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ie6 is dead to me

I wish Boston was hosting a funeral today. Via ie6funeral.com

I built this

A "playful paint program" that you can play with, at http://positdesign.com/media/paintplay/

a childhood favorite, bleakened

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

fictional style icons — part four of five

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

fictional style icons — part three of five

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

fictional style icons — part one of five

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

built with Processing

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

current obsessions

  1. gray and yellow—as neutrals, and especially in combination. Gray nail polish.
  2. web typography, escaping from the "safe."
  3. the realization that my books are clutter, and with getting rid of several thousand of them.
  4. acquiring only things I truly love; getting rid of everything I don't love. Declaring a War on Clutter.
  5. the color orange. It makes me smile.
  6. cleaning, filing, dusting, organizing.
  7. exercise; specifically crunches, and doing many of them.
  8. lady gaga; her wardrobe and feminism and

clickthrough-averse

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:

slideshow

via nymag.com

Joan wears pants!

I was thinking about my little sister, and was inspired to whip this up for her. Just a quick photoshop doodle: pants02

REMINDER: come see my art

This is your chance to see "Dead, Wrapped in Plastic"—my sculpture of dead Laura Palmer—live and in-person! Continue reading

how the hell did I not notice this?

My twelve year old boy's sense of humor failed me utterly on Sunday night… Continue reading

The Skeleton Dance

created by Ub Iwerks; directed by Walt Disney Continue reading

when a nerd falls in love with a geek

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

Dear The New York Times

Why is your iPhone app free? It shouldn't be. Continue reading

Programming is just language.

Why takes the science out of programming. He says: learning programming is about learning grammar. This is, very literally, language I understand. Continue reading

This is how Mad Men makes me feel

Adorable animated .gif from jezebel.com

iphone!

I've only had my iPhone—has it really been just?—two weeks, and I already can't fathom life before it. This device isn't a luxury item, but a basic necessity for me. Continue reading

pangram love

almost absurdly cute: buzzfeed | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog

brilliance

Caring about grammar is cool!! Or anyway, if this thing keeps cycling the web, it will be soon. Continue reading