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By Tom Gauld.

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:28:45 -0800

"A late sixties Gulf Air card portrays a well-tailored Marvel Comics–style man, stalwart and square..."

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:36:00 -0800

“A late sixties Gulf Air card portrays a well-tailored Marvel Comics–style man, stalwart and square jawed, prepared to meet his fate with a ducklike dignity.”

- Avi Steinberg – The Unlikely Event from Paris Review. Highly recommended.

Also check out Snyder’s Map of Thanksgiving Dinner and...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:28:34 -0800

Also check out Snyder’s Map of Thanksgiving Dinner and Warrior Poets for more fun.

The Saddest Book Ever Written

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:43:31 -0800

The Saddest Book Ever Written:

“Buy this book, or don’t, I don’t care anymore.”

OMG, YES.

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:53:00 -0800

OMG, YES.

"This current incarnation of Republicanism is so crude, so un-American, so fascistic in its disdain..."

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:41:00 -0800

“This current incarnation of Republicanism is so crude, so un-American, so fascistic in its disdain for the rule of law and its relish for violence that it should have no place in a Western polity. To have leading Republican candidates embrace torture in this way renders it the only political party in the entire Western world to embrace the abuse and torture of prisoners. It is unique in the West in embracing the tactics of totalitarian states throughout the world.”

- Andrew Sullivan, “Why Huntsman And Paul Matter”

The fact that these unctuous, idiotic, craven hypocrites haven’t been run off the stage in utter shame sickens me.

Via melissa.

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:38:27 -0700

Via melissa.

"The locus of the infantilist aesthetic seemed to be Steve Jobs himself, if his pronouncements at..."

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:48:35 -0700

“The locus of the infantilist aesthetic seemed to be Steve Jobs himself, if his pronouncements at keynote presentations were an accurate representation. The default book in iBooks? Winnie the Pooh. The trailers he used to demonstrate the video capabilities of the device? Pixar movies. The music choices? Resolutely mainstream, conservative and sentimental. At his recent memorial service on the Apple campus, Coldplay and Norah Jones played. Can you imagine these artists playing at a Dieter Rams memorial?

My question is: why does this approach not extend to the devices themselves? Why not make a wooden case for the iMac, like those hideous Sony TVs from my childhood? Or why not a case that makes the computer look like a typewriter?

And why, when we have these beautiful, clean, efficient devices, do we put up with this horrific, dishonest and childish crap?”

- From “Apple’s aesthetic dichotomy,” James Higgs/Made by Many.

There is a certain garish sentimentality to the design of these applications. James Higgs apparently feels the same glaring dissonance I feel when i look at this stuff: the iPad or iPhone is so damn elegant it makes you wince when you see the clumsy digital image of a puffy leatherbound book when you turn it on.

My guess, personally, is that the issue comes down to the fact that Jony Ive doesn’t design GUIs. Or the people in charge of the whole package think he’s designing a piece of hardware with a different character than what he thinks he’s designing. Sad.

The Partisan and the Political :: Peter Frase

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:59:10 -0700

The Partisan and the Political :: Peter Frase:

Interesting long read on the difference between ideology and partisanship, the OWS protests in the modern American political sphere, and what if anything the remnants of the dead left can do with them.

So long, and thanks for all the cats.

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:10:57 -0700

So long, and thanks for all the cats.

I shall brook no donnys before their time, yo.

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:29:48 -0700

I shall brook no donnys before their time, yo.

The squad of pencilnecks was over-exposed on the slope and so...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:50:20 -0700

The squad of pencilnecks was over-exposed on the slope and so they shot and maneuvered until they captured the ridge.

alt.sex.[___] was the fuckyeah[_].tumblr.com of the 90's

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:48:00 -0700

alt.sex.[_________] was the fuckyeah[_______].tumblr.com of the 90's:

melissa:

For real.

But really, I think reddit is the usenet of the web2.0 era.

"I asked myself, ‘Is it going to prevent me from getting out of here? Is there a risk of death..."

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:46:23 -0700

“I asked myself, ‘Is it going to prevent me from getting out of here? Is there a risk of death attached to it? Is it permanently disabling? Is it permanently disfiguring? Lastly, is it excruciating?’ If it doesn’t fit one of those five categories, then it isn’t important.””

- Maj. Rhonda Cornum, as quoted in Sullivan

Her topic is something particularly unpleasant but her attitude is applicable to a lot of things in life.

(via drewtoothpaste)

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:57:00 -0700

(via drewtoothpaste)

god dammit source

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:34:00 -0700

god dammit

source

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:11:31 -0700

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:

Someday….

From The Atlantic’s piece on Steven Johnson.

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:40:38 -0700

From The Atlantic’s piece on Steven Johnson.

"They enthusiastically applaud government executions. And they’re certain government is incompetent,..."

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:48:37 -0700

“They enthusiastically applaud government executions. And they’re certain government is incompetent, except when it comes to bombing foreigners, torturing Muslims, and killing guilty people, in which cases government is always, 100 percent, how-dare-you-even-ask-questions correct.”

- The Limited Government, Pro-Life Party | The Agitator (via jeffmiller)

These “inspirational” posters based on The Wire are...

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:25:46 -0700

These “inspirational” posters based on The Wire are awesome. Included here is one of my favorite character, THE BUNK. It may be time to rewatch that shit. “Happy now, bitch?”