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Tag Archives: Design
Title Sequence Sequence
A tweak here, a tweak there. I’ve been spending some time cleaning up the site’s aesthetics in non-obvious ways. You probably don’t notice the alterations, but your brain does. During my hiatus, I’ve accumulated quite a few internets that I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Beautiful, Design, Dude Craft, Film, Ian Albinson, Kottke, Movies, Music, Paul Overton, Reid Miles, Remix, RJD2, Saul Bass, Title Sequences, Vimeo
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Thanks Erin! [Animated GIF via Julia Segal]
Posted in Art
Tagged 940 x 198, Animated GIFs, Craft, Design, Falcor, Header, Header Art, Julia Segal, Luck Dragon, Skills, The Neverending Story, Twenty Ten
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Top Secret Durham Neighborhood Listserv Map
This post is about my top secret project that I’ve been working on for a few weekends. It was partly inspired by an eight year-old girl who went missing about a block from my house on January 7th. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Reading
Tagged Bold, Design, Durham, Gwen McCarter, Knife City, Malcolm Gladwell, Maps, Opinion, Philosophy, Writing
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Be More Like Pittsburgh
This post has nothing to do with the NFL or sports. I don’t really even like sports. Only athletes. See the right hand column for my very favorites. Moving on to why Durham (or any place) should be more like … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Bicycles, Bridges, Culture, Design, Education, GOOD, Pittsburgh, Policy, Zachary Slobig
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Saying Bunghole is Presidential
Put This On has already unpacked this video so well that I won’t even try: In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called the Haggar clothing company and asked for some. The call was recorded (like all White House … Continue reading
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Tagged 1964, Animation, Art, Bunghole, Deep Pockets, Design, Education, Fashion, Haggar, History, How Stuff Works, Lyndon B. Johnson, Pants, Politics, Put This On, Slacks, Tawd Dorenfeld, The Wire, White House, Wire Fences
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Thars Gold in them Watches
Bill Hammack is one of my favorite explainers. Keep it up, Engineer Guy. [via Make Magazine]
Posted in Smarts
Tagged Bill Hammack, Design, Education, Electricity, Engineer Guy, Gold, How Stuff Works, Make Magazine, Piezoelectric Effect, Quartz, Resonance, Resonant Motion, Science, Skills, Smarts, Technology, Time, Watches
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Busy Day at the Airport
[via Fogonazos]
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Tagged Airplanes, Airports, Beautiful, Design, Fogonazos, General Electric, Gold Panda, How Stuff Works, Magic, Music, Scary, Science, Skills, Smarts, Technology, Time Lapse
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Aaron Merritt’s Year In Review
I’ve mentioned Aaron in this space before, but that was a furtively self-serving moment wasn’t it? Today’s post isn’t about me. As Aaron explains, it’s… For me specifically. But then, teachers in general. But- also- everbody. This post isn’t like … Continue reading
Posted in Crowdsourcing
Tagged 30 Rock, Aaron Merritt, Advice, Alec Baldwin, Amalgamation, Art, Batman, Beautiful, Bill Watterson, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Brown, Craft, Cuba, Cultivation, Culture, Curation, Design, Donnie Darko, Edward Norton, Ferris Bueller, Henri Matisse, John Hughes, Matthew Broderick, Maurice Sendak, Panopticon, Peanuts, Pikachu, Powerpoint, Prison, Prison Presidio Modelo, Roald Dahl, Rubik's Cube, Scott Pilgrim, Shel Silverstein, Skills, Smarts, Spider-Man, Superman, Technology, The Giving Tree, The Goddamn Batman, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, What is this I don't even, Where the Wild Things Are, Wile E. Coyote, Willy Wonka
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Gwen McCarter’s Top 10 Most Wonderfully Bad Fashion Trends of 2010
10. Man jammies [image via Cool Hunting] 9. Alpen-clogs [image via My Style] 8. Hammer time parachute pants for women [image via Celebrity Beauty] 7. Bubble lady hips [image via SugarScape] 6. Stirrup-pant revival [image via the Cheap Girl] 5. … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Clogs, Conan O'Brien, Culture, Design, Fashion, Furries, Gwen McCarter, Jeggings, Lady Gaga, Man Jammies, Meat Dress, Opinion, Parachute Pants, Scary, Stirrups, Top 10, What is this I don't even
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Bread People
[Many more @ Brent Abousko and (obviously) breadpeople.tumblr.com]
Posted in Comics
Tagged Art, Beautiful, Bread, Bread People, Brent Abousko, Brett Favre, Condoleezza Rice, Design, Food, Funny, Humor, Jokes, Nicolas Cage, Puns, Robert Goulet, Scary, Stevie Wonder
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