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License Plate Design

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

Posted in Design, Texas

February 8th, 2008 | 4:02 PM

Because Someone Has To Keep Austin Weird

I loved watching Ghostland Observatory’s performance on Austin City Limits. They’re freaky good and definitely from Austin, TX. The ACL folks were so impressed, they released this performance on DVD. Here is a clip from the show, while it lasts, on YouTube:

Posted in Music, Texas, YouTube

January 6th, 2008 | 10:11 PM