random stuff


22
Feb 12

Okay, science. Make up your mi…

Okay, science. Make up your mind. Which is going to kill me first: Artificial sweeteners in my diet soda, or high fructose corn syrup?


22
Feb 12

Okay, science. Make up your mi…

Okay, science. Make up your mind. Which is going to kill me first: Artificial sweeteners in my diet soda, or high fructose corn syrup?


20
Feb 12

I love it when the solution to…

I love it when the solution to a client’s panicked email about his website is “clear your cache and reload.”


17
Feb 12

Wow. How much did Microsoft pay Pentagram to redesign the Windows 8 logo? And how much did Pentag…

Wow. How much did Microsoft pay Pentagram to redesign the Windows 8 logo? And how much did Pentagram give to the first year "design fundamentals" student to throw this together in Corel Draw?

A flag no more: Microsoft unveils new Windows logo

The multicolored Windows flag is no more. Windows 8 will do away with the wavy Windows logo that Microsoft has used in one form or another for the last 20 years, and replace it with a logo that's, well, a window.

Windows 8 ushers in a new, and completely different, Windows look and feel: it brings the Metro design concept to the desktop. With Metro's emphasis on clean lines and typography, Microsoft wanted a logo that reflected these ideals, and so commissioned agency Pentagram to create the…

(originally from G+)

15
Feb 12

Mmm hrmm. Gnome cyan?

Mmm hrmm. Gnome cyan?


15
Feb 12

Wow. I had no idea NCSU had mo…

Wow. I had no idea NCSU had mounted police.


13
Feb 12

My first thought when I saw th…

My first thought when I saw the “We’re moving!” sign over the Blockbuster was “to the Redbox kiosk in front of the drug store.”


13
Feb 12

Is Al Sharpton a “family frien…

Is Al Sharpton a “family friend” of every dead black celebrity? @Baratunde – if he wants to hang out with you, RUN.


13
Feb 12

Ahem… YOU ARE A GROWN ASS MA…

Ahem…
YOU ARE A GROWN ASS MAN! PULL UP YOUR DAMN PANTS!

Sorry.


12
Feb 12

Whenever I see a reference to …

Whenever I see a reference to GBTV my brain translates it into GLBT. #mixedmessage