January 2009
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Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song... →
This was featured on This American Life over ten years ago but it’s worth rehashing:
An online poll conducted in the ’90s set Vitaly Komar, Alex Melamid and David Soldier on a quest to create the most annoying song ever. After gathering data about people’s least favorite music and lyrical subjects, they did the unthinkable: they combined them into a single monstrosity,...
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Alternative Super Bowl Logos →
I found this via kottke. They’re fantastic, especially the second and seventh, although I wish at least one had a “wtf?” following the Cardinals logo.
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John Updike, Author, Dies at 76 →
Very sad. We actually just discussed “A&P” in a seminar on short stories during residency a couple of weeks ago.
Chip Kidd Time Interview
Time: I've seen pictures of your place and you have tons of collectibles. What the oddest one you have?
Chip Kidd: There's a water gun from England, which is a figural water gun of Batman basically bent over...I don't know how far you want me to go with this.
Time: No, keep going.
Chip Kidd: I was amazed that this thing got made. It's legit, too, not a knockoff. His arms are behind his back. The water comes out of his mouth and the trigger of the gun is basically...what you think it would be. The plug you pull out and put more water in is, well, the other end.
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Playing The Beatles Backwards
I’ll reblog Jess’ description:
One fan ranked every Beatles song from worst to best, and all 20 pages of this epic read are delightful, even when you might disagree. It manages to make the songs feel fresh again—even the poorly ranked ones. The Beatles’ individual strengths and weaknesses are highlighted, and it’s more clear then ever that the band was so much greater than the...
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Polaroid film to return to production in 2010? →
Lyz emailed me the URL followed by the line, “I just thought you should know.” I almost fell over when the browser opened. I’m still skeptical though. But excited. Very excited. I’ve tried Instax (Fuji’s instant film which is being introduced to the US market this month) and I like the film just fine but the camera (the Instax 200) is a toy compared to my trusty...
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Inaugural Blog: The Inaugration on Tumblr →
Obama has a Tumblr! (Sort of.)
Also awesome: A Flickr account being updated throughout the day.
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Ten Things That Need to be Redesigned →
I nominate work boots (comfy yet ugly), Blu-ray disc packaging, the actual Xbox 360 console (and the PS3 while we’re at it), all the one way streets between Brighton Ave. and Cambridge St. in Allston, the B train stops on the Green Line, and most college basketball uniforms.
Shop Locally, Share Locally! →
jessicaheleneadler:
Sign up for this card to get rebates and discounts and local merchants around Boston! “When you shop at participating businesses, a portion of each transaction is returned to you as a cash rebate and a portion is directed to a non-profit or school of your choice, encouraging you to Shop Locally and Share Locally.”
While checking the list of participating places, I saw that...
At residency. In the snow. I don’t think one sidewalk from Allston to Harvard Sq. was shoveled. This storm makes that thirty seconds of hail from the last residency seem pretty mild.
When does summer start?
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Most Anticipated: 2009 May Be a Great Year for... →
Most interesting:
According to Comic Book Resources, Jonathan Lethem said his untitled novel is “set on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, it’s strongly influenced by Saul Bellow, Philip K. Dick, Charles Finney and Hitchcock’s Vertigo and it concerns a circle of friends including a faded child-star actor, a cultural critic, a hack ghost-writer of autobiographies, and a city...
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3-D representation of 2-D NES games →
The Mega Man dying one is the best.
“I am going to be in your town this week! I have some more Twin Bings for you....”
– Lyz
Peter Gabriel covers "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" →
Cue the “feels so unnatural” and meta-cover jokes. I don’t even know where to begin.
