Category: Misc
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Michael C. Place, Build Design – Interview
(interview originally published at twohundredby200 magazine) Michael C. Place was born in North Yorkshire, England in 1969. He graduated from Newcastle College in 1990. He then went on to work at Bite It!, London with Trevor Jackson working on mainly record covers for Champion Records, Gee Street Records for artists such as The Stereo MC’s
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Jeremy Crowle – Interview
(interview originally published at UrbanVancouver.com) Jeremy Crowle is an up-and-coming Canadian painter, illustrator, photographer, and all-purpose lunatic. I recently had the chance to interview him and we got to talking about art, politics, environmental sustainability, and relationships. He currently works at a Vancouver graphic design studio and his work can be seen at the Alibi
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Look at Me Everyone… I’m Pretending I’m Hardcore!
Hey tough-guy! Not hardcore? Want to pretend you are so you fit in at Burning Man? Maybe you want to get inked, but are scared it will hurt. Or you like the idea of tattoos but don’t know what you want to get. Maybe you’re afraid of catching Hep C from the tattoo needle. Well
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Blog Search Engines, Directories, and Listings
I’d love to come up with a comprehensive list of sites that are weblog search engines, directories, listings, trackers, and major aggregation points. Here’s the group so far. Blogarama, Blogdex, Bloglines, Blogsnow, Blogstreet, Blogwise, Daypop, Feedster, Globe of Blogs, Popdex, Technocrati, Waypath If you know any I’m missing please leave a comment. I’d love to
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*spark-online Version 2.0 Brainstorming
Lots of you are probably already involved and helping out, but for those of you who aren’t, we’re in the process of breathing some life back into *spark-online. We’re really early in the game so far, but here are a couple highlights. + We’ve selected WordPress as our publishing platform.+ We’ve begun to port the
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Design and your strategy
A great new article posted today by Design Council. Design runs deeper than look and feel – it can help you decide what you do and how you do it. What comes to mind when you think of design? Your last office makeover? Your business cards? Perhaps it’s the artwork on the last book or
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Web Design: The Usual Suspects
Cameron takes us through the development of his current site design. Good job articulating his internal thought process. Jason and half the frickin’ internet discuss CSS, XHTML and standards. Again! This one is a good intro to the whole topic though and be very relevant to people considering trading in their tried and true old
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George W. Bush – Negative Capability
The following assertions were collected from public statements made by George W. Bush and his official spokesmen since 1997. Originally from Harper’s Magazine, May 2004. The President of the United States is not a fact-checker. I’m not a statistician. I’m not a numbers-cruncher. I’m not one of these bean counters. I’m not very analytical. I’m
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McSweeney’s Lists
McSweeney’s lists crack me up. Here’s a couple of a favorites and a link to the archives. Titles of B-Movie Westerns That Give the Impression the West was Wilder Than Previously Imagined Three in a Saddle My Pal Trigger Under the Tonto Rim Pirates of the Prairie Pals of the Saddle Law of the Lash
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Shout-outs. Vancouver Edition.
Time for some shout-outs. It’s been way too long. My friend Cris is now a rockstar. Josh’s company Burnkit redesigned. Boris is working hard at urbanvancouver.com. Cameron took a wicked Marketing job with Playground. Mr. X is burned out with Pimps and Chuds. Jeff is taking some time off too I think. Paul is going
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Nightmare Job – MarCom for ChevronTexaco
I have such great friends. Knowing that my company has recently been acquired and that likely that will mean the end of a job I’ve really enjoyed… my friends have started to rally and help me find a great new job. Here’s one I received from someone who was very well intentioned, but must not
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Supermodel Personal Ads
Here are a few of my favs… check Tara’s site for the latest and greatest. Adorable ski-bunny needs someone to keep me warm. I don’t really snowboard, but look how cute I am in this furry vest! Besides, snowboarders have all the good weed hook-ups. – xxx Exotic beauty wants someone who can love me
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Some Big-Ass Comanies!
Of the world’s 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations and 49 are countries.
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Gmail Invitation Prices Crash
I didn’t even think of selling my Gmail invites on eBay. I still have 2 available and would be happy to share with friends. Especially since they aren’t going for $100 bucks a piece anymore. *smirk*
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Redwood Coast – ROADTRIP
I spent this weekend and Monday lounging around the Northern California coastline with my best friend Donald. He and I have been buddies since we were about 7 years old and played on a kiddie soccer team together. He’s in WAY better shape than my sorry ass and he totally ran circles around me on
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Michael Moore’s New Film Fahrenheit 9/11
The trailer for Michael Moore’s film is now online. The film recently won the Palme D’or at the Cannes film festival and examines what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration used the tragic event to push its agenda. After debuting at Cannes in May, they’ve now signed deals
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Transcendent Materialist
I’ve been told I’m hard to shop for. I’ve never been able to figure this out… ’cause to me it feels more like I want *everything*. I think the real problem is that the people buying me stuff don’t approve of getting me the things I like/want. Regardless, I’ve put together a Wish List over
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Lexicon
Making up new words is so much fun. Check out some of my favorites from DailyCandy… blamestorming:(n.) A meeting whose sole purpose is to discuss why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible. drimming:(v.) Drunk instant-messaging. fifty-footer:(n.) Someone who looks really attractive from 50 feet away. Closer examination reveals …mouse