January 2009
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Who needs skills? We have software! by Jacob Cass →
“Every professional in a creative field has seen this phenomenon. From the guy who tries to design logos in Powerpoint to the person who watched a Photoshop tutorial online and now wants to apply for the graphics position. Or the talented photographer who bites her tongue when somebody praises her work by saying ‘Wow, your camera sure takes great pictures!’”
Oh, God. I...
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Whatev
Alex: Holy crap
Alex: Someone who talks like you.
Alex: In code comments.
Alex: try { loaders[n].close(); } catch (e:Event) { //whatev }
Alex: *points at the "//whatev" *
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Recovery.gov →
We’ll launch an unprecedented effort to root out waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary spending in our government, and every American will be able to see how and where we spend taxpayer dollars by going to a new website called recovery.gov.
- President Obama’s weekly video address, 1/24/09
Um. Yes, please?
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Drive Free, Retire Rich →
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WhiteHouse.gov →
Also, be sure to check out the new website of the White House. Some things to take note of:
Executive Orders will be displayed.
Weekly video addresses every Saturday morning.
Nominations and appoinments.
Proclamations.
We’re lookin’ pretty transparent so far! I can’t wait for the first Saturday morning address of the President.
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“To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their...”
– President Obama, Inaugeration Speech
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Liquid Wood to replace plastic? →
Safer. Sustainable. Recyclable.
Sounds like a win-win-win.
That means we have to start actually replanting the trees we cut down… oh… those little details.
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The Impossible Project →
They say it wouldn’t be done. They say nobody would want to take on the task.
Ladies and Gentlemen, they were wrong.
The Impossible Project has acquired the necessary equipement in the Netherlands to continue production of polaroid film. They WILL NOT be restarting Polaroid film. They plan to develop a new (hopefully economically better) product to be sold under a new brand name that can...
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WatchStar Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) by Joe Nicolosi.
The funniest thing I’ve seen in awhile… But only because not too long ago, I probably would have described Star Wars the exact same way. (hangs head in shame.) I’m not a very good nerd.
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Pretty Loaded →
guy:
is a gallery of loading animations. These are usually annoying, but in this format they are strangely memorizing. [via]
I can’t look away…
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What the font?! →
Doubt it’s new. Definitely rad.
What font did the Got Milk? campaign use? Go to What the Font and they can tell you!
Brilliant!
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Flipping Typical →
Type in anything you want and see that in a ton of different typefaces…
This is a GREAT resource when you’re designing logos.
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New Year Resolutions are stupid.
Okay, so they’re only stupid because nobody follows through with them. They always seem to be daily and openended and I’ve never heard of anyone fulfulling what they promise.
So for 2009, I’m doing things a little different. They may sound like resolutions, but really they’re just a way for me to start crossing out items on my list of things to do before I die. Quite a few...