2008

Oct

Collected from Eric Baker’s inspiring post,...

Alive Right Now

Awesome promotional video for Extensis’ Suitcase Fusion 2 font manager. I LOLed for days. [Via...

The follow-up to the Presidential debate visualizations,...

My latest endeavor: JPG Magazine.

Let 1000 Palin parodies bloom.

alexbalk: Couric: Do you know what time of day the evening is? Palin: Sure. I was fortunate enough...

I’ve lived in Hawaii for such a long time that...

“Aren’t we ready for that again? For some maturity? I...”
— Michael Kors, on the...

Hope! (Exclamation Point!)

Sep

I can’t stop watching how ecstatically excited CNN’s Rick Sanchez gets when his Twitter...

Overheard On Honolulu Harbor

It’s Been A Privilege To Be Here

Awesome Wordle-esque visualizations of the top 250 words...

“Promise me you’ll never forget me, because if I...”
— Winnie The Pooh, A. A. Milne.

OMG. I had a coat exactly like this when I was, like, FIVE!...

The AB Remainders: The Loveliest Island...

Keep Calm, Carry On

Psyop’s “Crow”, a station ID for MTV HD, produced in 2007. [Via Design:Related.]

So much for Atherton Bartelby never succumbing to Internet...

“For Wallace, a thought could never actually, in good...”
— “Sam Anderson Remembers...

Fuckin’ Haoles: Go Back To America

Photoblogging My Honolulu: Fin

My baby, should I ever acquire one. [Via Jezebel.]

A Blogistential Crisis

A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again

“Life is not a story, or at any rate, not a very good story....”
— Mickey Smith, “Teacher’s...

The Nowhere Man

Well. At least Governor Palin is providing me with some prime entertainment via all of these...

Seven Years, Take Note

Into The Labyrinth

[Via The Bloggess.]

doree: (via marklisanti)

Aug

doree: maura: So when I see people say things like “it’s just a blog” I get my hackles up. The...

Memorializing the great moments of the 2008 DNC: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: “No way. No...

Memorializing the great moments of the 2008 DNC: Senator Edward Moore Kennedy: “This is a...

Memorializing the great moments of the 2008 DNC: Michelle Obama: “Isn’t that the great...

Asterisco Hub by Joel Escalona on Yanko Design. Scream the...

I’ve no idea why today was the day for seeing incredibly random references to “The...

The Blogosphere’s Next Hot Bloggers

“Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its...”
— Walter Benjamin, German-Jewish...

“No design can exist in isolation. It is always related,...”
— George Nelson, Designer,...

Conversations with graphic design legend Paul Rand. [Via SwissMiss.]

Retour de Bartelby

I posted this video well over a month ago in “Curious Affairs” as a joke, but I thought...

I realized this afternoon that although I saw this awhile ago, and although it has been posted by...

I truly cannot stop laughing at Paris Hilton’s response to John McCain’s unfortunately...

Jul

I am fairly certain this is via everyone on the Internet. And I love it.

Could Designers Save Print?

I always considered myself more of a Kris than a Jill of the Munroe variety, but I was so happy to...

A "Showroom Dummies" caption would have...

I love Choire Sicha’s work, so of course I enjoyed the article. But I think the best thing...

Start Spreading The News

On The Fingers Of One Hand

spiers: There’s a Dutch guy who owns a restaurant on...

“If you ever want to lose faith in humanity, read any...”
— New York Times commenter (via...

“And the word ‘the’ is spelled wrong in the prompter.” All right. As anyone...

In Praise Of The New End Note And Internet...

Reblogging etiquette

blakeley: Is it bad form to reblog someone’s post without giving credit? I don’t know, is it?...

To All Of My Circles And Triangles

Page Six Magazine Debate: Is it Pointless to...

The Dreaming Days Where The Mess Was Made

I think it is safe to write that Bette Davis should have...

This image of Daryl Hannah reminded me of lyrics from my...

I stumbled across this zip-up this evening and simply had to...

The silent soundtrack of the extended weekend. It could only have been heard if you had been in my...

Jesus. I cannot believe that even reading a Pulitzer...

I would let out a shrill “SQUEEE!” to accompany...

Don’t know what this is, but it all leads to this: You’re gonna leave her.

Jun

Of popcorn, and piñon sap, and Pamela Sue Martin…

“We’ve really achieved the ideal of what I...

“This relationship can’t go anywhere, for obvious...”
— Jon Katz, “My Dog Has A...

“But hope appears only in fragmented form. Benjamin...”
— Theodor Adorno, “A...

Julia Allison must be stronger than I am, because there was no “almost” in my case....

alexbalk: “I know you’ve heard it all before, so I don’t say it anymore” is one of the nicest things...

All right, people: my birthday is imminent, and this doll...

“J’ai tendu des cordes de clocher à clocher; des guirlandes...”
— Arthur Rimbaud,...

The Earth and the Moon, as seen from Mars.

“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”
— Sallust.

“Shimmering beneath the scorching sun of the Peruvian...

Sunset. From Mars. From NASA’s “Image Of The...

Why I am voting Republican.

I’ve decided I want to check into the Timberline Lodge...

I used to be so fond of this series… Betty White, Bea...

Thank you, Mr. Balk. alexbalk: So now that Hillary’s out, what major female public figure is it...

The Return Of The Atherton Bartelby Photoblog.

May

“This image, one of the first captured by NASA’s...

“I’ve had happy moments in my life, but I...

“It ended in a transcendental theory which, with her horror...”
— Virginia Wolff, Mrs....

In honor of The 133rd Running Of The Preakness Stakes. (And of the greatest horse that ever ran...

From the new novel by Michael Kimball.

“I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid. Because...”
— Lewis Carroll, Alice’s...

“She had to wait for the next car. A feeling gripped her like...”
— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina.

Apr

“Every Hawaiian has heard of the ‘Marchers of the...”
— Mary Pukui and Martha...

“In the midst of winter, I finally discovered that there was,...”
— Albert Camus, Return To...

“What still lies ahead for consciousness is the experience of...”
— G. W. F. Hegel, Phenomenology...