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405 - Blue Notes
1. Miles Ahead
I bookmarked this article about Reid Miles, the chief graphic designer for Blue Note Records in the 50s and 60s ages ago. The work this guy did was super influential, defining the blue note style for years to come and spreading out to influence graphic designers of all types.
2. The Message
In my opinion, the archetypical Blue Not album cover featured a black and white photograph overlayed with a solid color. A vertical bar of the same color ran across the image with bold text over it. My next favorite type of cover reversed that formula by expanding the text, making it the main focus of the design with a smaller band of photographic images. There areonline archives which allow us to examine decades worth of Blue Note covers. These two design concepts recurr continuously, but never manage to seem cliche or boring.
3. Miles Above When it comes to the music on these records, though I obviously haven't heard them all and am not really a Jazz expert, my favorite is from the Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet. I bought this record at a church sale years ago and listened to it nonstop for months. Eventually I bought it on CD and sold the LP on ebay for peanuts.
404 - Stop Sylvia
1. Stop Sylvia
It should be noted that the old Stop Sylvia Browne domain name expired while site-administrator, Robert Lancaster, was in the hospital. A suspected domain broker immediately purchased the name and is offering it back for $20,000...
Therefore, the entire site has been moved to stopsylvia.com.
403 - T-shirts
1. WearScience Jeremy Kalgreen is an artist, photographer and t-shirt designer.
2. UFO Pyramid
he's been offering these awesome shirts that promote science and poke fun at "creation science".
3. I've Had a Few
His regular t-shirt shop offers some great non-sciencey designs as well.
4. Dark Energy
But it seems like Jeremey must be a true geek cause he keeps coming back to stuff like this.
5. Artsfest
All this t-shirt talk reminds me: If you are in the south Chicago area, you should come tho Governor State University's artfest. There are tons of arty events going on all
day. I'll be helping visitors design and print their own shirts.
1. Ye Gods! Queenie's in Danger
The rampant racism of the 1930s is evident even in short novelty films in which black dogs are represented as rapists.
2. Furie
I don't know anything about Jack Fischer or Matt Furie, but I know what I like and I like robots, monsters and weird animals riding BMX bikes.
3. Pandemic
Wipe humanity off the face of the earth.
4. Pictaps
Draw a little character, give him a name, and then watch him dance.
5. Portal
I guess Portal is a pretty popular game. I don't know if this is a close copy of it or not.
400 - Marvel/DC
1. Marvel/DC After Hours 2. Marvel/DC After Hours 3. Marvel/DC After Hours 4. Marvel/DC After Hours 5. Marvel/DC After Hours 6. Marvel/DC After Hours 7. Marvel/DC After Hours 8. Marvel/DC After Hours 9. Marvel/DC After Hours
399 - Monkey Tuesday
1. Chimp on a Train
The Japanese are at it again. This time they've let a chimpanzee loose in the city with nothing but enough money for a train ticket
and and english bulldog to help him find his way home.
2. Goodness: Its own Reward
Acts of altruism in the monkey kingdom cast doubt on the theory that human morals are handed down from god-on-high.
3. Monkey Picked
Tea
Tea is really nothing but hot, dirty water, and it is gross. Now tea lovers can contaminate their perfectly good water with, not just twigs and
leaves and dirt, but also with monkey hairs and finger prints.
4. Don't Choose
Offices
If you had to pass this sign everyday on your way to work, which way would you choose?
5. Monkey on a
Mini-Bike
I'm not even going to bother trying to describe this video. I holds up just fine on its own.
398 - Yearbook
1. Student Body
Old-Yearbooks.com is a pretty awesome resource. Collectors can use it to find vintage yearbooks for sale. Long lost ffriends can
find their old classmates. Researchers can track down geneological information. I just like to look at the old timey pictures.
3. Regrets and
Mistakes
English teacher, and yearbook committe councelor, Amy McTague, was forced to make apologies for allowing photographs and
stories of underage drinking and illegal drug use to appear in last year's Conifer High School yearbook. At least she didn't fuck
any of them.
5. Girl's School
And as a final bit of self promotion, I made these collages based on vintage yearbook photos. I think they look pretty good. They
are available in my etsy shop.
388 - Interview: Erin Tyner
1. Tell us about yourself and your background
My name is Erin Tyner and I live in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband Chris and our Italian Greyhound named Finn. My background and education is in the social sciences (social work, psychology, criminology). I started taking photos in early 2007 when I got my first camera.
2. What is your work about? What is your process?
My goal with my photos is to tell a story or express an emotion - whether that's through a created scene, a still life or a found object. Sometimes my photos are very spontaneous such as when I'm exploring abandoned places and don't want to stick around long! (Check out the Better Since You Left gallery on my website) When photographing still life or miniatures I just try to make the image match what I see in my head.
4. Outside of photography, what are your interests?
I'm a movie junkie, watching multiple movies on the weekend is a guilty pleasure. I always have music playing and love concerts. I'm pretty decent in the kitchen and experiment with new recipes weekly. Of course I like eating (most of) those experiments too! I also enjoy exploring places in and out of town with my husband.
1. Spare Change
3 quarters, 1 dime, 2 nickels, and 4 pennies are all you need to have exact change anytime you check out at the grocery store. Build an exact change holder to keep them from jingling around in your pocket.
2. Redneck Savings Account
If you do end up with some pocket change, don't bother counting it. Just weigh the coins, take a quick representative sample and let this website give you an estimate of how much money you have. Then spend that money on one of these counting jars.
3. Family Business
Getting your mother to drive you to work is another way to save money.
4. Two Buck Chuck
It turns out that expensive wine tastes just as shitty as the cheap stuff so don't waste your money.
5. Redbox
All you need is this list of codes and a wallet full of credit cards to get as many free movie rentals as you want.
385 - Jacobus
01. Tuesday
02. Cats
03. The Falcon
04. Boring Day
04. The Monks
384 - Collage
1. I Should Probably
I'm interrupting this long dry spell (which was meant to be a short reprieve, but that's another story) manly because I'm sick of looking at those freaking furries.
2. Change the Name
But I also wanted to tell you that I really like these small collages I came across on Flickr.
3. Of This Virtually Abandoned
They seem to be a part of some kind of collaborative art project between a person called Marie-Chantale Turgeon and another person called Guylaine.
4. Blog, Since It Is Unlikely To Be
That's really all the info I have for you since I'm too lazy to read Ms. Turgeon's blog, much of which is in French anyway, which I don't read (or speak.)
5. Updated Daily Anymore
Anyway, if the artist happens to see this and wants to leave some comments filling us in on the nature of her work, that would be great. If she wants to send me a collage that would be even better. I think I'm going to start collecting original 6x6 works of art right now.
383 - Furry
1. Obsession
If you don't know about furries from the numerous 'expose' type reports on them by your local broadcast affiliates or from other sources, good for you. Unfortunately, you probably do know what furries are. Here are some pics for you to tsk/laugh/eye-roll/ogle at. The furry webmaster here is pretty old school with the galleries though.
2. Fur 2.0
Did you know there was a furry 'wiki'? If you can answer yes to the previous question, click here. (Apologies to whomever I stole this photoshopped pic from.)
4. Furry love?
You've seen these before. This one's furry heaven.
5. Trigger happy furries
This show seems to have been under-appreciated. You can watch a whole crapload on google video though.
382 - Crazy
1. Crazy religious
This is awesome. If you don’t believe it, I hope you don’t mind spending eternity in space-hell.
2. Crazy “verbal self-defense”
Why all the feudin’ and a fussin’? This site really goes deep with the crazy, so dig for it.
3. Crazy Ling’s contract hire cars
If I ever visit wherever Ling runs this place, I’m definitely renting a car from her. Who wouldn’t after checking this site out? It’s got something for everyone. Even for people who think Josef Stalin was a “kind and benign world leader.”
4. Crazy science
This is really another religious site but the science is unassailable!
5. Crazy awesome splash
I honestly haven’t been past the first page of this site but I can’t stop playing with it. Maybe you’ll get beyond the rad interface…
381 - Totally Rads
1. Radioactive Boyscout, indeed.
David Hahn is no longer an Eagle Scout but that hasn't affected his tenacious grip on his scouting glory days. When I first heard of him, I assumed he was a genius. Now, he just seems pathologically focused. Now, maybe he can sew a "Rap Sheet" badge right next to the "Nuclear Energy" one he earned as a kid.
2. Don't play with it...
This story is sad, but you have to wonder about people who would handle a luminescent powder. (Also, history.com's "this day in history" thing is pretty cool.
3. Tingling wrist?
This is not altogether unknown, but it's an interesting tidbit that many people are ignorant of.
4. Tingling Spidey radiation sense?
Now here's a watch that most people don't know about. It could save your life. For real! Think about it.
5. Idiot poisoning.
Here's a 'Darwin Awards' type story. Depending on your sense of humor, it's sad and interesting or funny and interesting. (I didn't link to the original source article because I think 'geeks with guns' is a funny site name.)
380 - Zombie
1. Zombie Movies
Zombies have become pretty popular in Hollywood in the last few years. Here's a rundown of some of the higher profile upcoming zombie movies. These are all mostly major studio releases, but for the independent film maker, it seems that the zombie film is a no-lose proposition. You'll almost definitely be able to sell your movie as a direct to DVD title, and zombie fans will watch pretty much anything, so it doesn't matter it your movie sucks.
2. Vegetarian Zombies
This is really kind of stupid. I'm not totally sure how a "pun" is defined, but I think this is pretty close, and I'm sure that puns aren't really funny. Still, I did chuckle a little bit under my breath.
3. An Everlasting Covenant
I guess this could be construed as sac religious. Or it might be a critique of organized Christianity. Or it might be a satire of a classic work of art. Or the guy might have jut thought it was a funny idea.
4. Heat Signature.
This video is kind of creepy, but you can tell it isn't real because everyone knows that zombies do not register as warm bodies on infrared cameras.
5. Army-men of the Dead
These might seem kind of cool, but I have to state clearly that I think $15.00 plus shipping is way too expensive for some stupid glow-in-the-dark zombie toys.
379 - Shark Weak
1. Great White
Is it still shark week? It doesn't really matter because sharks aren't as tough as people think they are. Here's a story about the king of the cartilaginous killing machines getting pwned by a soccer dad.
2. Bronze Whaler
Nothing like being caught by a drunk's bare hands to take the edge off of that tough guy shark image.
4. Whale
Not just the largest shark, but the largest fish. You'd think these things would eat 10 or 11 humans a day. No, these wimps are practically vegetarians (krill.)
5. Mascot
This one's not contributing to the terrifying image of sharks at all. Quite the contrary. Honestly, a Segway? He may as well be riding a recumbant bicycle.
378 - with Links
1. The Google Bandits
Some people were making fun of these crooks for trying to disable security cameras by spraying them with WD-40. Admittedly, that is pretty stupid, but when faced with a different safe than the one they had planned on cracking, these guys had the smarts to use the power of google to get into the safe and make off with $12000.
2. Go Vespa Go
After seeing these vintage Vespa commercials, I'm surprised than anyone ever bought one.
3. Pick Axe
The main reason I got such a low score on this guitar/player matching quiz is because I confused the name "Rick Nielson" with "Ricky Nelson."
4. Muffler Man
The Muffler Man section of Roadside America has become super comprehensive. It now includes a list of movies and TV shows which feature these giants, a nice interview with the one-time owner of the fiberglass company which produced them, and a map to track locations. Apparently, Illinois is a prime Muffler Man viewing state.
5. Coupon
No one knows where this coupon originated, but a lot of people have used printouts of it to save money on dvds at Best Buy. Many have reported multiple copies at one time even though it says "do not double" and "one offer per customer" right on it. Others have used it to buy the X-Files sets that are on sale for $19.99 regardless of the standard "not valid with other offers" fine print. I'm going to try using it on the 3rd season of Arrested Development tomorrow.
377 - with Links
1. All Beef?
After all my accusatiions, Kobayashi decided to show up at Nathan's hot dog eating contest after all. Unfortunately, he faced exactly what I believe he wanted to avoid; Joey Chestnut, who blasted past the record and ate 66 hot dogs. I'm not sure why I can't get behind this guy. I should be supporting the American I guess, but Kobayashi is just so freaking cute that I can't root against him.
2. Films-Within-Films
I've been watching a lot of HBO's Entourage lately, so the first fictional movies I thought of were Head On, Queens Boulevard, Aquaman and Medellín.
3. ESP Envy
With all the poker, dominos, strongman and lumberjack games they show on ESPN these days, I watch it quite a lot more than I ever did before. Now they're adding Rock, Paper, Scissors coverage to make me watch just a little bit more.
4. Barking Mad Bank Robber
What is the best disguise to wear when robbing a bank? I'm not sure, but it turns out that making yourself a tree costume out of leaves and twigs doesn't work that well.
5. Snooze
For years I've been wondering why alarm clock manufacturers set the snooze timer for nine minutes. I never worried about it enough to do the research. Luckily, Mental Floss Magazine did it for me.
376 - Monkey Tuesday
1. Amok Monkey
A Jewish girl's school in India was invaded by a rampaging monkey running around stealing food from the girls and grabbed onto their clothing, preventing them from fleeing. My favorite quote: "When one girl tried to resist, it slapped her."
2. Monkey Bandits
This headline could be the title of an uproarious direct to video movie. Unfortunately, it is really in reference to a helper monkey that was stolen from a disabled woman by a group of four men in a black SUV.
3. Black Death
Did anyone know that the bubonic plague still existed? Would anyone suspect that it could be passed from squirrels to monkeys? Can you believe it happened in Denver?
4. Prison Break
After escaping from his enclosure, and injuring at least four people, Bokito the gorilla took time out for a leisurely lunch on the terrace of nearby restaurant.
5. Battle of the Sexes
It turns out that silverback gorillas aren't really as tough as you thought they were.
375 - with Links
1. Tame Foxes
John Lithgow explains how unnatural selection, the act of selectively breeding animals for desirable qualities, can produce unexpected results. The interesting thing is how quickly these changes occur. The research has led a lot of people to question the accepted evolutionary theory of the family dog beginning with the domestication of the wolf. The molecular evidence seems pretty clear that dogs evolved from wolves rather than jackals or coyotes, but I can't find any reference to a similar study done to look for a dog/fox biological connection.
2. Gator Eats Dog
Pet costume designers now have a new standard to shoot for.
3. Phit
Jamming these tetris-esque game pieces together isn't that hard at the beginning, but eventually the pieces get a smaller and smaller while growing in number making it much harder to piece them together properly.
4. Prison Break
An opportunistic panda sees his chance and makes a break for it.
5. Air Car
A little more info on the Aircar, the compresseD air powered vehicle that I reported on in the past. I was interested to hear that it is being marketed in several countries, not just India as I had previously thought.
374 - Psychology
1. Little Albert
2. Milgram
3. Social Norms
4. Stanford Prison
5. Asch Conformity
373 - with Links!
1. There Goes an Asshole
It is a well know fact that the only way to get over the trauma of having something stolen from you is to write a song about it. It helps a lot if you have security camera footage to go along with the music.
2. Not My Teacher
Another female teacher had relations with a youngster. This story has a twist, though. The youngster in question was not one of her students. He was the teacher's 13 year old daughter's ex-boyfriend.
3. Invisible
This so called "game" is actually some kind of scientific example of how the human brain and the personal computer can become one.
4. Gigantoraptor
Recently discovered, giant, bird-like dinosaur fossils smashing science's currently held notions of how modern birds may have developed.
5. Abduction
Novelty desk lamps across the country are convincing Americans to petition the government for the release of top secret UFO files.
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