Delayed Echoes

Ah wintertime…

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:57 -0800

Ah wintertime…

"Only by trying something new, struggling, learning, and then trying again do we improve our..."

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:04:26 -0800

“Only by trying something new, struggling, learning, and then trying again do we improve our performance. It’s a simple matter of acclimating to unchartered territory.”

- The 40-30-30 rule

Mistakes in Typography

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:03:07 -0800

Mistakes in Typography:

That’s the problem with loving typography. It’s always a pleasure to discover a formally gorgeous, subtly expressive typeface while walking along a street or leafing through a magazine. But that joy is swiftly obliterated by the sight of a typographic howler. It’s like having a heightened sense of smell. You spend much more of your time wincing at noxious stinks, than reveling in delightful aromas.

I know someone who has this problem…

Stone Forest by Stephen Alvarez, taken in western Madagascar

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:03:57 -0800

Stone Forest by Stephen Alvarez, taken in western Madagascar

"We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves."

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:02:54 -0800

“We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.”

- William Hazlitt (via)

Waiting/hoping for the rain.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:01:52 -0800

Waiting/hoping for the rain.

Sudden Exposure

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:02:07 -0800

Sudden Exposure:

On a really bad day, I may spend hours stuck in angst-ridden maunderings, wondering if I need to make major changes in my life. It’s usually then that I realise I’ve forgotten to eat lunch. One tuna sandwich later, the mood is gone.

This has happened to me before, particularly right before lunch at work.

Artist Walter Wick stacks 117 objects on a single Lego block,...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:47:41 -0800

Artist Walter Wick stacks 117 objects on a single Lego block, then sends little wind-up creatures toward it to knock it over.

The collapse of the entire structure is incredibly fascinating to watch. (via Boing Boing)

What would New York and Tokyo look like when flooded? Gondolas...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:04:49 -0800

What would New York and Tokyo look like when flooded?

Gondolas float through a still-blazing Times Square; people fish atop gravel banks that have built up beside inundated skyscrapers; and an aerial network of blimps, catwalks, pedestrian skyways, and cable cars passes and sways above the Venetian streets.

I bet this would look amazing as a video game environment.

"Some say that for the Mayans, this was just the end of a cycle, like completing a really long year,..."

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:04:54 -0800

“Some say that for the Mayans, this was just the end of a cycle, like completing a really long year, and that if they’d been able to hang around for a few more centuries they’d simply have issued a new, post-2012 calendar, this time perhaps including some nice pictures of puppies.”

- Gail Collins, NYT

Alone and at peace. (by Graphistolage David)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:03:57 -0800

Alone and at peace. (by Graphistolage David)

This is the coolest video I’ve seen in a long time:...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:02:01 -0800

This is the coolest video I’ve seen in a long time: slow-motion drops of water. (via kottke)

Best in full size.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:03:53 -0800

Best in full size.

The Autumn Film - Enough

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:03:49 -0800

The Autumn Film - Enough

Nicely done with 3D CAD.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:01:56 -0800

Nicely done with 3D CAD.

Google Doodles from other countries.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:01:55 -0800

Google Doodles from other countries.

The brilliantly blue Kingfisher dives underwater for its catch,...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:53 -0800

The brilliantly blue Kingfisher dives underwater for its catch, from National Geographic. (via BoingBoing)

"Life is a train of moods like a string of beads and as we pass through them they prove to be many..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:01:56 -0800

“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads and as we pass through them they prove to be many coloured lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (via)

What's In a Name?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:59:49 -0800

What's In a Name?:

Evidence is piling up for a cognitive bias known as the “name-letter effect”, which explains why people called Colin or Cathy are more likely to move to Carlisle, or vote for politicians named Cameron; in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, people with a K in their initials were disproportionately represented among charitable donors.

Junot Diaz on Writing

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:59:48 -0800

Junot Diaz on Writing:

From the interesting story of how he came to write his novels, despite many years of being stuck:

In my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything she does is golden. In my view a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.