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Diversion Wednesday #14: I Have Seen the Future of Food, and It Is Round
I have seen the future of food. It is spherical; it is puffy; it is delicious.Diversion Wednesday #14: I Have Seen the Future of Food, and It Is Round
All the Sad Young Literary Men
Designer credit to come Gigantic literary aspirations are the crosses that some people bear. This is wonderful. Buy this book from Amazon.comAll the Sad Young Literary Men
Knight Attire
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) was an influential…Knight Attire
Stuff and nonsense
I just posted this to my UI design class discussion board: Awe-inspiring info design…though the current menu is now only 6 pages 😦 “Two years ago, Calvin Trillin wrote an article for the New Yorker about Shopsin’s, an eccentric eatery in the West Village with about 9 billion menu items… Shopsin’s has moved to another …
House of Mystery #251
House of Mystery #251House of Mystery #251
Japanese Toy Designs
Japanese Toy Designs
I laughed out loud
“So the governor of New York is just another big-spending liberal. Imagine, $4,300 for one night with a lady. Any self-respecting fiscal conservative would find a willing partner in an airport… I laughed out loud
Action Comics #475
Action Comics #475Action Comics #475
The problem we always return to is bandwidth. Bandwidth, bandwidth, bandwidth. Who would not prefer to pootle along the country lanes in a flowered gypsy caravan, rather than blast down the motorway in a colossal juggernaut? Trouble is, when you’ve a certain number of deliveries to make a van just isn’t big enough. Bandwidth, bandwidth, …
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