It’s Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling.com, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Number one: Rory Gilmore.
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 [...]
current obsessions
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 [...]
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. [...]
Joan wears pants!
I was thinking about my little sister, and was inspired to whip this up for her. Just a quick photoshop doodle:
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!
how the hell did I not notice this?
My twelve year old boy’s sense of humor failed me utterly on Sunday night.
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 [...]
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.
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.
pangram love
almost absurdly cute: buzzfeed | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog

