miyagi – ‘Ankle Injuries’
Animated mosaics made from dice. Some sections seem a bit too thorough to be genuine, but then I’d be complaining if it was all too simplistic as well. I’m such a jerk.
4.25.07
4.25.07
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3.14.07
I love stuff like this.
3.8.07
Gallery of Conan O’Brien ‘bumper’ art.
Thank you, internet.
3.1.07
Kerry confronts a Swift Boat Benefactor.
Accountability? What?
2.17.07
Interesting points about data and copyright.
2.7.07
An unreleased documentary of Harry Nilsson in the studio surfaces on youtube.
2.4.07
Many of the less abstract ones use the ‘adjust contrast’ method, which I’m not all that into, but the soda cans piece is amazing.
1.21.07
Video: Charlie Rose Interviews Charles Schulz.
Skip to the 20 minute mark.
1.14.07
Spotting Spiderman’s first appearance on a newsstand in early 60’s crime TV show ‘Naked City.’
Interesting because it’s not set dressing, it just happened to be there.