By Jeff on Nov 4, 2010 in Daily Scare, Design | 0 Comments

I like how Boing Boing’s “top” story on the home page is about advertising hell. It’s conveniently buried beneath a giant block of advertising. I realize sites need ad dollars to stay afloat, but this is just silly.
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By Jeff on Feb 11, 2010 in Art, Comedy, Daily Distractions, Design | 0 Comments

Artist Lee Bretschneider from www.adventuringcompany.com has been busy crafting some serious Lost Love! If you dig these and send em, consider participating in Lee’s fundraiser for Haiti (really cheap art).
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By Jeff on Feb 11, 2010 in Art, Comedy, Daily Distractions, Design | 0 Comments

Featuring Steven Heller, Rodrigo Corral and Chip Kidd. In his one-man multimedia show, You Should Judge A Book By Its Cover, Borelli takes on non-classics like Cooking With Pooh (featuring Winnie the Pooh stirring a batch of brown cookie dough) and other gross miscarriages of literary design.
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By Jeff on Jan 7, 2010 in Art, Daily Distractions, Design | 0 Comments

Letterheady is the new site from Shaun Usher who has been collecting “offline correspondence, specifically letters” for a good while now on his www.lettersofnote.com site. This new online showcase highlights the design, not the content. Good, I’m tired of reading. There’s only a handful of pieces up now, but I’m sure more sheets of 24Lb [...]
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By Jeff on Oct 30, 2009 in Design, Time Wasters | 0 Comments

Enjoy browsing hundreds of scintillating sci-fi book covers from Penguin Publishing.
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By Jeff on Jul 10, 2009 in Daily Distractions, Design | 2 Comments

Sears Tower “The Ledge” – 1,350 feet above ground (photo by José M. Osorio). More Pix> Grand Canyon Skywalk – 4,000 feet above ground
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By Jeff on Jun 25, 2009 in Art, Daily Distractions, Design | 0 Comments

Cool Color Optical Illusion. “You see embedded spirals, right, of green, pinkish-orange, and blue? Incredibly, the green and the blue spirals are the same color.”
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By Jeff on Jun 24, 2009 in Daily Distractions, Design, Music, Photography | 2 Comments

Don’t You Dare Complain About Your Job: “Waahhh, my reports didn’t format correctly!” “Waahhh, the conference room is double booked!” Yes, that is devastating, Rick, but at least you’re not Sulfur Mining in an Active Volcano. Speaking of volcanoes—and who isn’t—here’s one that might remind you of the kick-ass lava-spewer I crafted in fourth grade. Remember that one? Baking soda and vinegar all up in your face? NASA Volcano Image Shows Atmospheric Shockwave.
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By Jeff on Apr 20, 2009 in Design, News | 2 Comments

I wish I could still enjoy reading the Huffington Post, I really do, but my peepers won’t allow it. When the site pops open in my browser I expect circus music to start playing and confetti to drop from the ceiling. Within seconds I am stricken with a small but painful eye seizure (picture cartoon eyeballs [...]
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By Jeff on Mar 26, 2009 in Art, Design | 0 Comments

School assignment to reinterpret the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood using Infographics… lots of them.
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