Archive for July, 2010

The dreaded ‘Idea’ — Part 1: Twitter and iPhone/iPod

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Ah, the "Idea." Hardly will we find anything more polarizing. For seemingly half of us, just the word "idea" alone seems to conjure high-mindedness, nobility and is lauded up above so much else. The other half snubs/thumbs their noise at the word and "ideas" hardly even register as a ...

Burningman Infographic

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

This Burningman infographic created by @xmasons shows the history and evolution of the event. Click to embiggen

A Field Guide to Typestatches

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

["A Field Guide to Typestaches." A $24, 18" x 24" poster from Old Tom Foolery /via Laughing Squid]

Star Posters

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

As you can see from the closeup below, designer Mark Brooks did up posters using stars. Distance yourself from these images to better make them out. [via DesignYouTrust]

Pekar Project: Kibbitzin’ about how Life got Incorporated

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Well this stinks, the great "underground" comic book creator Harvey Pekar has reportedly died. And not long after I had started a skeleton post to share the Pekar Project -- Harvey's first regular webcomic series.  I put together a PDF download of the first part of the latest story "Kibbitzin' How Life Got ...

Introducing the ‘ERRORsEverywhere’ Tumblr

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Do not check out my new Tumblr ERRORsEverywhere where I hope to eventually transfer all the error posts from Nearly A Nerd -- and add current and continuing head-scratchers -- chronicling the massive amounts of smartphone, computing and Internet errors I encounter on a daily basis. Or if you make the jump (or are viewing ...

The Vader Project

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

After four years on a traveling tour, The Vader Project should wind up in its planned home at the Freeman’s Auction House in Philadelphia this week. Artists participating in The Vader Project took the helmet of the dark Sith Lord Vader and transformed it into its own standalone artform. See several of the done-up Vader ...