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FourTrack iPhone App (37signals)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:14:43 +1300

The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:20:31 +1300

The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway: A nine page essay covering the history of Helvetica and the New York City subway. Required reading.

Musicians Get Meta in Guitar Hero and Rock Band

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:17:28 +1300

Musicians Get Meta in Guitar Hero and Rock Band: There’s something satisfyingly self-referential about watching talented musicians try to play their own music in Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Especially when they’re worse than you.

"For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and..."

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:53:10 +1300

“For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them on YouTube. Now the tables are turned. It’s time for us to take matters into our own hands. We know who you are, we know where you live and we could come after you in ways too horrible to tell. But being the extraordinarily nice chaps we are, we’ve figured a better way to get our own back: We’ve launched our own Monty Python channel on YouTube.”

- YouTube - MontyPython’s Channel

Auckland Fucking City

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:35 +1300

Auckland Fucking City: Aucklandfuckingcity is an online magazine that aims to have interviews, music, art and food reviews. It has a ‘I hate this fucking town’ attitude. What I’ve read so far I quite like.

Scientists pour 10 tons or concrete into the depths of an ant...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:59:34 +1300

Scientists pour 10 tons or concrete into the depths of an ant colony. After a month they excavate it to reveal an amazing maze of little ant structures. Take 6 mins and watch this film. (via kottke)

Mapanui - a pocket map for your browser

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:52:07 +1300

Mapanui - a pocket map for your browser: “Mapanui started out as a bookmarklet to locate an address on a map, without leaving the page. But it does use Microformatted address data to do so.”

Free seamless background patterns

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:23:13 +1300

Free seamless background patterns

The Best Free Web Icon Sets - WebIconSets.com

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:22:21 +1300

The Best Free Web Icon Sets - WebIconSets.com: WebIconSets.com lists the best icon sets suitable for web use. All the icon sets are of professional quality and free to use in your own projects. This page will be kept up-to-date with the latest and best icon sets so be sure to bookmark us for future use.

takpuna beach [Flickr]

darren131 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:13:06 -0600

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coffee [Flickr]

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at takapuna beach

takpuna beach [Flickr]

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darren131 posted a photo:

takpuna beach [Flickr]

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beach [Flickr]

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Some one smarter than me has created a real-life Adobe...

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:52:10 +1300

Some one smarter than me has created a real-life Adobe Photoshop. In other words - if Photoshop were a real object…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-9)

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:47:26 +1300

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-9):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Ukulele Orchestra of GB - Shaft. I so want to be in an ukulele...

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:04:54 +1300

Ukulele Orchestra of GB - Shaft. I so want to be in an ukulele orchestra. I guess I’d better learn to play the uke!

2008 Election Maps

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:36:00 +1300

2008 Election Maps:

Mr. Kottke has collected a huge amount of 2008 US election maps. Including this awesome one from The Onion.

Image Optimization Part 2: Selecting the Right File Format

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:30:28 +1300

Image Optimization Part 2: Selecting the Right File Format: the YUI blog has a great series of posts at the moment about image optimization. Part 1 was basically a setup - the above linked article is where you should start. I eagerly await the next installments!

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-2)

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:23:37 +1300

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-2):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

mandamonium: My photo of Darren’s coleslaw used on a blog on...

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:00:29 +1300

mandamonium:

My photo of Darren’s coleslaw used on a blog on the Sydney Morning Herald. Woo hoo for Creative Commons!

Last.fm’s Playground

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:51:04 +1300

Last.fm’s Playground: This site tracks which artists/tracks were most frequently removed by the last.fm community from their scrobbles. (via kottke)

Rives tells a story of mixed emoticons | Video on TED.com. A...

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:02:23 +1300

Rives tells a story of mixed emoticons | Video on TED.com. A great story told using emoticons. o}-

Who said skating wasn’t cool?!

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:53:15 +1300

Who said skating wasn’t cool?!

The Simpsons Spoof The Mad Men Intro, from this years annual...

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:42:25 +1300

The Simpsons Spoof The Mad Men Intro, from this years annual halloween special. (via coudal)