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Carousel 3/5/10

OkGo does it again! This is *better* than the treadmill video.

The Oatmeal shows usHow a web design goes straight to hell.
Maggie Taylor is my new favorite.
The title says it all: Art manifestos and their applications in contemporary design (thanks, Nubby!)
Empty Bellies Do Not Beget Genius by Gala Darling.
I totally want one of these Nerd Merit Badges
Meet the Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy.
Just who is iammiwhoiam?
Sailor Twain is surprising and excellent, so far.
The best for last: I am in love with this Female Illustrators of the mid 20^th century blog. Inspiring!

March 5th, 2010 | Carousel, Inspiration | 2 Comments

Carousel 2/26/10

I saw this video many months ago and forgot about it until I found it in my Vimeo favorites. I still think it’s super rad. Thanks, Myrrh!

Speaking of things I forgot about–I forgot entirely that Ze Frank did this young me, now me project. If you saw it when it launched, there’s a lot more content now.
A list of 6 geographical facts you aren’t going to believe.
Andy Gilmore is the king of the color wheel
Action Comics #1 is officially the first comic book to sell for a million dollars.
Clearly you all want to help Save San Francisco’s Defenestration Installation.
OKCupid’s blog continues to tell us more horrifying things about our behavior patterns.
This is a really exceptional I’m sorry card.
It seems that my bandmates can’t stop playing Robot Unicorn Attack. Expect a cover song, kids.
The unfortunately named I love hot dogs, is a super great vintage movie blog, featuring mostly posters and screenshots of title sequences. beautiful.
It’s finally time for The funeral of IE6. I’ll throw one of these in SF on the same day if enough people are interested.

February 27th, 2010 | Carousel | 1 Comment

Weekly Ustream: This Can’t End Well 2/23/10

In case you missed it, or forgot, my band is live streaming our practices every Tuesday.

We record the last run-through of all the songs we did that night and archive it, so you can see all the songs without the banter, mistakes, and pizza-eating that typically occurs earlier in the practice. There’s also the added bonus that we are *far* more drunk by the time we get this far in.

Last night’s setlist was:

Amazing
Redacted
Five
I’ll Let You Watch

For those on my blog, see below. If you’re viewing this on facebook or in a reader, the embed may be missing, so click here.

& if you want to see us in all our mistake-filled pizza-eating glory, check out the stream on Tuesday nights, here:

Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV

February 24th, 2010 | Music, This Can't End Well | 3 Comments

Interview with Deer Brains

The lovely folks at Deer Brains did an interview with me.

Please go read it, and also check out the rest of their totally sweet blog.

February 22nd, 2010 | Press, interview | 7 Comments

Carousel 2/19/10

I’m sure many of you have already seen this, but this is a nearly 100% cgi film that has to be seen to be believed.
The only elements that aren’t cg here are: photographer (shot on greenscreen), pigeons, timelapsed growing flowers, flying airplane and sky backgrounds.
Serious kudos the Alex Roman, who created everything in this film, including the music.

This film just looks adorable.

Scott McCloud shares 5 ways to prevent wrist strain while drawing.
Here are 35 New Free Fonts for Designers
I was seriously amused by the Devo Color Study.
Compare PSD is a particularly useful app to compare 2 psd files for differences.
Speaking of PSDs, tomorrow is the 20^th anniversary of the release of Photoshop! Here’s a brief history of everyone’s favorite Adobe program.
Duke University’s digital library of sheet music is full of amazing typography
Every design sin known to man, in one place! (via LaughingSquid)
Dresden Kodak does it again, with 42 essential 3^rd act twists.
This video is easily the weirdest thing I’ve seen today, and that’s saying something.

February 20th, 2010 | Carousel, Inspiration | 2 Comments

A tornado disguised as a girl.

Love & Not Trouble.
Illustration & Animation.
Web Design, Cello, & World Domination.

Stars burn bright, and Star St. Germain is no different. Whether working in crafts, music, or art, Star is an endlessly creative individual.
— David Brothers, Fourth Letter

Star puts the poly in polymath.
— Ian Mansfield

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