Your Scene Sucks: Silly Silly Scenesters

Posted on March 31, 2007 Under Life

From Rob Dobi, mastermind behind Your Scene Sucks: someone recently wrote me and complained that my old "how to dress emo" site was incorrect because "that is how normal people dress." for the most part, they are right. the term…

Continue Reading →

Ahh! Gourmet

Posted on March 30, 2007 Under Life

Ahh! Gourmet is a sigh of relief for the design conscious who happen to care about the world and appreciate a premium meal in 15 minutes. This San Francisco based company has really innovated the quick meal scene, not only…

Continue Reading →

Nikon's Universcale

Posted on March 30, 2007 Under Life

Ever wonder what the entire universe would look like, side by side, in a near perfect scale? Camera manufacturer Nikon built this web application entitled Universcale to do just that-- it spans from 'femtometer to light year', putting 40 magnitudes…

Continue Reading →

Talk Shop Fridays: What Do You Watch?

Posted on March 30, 2007 Under Life

This is an experiment, and I may regret it-- but I'm very interested in the answers so I think it's worth a try. The question: What do you watch? You-- the readers of this blog. Many people are saying we're…

Continue Reading →

Chinese Couple Will Not Move

Posted on March 29, 2007 Under Life

In the good ol' U.S. of A, we have eminent domain laws that allow the government to take land from citizens as long as they pay the dispossessed a fair market fee for the "taking." Yang Wu and Wu Ping,…

Continue Reading →

Violet: Smarter Gifting

Posted on March 28, 2007 Under Life

Gift shopping sites/catalogues always brag that they are an easy way to shop for that person you can't seem to find the perfect thing for; a claim that turns out to be total crap when you find yourself walking up…

Continue Reading →

Alan Graham: MedHed

Posted on March 28, 2007 Under Life

After much encouragement, longtime friend and colleague Alan Graham finally launched a blog! It's officially titled MedHed-- and it's really solid. MedHed (or Media Head) is a daily digest of great design for everyday usage. Alan not only writes about…

Continue Reading →

The Onion News Network

Posted on March 27, 2007 Under Life

I'm not going to lie-- the paper version of "America's Finest News Source," The Onion, got me (and many of my friends) through college. The university made the mistake of stocking the lobbies of all the lecture halls with the…

Continue Reading →

The Sunshine Underground: Raise the Alarm

Posted on March 27, 2007 Under Life

Last fall I gave a listen to The Sunshine Underground, an intensely energetic indie- rock/funk outfit out of the U.K. I was a little apprehensive over paying the import fee to get my hands on the full CD-- because I…

Continue Reading →

Format Mag: One for the Ladies

Posted on March 27, 2007 Under Life

Format, the ahead of the curve magazine out of Toronto, just dropped issue #12 of their online urban art/fashion focused publication. In celebration of Women's History Month, Format Mag has honed in on some amazing women artists and designers, both…

Continue Reading →