Archive for March 2008

cher medley of the day

In music/als, pop culture on 12 March 2008 with no comments

sent by a co-worker. happy hump day.

(fyi, that’s the osmonds singing with her… in case they weren’t pinned to your bedroom wall growing up.)

design crush: chip kidd experiments with form & content.

In design on 11 March 2008 with 1 comment

Thanks to Paige for the tip-off to Chip’s new video, and for introducing me to Chip at Comic-Con two years ago… Where I later, like a stark-struck fool, tracked down Chip’s table signing to get his imprint on Book One.
If you don’t know Chip, you no doubt know his work. He’s the guru of book […]

how one (not) OK politician feels about us gays

In politics, queer on 11 March 2008 with 1 comment

Tipped off by an email from a co-worker this morning, here’s a pretty damning audio clip of Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern pitching her anti-gay rhetoric that has been transformed into a viral ad for the Victory Fund.

the road to denver: the local caucus

In politics on 7 March 2008 with no comments

I just received an update from the California Democratic Party about the upcoming caucuses to pick delegates for Denver. Here are the take home points:
- preliminary delegate/gender allocation to be posted next week
- location of local caucus TBD
- caucus day is Sunday April 13th - Save the Date!
Registration opens at 2pm and […]

this american life: testosterone and public property

In design, education, queer, radio, washington dc on 7 March 2008 with 1 comment

This American Life is almost always engaging, if not brilliant…but here are two recent highlights:
Episode 220: Testosterone, rerun Feb 22. Check out Act Two’s interview with an FTM dicussing the transition of his viewpoint after injecting T.
Episode 350: Human Resources, aired last weekend. Act One on the New York Public Schools’ purgatory for teachers is […]

three typeset maps of Manhattan.

In design, inspiration on 7 March 2008 with no comments

Checking out new blogging software the other day I bumped into the work of Craig Ward. I followed some links to his inspiring site, Words Are Pictures, where I found his Alphabet Cities series and this adaptation of Manhattan (center image). Which reminded me of Jenny Beorkrem’s series sold at Ork Posters (left image). I […]