The Curious Addenda

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

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:43:28 -1000

Collected from Eric Baker’s inspiring post, “Today, 10.03.08,” on Design Observer. [Original piece via DailyPoetics’ Flickr.]

Alive Right Now

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:57:33 -1000

Alive Right Now:

“We’re just so lucky to be alive right now, aren’t we?”

Last evening I attended my final First Fashion Friday at Aloha Tower Marketplace. I was not really in the mood to attend such a…

Awesome promotional video for Extensis’ Suitcase Fusion 2...

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:04:01 -1000

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

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

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:57:00 -1000

The follow-up to the Presidential debate visualizations, awesome Wordle-esque graphics of the top 150 words used by Sarah Palin and Joe Biden in the Vice-Presidential debate hosted by Gwen Ifill on 02 October 2008 from from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. (Larger version available upon click-through.) [Via spudart.]

My latest endeavor: JPG Magazine.

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:36:41 -1000

My latest endeavor: JPG Magazine.

Let 1000 Palin parodies bloom.

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:30:42 -1000

alexbalk:

Couric: Do you know what time of day the evening is?
Palin: Sure. I was fortunate enough to grow up in areas where there were clocks.
Couric: So what time of day is the evening? What sorts of things might the Governor of Alaska do in the evening?
Palin: That’s something that everyone kind of has their own personal take on that, Katie. I can’t be presumptuous and tell you when the evening is. I know when it takes place personally for me, but because of maritime locales, and what have you, and different clocks, and because all of us individuals find ourselves on different areas of the map from time to time, evening is sort of a relative concept, Katie. I’ve been around enough not to inflict my stance there. That’s up to the states.
These are almost too easy, but, you know, you work with what you’re given.

I think anything in my RSS Reader that makes me laugh until I am crying into only my first cup of coffee deserves to be reblogged.

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

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:28:56 -1000

I’ve lived in Hawaii for such a long time that I’ve nearly forgotten what different varieties of clouds look like on the mainland, until an Aussie designer friend of mine forwarded me this link this evening. The images are amazing, and made me nostalgic, and anxious to return.

Mammatus are pouch-like cloud structures and a rare example of clouds in sinking air. Sometimes very ominous in appearance, mammatus clouds are harmless and do not mean that a tornado is about to form - a commonly held misconception. In fact, mammatus are usually seen after the worst of a thunderstorm has passed.

"Aren’t we ready for that again? For some maturity? I have to tell you, I am sick and tired of..."

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:10:55 -1000

“Aren’t we ready for that again? For some maturity? I have to tell you, I am sick and tired of hair down to there and crotch-high hemlines. It’s so obvious. For Fall I was really trying to bring back buttoned-up sexy — think Grace Kelly. So cool, so poised. She never reveals a thing and you can’t take your eyes off of her. I mean, watch “Rear Window.” That’s smart sexy; it’s interesting sexy. And it’s grown-up sexy. You want a tip on looking hot? Wear reading glasses and a fitted dress. Simple.”

- Michael Kors, on the “Mad Men” inspiration for his fall ‘08 line. [Via Kottke.]

Hope! (Exclamation Point!)

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:47:46 -1000

Hope! (Exclamation Point!):

The last time I posted a cryptically vague blog entry composed of nothing but a solitary photograph that I captured on my digital camera, entitled simply, “Hope?”, things…did not go…

I can’t stop watching how ecstatically excited CNN’s...

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:21:47 -1000

I can’t stop watching how ecstatically excited CNN’s Rick Sanchez gets when his Twitter board is about to explode! [Via Melissa Gira Grant at Valleywag.]

Overheard On Honolulu Harbor

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:30:00 -1000

Overheard On Honolulu Harbor:

Blond Gay Man: I am convinced that the only thing that helps us get over our previous relationships…is our next relationship.
Asian Woman: I love that.
Blond Gay Man: I don’t.
Asian Woman: So…

It’s Been A Privilege To Be Here

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:29:29 -1000

It’s Been A Privilege To Be Here:

I am always saddened when a great artist dies. But the loss always seems so much more palpable and poignant when the artist is not only a formidable artist, but also an amazing husband, father,…

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

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:28:55 -1000

Awesome Wordle-esque visualizations of the top 250 words used by Barack Obama and John McCain during the first Presidential debate of 2008, hosted by Jim Lehrer on 26 September 2008, from the Ford Center at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. (Larger version available on click-through.) [Via spudart.]

"Promise me you’ll never forget me, because if I thought you would, I’d never leave."

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:16:06 -1000

“Promise me you’ll never forget me, because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.”

- Winnie The Pooh, A. A. Milne.

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

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:05:47 -1000

OMG. I had a coat exactly like this when I was, like, FIVE! In, like, 1978!

(Mine had a matching hat, though. Oh, SNAP!)

[Via Jezebel.]

The AB Remainders: The Loveliest Island Anchored In Any Ocean

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:15:06 -1000

The AB Remainders: The Loveliest Island Anchored In Any Ocean:

Today here at Curious Affairs we are purposefully ignoring the recent unannounced hiatus of “The AB Remainders” and proceeding without comment to announce a slight deviation from the usual…

Keep Calm, Carry On

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:12:57 -1000

Keep Calm, Carry On:

While working my way through my RSS feed reader this afternoon, I happened quite luckily across a post in one of my favorite corporate blogs that caused me to pause, and to reflect,…

Psyop’s “Crow”, a station ID for MTV HD,...

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:38:11 -1000

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

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

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:31:18 -1000

So much for Atherton Bartelby never succumbing to Internet memes.

"For Wallace, a thought could never actually, in good conscience, realistically, be finished — there..."

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:52:27 -1000

“For Wallace, a thought could never actually, in good conscience, realistically, be finished — there was always one more reversal, one more qualifying clause, and an honest writer had to follow them out. Hence the famously never-ending sentences that spun off, even more famously, into never-ending footnotes. The black hole of his self-consciousness drew everything into it, even and especially self-consciousness itself. But that compulsion to be exhaustive was, apparently, exhausting.”

- “Sam Anderson Remembers David Foster Wallace”, New York magazine, 15 September 2008.