Monthly Archives: November 2008

A Brighter Discontent

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Mondotek — Alive (PH Electro Mix Radio Edit)
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Well, I guess I’m feeling part of the disillusionment & disappointment that come with age. But in any case, since I have the right to be selfish and materialistic for a day I’ll post my wishlist here:

Digidesign Mbox 2 audio interface
Yamaha HS80M [...]

Helvetica And The NYC Subway System

Paul Shaw writes about the typographical history of the New York City subway system, from mosaic tiles to present-day modernism. It’s a good read if you’re into typography, but even if you’re not, give it a quick once-over.
(AIGA via swissmiss)

RIM Gets No Love From The New York Times

The Blackberry Storm has been getting its fair share of bad press on its shortcomings and all, but this latest piece from the New York Times has got to be the most scathing one I have ever read. Me? I’m waiting for the Blackberry 8900 to get here.

It’s the Beat!

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Simian Mobile Disco and The Teenagers aside, Home Club/BEAT! will be having free flow (and entry) from 10PM — 1AM on the 5th of December. The last time I remember they had free flow, we were still sophomores in Design school and Poptart was all the rage. And they [...]

Chewbacca Mouse

$35 from Etsy — I bought one!

Swims April Coat

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Embrace

I wanted to test this new music player script I installed, so here’s something from Pnau:

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(ft. Ladyhawke, remixed by Fred Falke & Miami Horror)

Also, four-door Porsches are weird.
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Oh yeah — I wanted to write this a while back but somehow it slipped my mind. Electrico’s Hail to the Friends [...]

Webcam Suicide

In a what appears to be an Untraceable-inspired suicide, a 19-year old kid in Florida killed himself on a live webcam feed. That’s a police officer in the screenshot.
(NewTeeVee via Wired)

Protected: House 1×09 (DNR)

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Toshiba Upscaling Ad

This is pretty awesome — 200 cameras and no CG imagery:

The making of:

(Ad by Grey London)

Snoop Dogg on Martha Stewart

Also, in a fit of useless coolness, Gmail now has themes.

Awesome Christmas Cards

(at Blanka)

Small Tall What?

Hey Guys I Have A Nephew!

10 minutes after birth (probably wondering what the hell is going on)

Wrapping It Up

(This post is an excellent example of why I need to get a compact digital camera)

This is what passes for “satay” in New York, and at US$7 a pop, too. Didn’t really do it for me, but then again it was soy satay… we (Sameer and I) were eating at a vegan place down the street [...]