Burningman Infographic
July 29, 2010 – 7:13 pmThis Burningman infographic created by @xmasons shows the history and evolution of the event.
Click to embiggen
A Field Guide to Typestatches
July 24, 2010 – 5:30 pm
["A Field Guide to Typestaches." A $24, 18" x 24" poster from Old Tom Foolery /via Laughing Squid]
Star Posters
July 21, 2010 – 2:55 pm
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
July 12, 2010 – 1:05 pm
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 Incorporated” but please please please visit the Pekar Project at Smith Magazine and pick up some of Pekar‘s books like American Splender and The Quitter if the chance arrises.
Kibbitzin about how Life got Incorporated by Harvey Pekar and Doug Kushkoff [PDF]
Introducing the ‘ERRORsEverywhere’ Tumblr
July 11, 2010 – 9:19 pm
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 this post in full already) it’s blog posts from the ERRORsEverywhere Tumblr.
The Vader Project
July 7, 2010 – 3:12 pm
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 heads after the jump.
R.I.P. PoliticalReps.com
June 30, 2010 – 2:19 pm
PoliticalReps.com — Born: August 2006 – Died: June 28, 2010.
PoliticalReps.com now redirects to AllMilitary.com
[ The original PoliticalReps.com site is archived at http://politicalreps.blogspot.com ]
It was a decent run.
How cell phone data transmits
June 30, 2010 – 7:10 amDamned if 2010 isn’t the return year of the revised infographics. Just look at the sorry, lazy state of this blog for instance.
This one shows how data travels from a wireless device.
[via Gizmodo]
UPDATE: And make the jump to see the “How a Cell Phone Call Works” infographic.
“Everything you need to know about fast food” infographic
June 27, 2010 – 1:57 pmThis Fast Food Infographic is awful old in Internet years/time. Nevertheless. . .
[via I am Bored]
John Butler & Pip Hills speaking the names of Scotches
June 16, 2010 – 9:32 amA Scotch enthusiast pointed out a site with a few fellows speaking the names of Scotches out loud. If you were ever curious how to pronounce that one Scotch, this is your chance. I’ve put them all together in a single MP3, clocking in at under two minutes.
Scotch Pronunciations [MP3 Download]
Scotches are not spoken in complete alphabetical order. To play along at home, see the full list of Scotches, after the jump.