Three things that made me happy this Sunday:
- Helvetica poster!
- Artist's maquette in Peggy's office!
- Underwood typewriter ad framed above Allison's desk!
Tag Archive for 'geekness'
While this "pink turd" (to borrow and slightly tweak Gruber's lovely turn of phrase) is truly, truly hideous, it actually is pretty much on par with the kind of clueless-about-half-the-species sort of whiz kids who named the iPad.
Just my two thoughts on an item at digitaldaily.com
Just my two thoughts on an item at digitaldaily.com
This is brilliant:
It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate. I was furling my wieldy umbrella for the coat check when I saw her standing alone in a corner. She was a descript person, a woman in a state of total array. Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled… Continue reading
Very busy with classes, so here's one of my programming projects to tide you over.
I call it pinbOut; it's a small video game somewhere between pinball and breakout (aka brickbreaker, but more properly arkanoid).
http://positdesign.com/media/pinbout/
Player one (white) is controlled with the z and x keys; player two (black) is o and p. Depending on your screen resolution, you may need to scroll down quickly. Requires up-to-date Java in your browser…
In the last three weeks, my programming class has kept me too busy playing my hand at being Ada to put together a coherent piece on the order of last year's ALD post. But I'm already planning something all-out for next year. So this one's a quickie.
Much of tech right now is dominated by social media. And one of the big rumors floating around is that because women are… Continue reading
I wish Boston was hosting a funeral today. Via ie6funeral.com
A "playful paint program" that you can play with, at http://positdesign.com/media/paintplay/
I utterly love Werner Herzog. There's really just no two ways around it.
I'm also pretty certain that this is the first book I ever read the whole text of out loud to my mother, which she claims happened when I was 2.
via coilhouse magazine
This project was interrupted by the tragic death of Lee Alexander McQueen. He's one of the most important fashion figures in my lifetime. He was BFF to my most perfect muse & inspiration, Isabella Blow. She discovered* him at fashion college, bought his entire senior thesis. Her eye and aesthetic brought many of the great designers of the last few decades to prominence; she described herself as the fashion industry's… Continue reading
It's Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Number 3: Jane Lane. Continue reading
It's Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling.com, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Number one: Rory Gilmore. Continue reading
This semester I'm studying Processing, a Java-ish programming language developed by and for visual artists. I churned out a couple of sketches last week, but this is my first interactive piece in the language. I'm really having fun in code; I'm learning; I'm absorbing the algorithms by osmosis, and just really, really happy with the class. When the professor described our assignments as like creative writing exercises, and
- gray and yellow—as neutrals, and especially in combination. Gray nail polish.
- web typography, escaping from the "safe."
- the realization that my books are clutter, and with getting rid of several thousand of them.
- acquiring only things I truly love; getting rid of everything I don't love. Declaring a War on Clutter.
- the color orange. It makes me smile.
- cleaning, filing, dusting, organizing.
- exercise; specifically crunches, and doing many of them.
- lady gaga; her wardrobe and feminism and
One of my hugest webdesign/usability pet peeves is galleries or slideshows. I just don't want to have to hit the NEXT arrow 14 times to learn ten pieces of information, or to see twelve pretty pictures. If your click-per rate and my patience have a showdown, I'm closing the tab.
Luckily, it's not always strictly necessary:
I was thinking about my little sister, and was inspired to whip this up for her. Just a quick photoshop doodle:
This is your chance to see "Dead, Wrapped in Plastic"—my sculpture of dead Laura Palmer—live and in-person! Continue reading
My twelve year old boy's sense of humor failed me utterly on Sunday night… Continue reading
created by Ub Iwerks; directed by Walt Disney Continue reading
Baking the Star Wars Cake
This labor of love is also a result of my love for smittenkitchen.com. The cake is Deb's Best Birthday Cake. It is filled with her Mango Curd and frosted with her Swiss Buttercream, the instructions for which include the directive, "Patience, young Jedis." As per her brilliant layer cake tips, I made the mango curd and… Continue reading
Why is your iPhone app free? It shouldn't be. Continue reading
