See this charming post on Gawker offering some constructive criticism on NYMag.com’s new homepage design. I know the feedback will be appreciated, even from a blogger who takes big risks with Web design by resisting the urge to mark up photos with white scribbles in MS Paint.
How does he do it?
I was just listening to Junkie XL - More
Looking at this brilliant sculpture of mirrors glued to a rock in the middle of a forest in Alsace, France:
Michel de Broin’s Superficial
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Google brings their maps to the skies (also the Moon and Mars). Like Kottke, I got all teary-eyed.
I was just listening to Del tha Funky Homosapien - Bubble Pop
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Today, I was alerted to this page on the Texas DOT website where people can vote on the next license plate design. The current license plate design is on the ballot although it is in last place for votes.
I chose the “traditional” plate, since it’s clean, not gaudy and very legible.
The rest of the selections are horrendous. Which makes me wonder what kind of resources Texas and the other states put towards designing license plates…
So I did a little hunting and found this website which contains complete current and historical galleries of license plates here and abroad. It’s an impressive collection and worth browsing through to see some of the more iconic designs, such as New York’s “Lady Liberty 100th Anniversary”, North Carolina’s 1983 “First in Flight”, and Virginia’s 1976 “Bicentennial” plates.
Who doesn’t love playing the license plate game?
I was just listening to Puscifer - Momma Sed
Fig 1. The Google logo celebrating the 50th anniversary of the LEGO brick.
I was just listening to Howe Gelb - That’s How Things Get Done
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I didn’t realize they changed their name from Children’s Television Workshop. In any case, Grover can tell you all about the Sesame Street embedded videos.
I was just listening to Les Savy Fav - What Would Wolves Do?
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