Mental Hygiene http://mentalhygiene.com the best thing you've done for your brain all day Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:58:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Okay, science. Make up your mi… http://mentalhygiene.com/okay-science-make-up-your-mi/ http://mentalhygiene.com/okay-science-make-up-your-mi/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:58:13 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/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?

]]> http://mentalhygiene.com/okay-science-make-up-your-mi/feed/ 0 Okay, science. Make up your mi… http://mentalhygiene.com/okay-science-make-up-your-mi/ http://mentalhygiene.com/okay-science-make-up-your-mi/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:58:13 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/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?

]]> http://mentalhygiene.com/okay-science-make-up-your-mi/feed/ 0 I love it when the solution to… http://mentalhygiene.com/i-love-it-when-the-solution-to/ http://mentalhygiene.com/i-love-it-when-the-solution-to/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:10:21 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/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.”

]]> http://mentalhygiene.com/i-love-it-when-the-solution-to/feed/ 0 Wow. How much did Microsoft pay Pentagram to redesign the Windows 8 logo? And how much did Pentag… http://mentalhygiene.com/wow-how-much-did-microsoft-pay-pentagram-to-redesign-the-windows-8-logo-and-how-much-did-pentag/ http://mentalhygiene.com/wow-how-much-did-microsoft-pay-pentagram-to-redesign-the-windows-8-logo-and-how-much-did-pentag/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:12:36 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/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+)]]> http://mentalhygiene.com/wow-how-much-did-microsoft-pay-pentagram-to-redesign-the-windows-8-logo-and-how-much-did-pentag/feed/ 0 Mmm hrmm. Gnome cyan? http://mentalhygiene.com/mmm-hrmm-gnome-cyan/ http://mentalhygiene.com/mmm-hrmm-gnome-cyan/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:46:37 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/mmm-hrmm-gnome-cyan/ Mmm hrmm. Gnome cyan?

]]> http://mentalhygiene.com/mmm-hrmm-gnome-cyan/feed/ 0 Wow. I had no idea NCSU had mo… http://mentalhygiene.com/wow-i-had-no-idea-ncsu-had-mo/ http://mentalhygiene.com/wow-i-had-no-idea-ncsu-had-mo/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:43:58 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/wow-i-had-no-idea-ncsu-had-mo/ Wow. I had no idea NCSU had mounted police.

]]> http://mentalhygiene.com/wow-i-had-no-idea-ncsu-had-mo/feed/ 0 My first thought when I saw th… http://mentalhygiene.com/my-first-thought-when-i-saw-th/ http://mentalhygiene.com/my-first-thought-when-i-saw-th/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:50:15 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/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.”

]]> http://mentalhygiene.com/my-first-thought-when-i-saw-th/feed/ 0 Is Al Sharpton a “family frien… http://mentalhygiene.com/is-al-sharpton-a-family-frien/ http://mentalhygiene.com/is-al-sharpton-a-family-frien/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:03:21 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/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.

]]> http://mentalhygiene.com/is-al-sharpton-a-family-frien/feed/ 0 Ahem… YOU ARE A GROWN ASS MA… http://mentalhygiene.com/ahem-you-are-a-grown-ass-ma/ http://mentalhygiene.com/ahem-you-are-a-grown-ass-ma/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:49:48 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/ahem-you-are-a-grown-ass-ma/ Ahem…
YOU ARE A GROWN ASS MAN! PULL UP YOUR DAMN PANTS!
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Sorry.

]]> http://mentalhygiene.com/ahem-you-are-a-grown-ass-ma/feed/ 0 Whenever I see a reference to … http://mentalhygiene.com/whenever-i-see-a-reference-to/ http://mentalhygiene.com/whenever-i-see-a-reference-to/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:05:25 +0000 option8 http://mentalhygiene.com/whenever-i-see-a-reference-to/ Whenever I see a reference to GBTV my brain translates it into GLBT. #mixedmessage

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