Category Archives: cool

Adventures in Web Development

Posted on August 1, 2008 by dff

Tyler: So, here’s the page with the email form. Not sure if it works, though. Dan: Well, let’s put in a malformed email address. Like, I dunno, how about just “Douchebag”? Tyler: OK, just “Douchebag” it is. Tyler: Hmm. It … Continue reading →

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So autosuggestible, so asleep

Posted on July 22, 2008 by dff

Rocking! Droning! New TFYs : baby it’s cold inside.

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Lately I’ve been thinking

Posted on July 12, 2008 by dff

…that Dinosaur Jr. might be one of the absolute best rock bands, ever. I just don’t seem to be able to get tired of their music. And I play the shit out of stuff I like. That’s it. Nothing earthshaking, … Continue reading →

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In which the typographic business is given, good and hard

Posted on May 14, 2008 by dff

Typorgrapher.org dishes it out to NTT DoCoMo like NTT DoCoMo’s blocking the way to the tacqueria: So, it appears our brand specialist has been drinking one too many Châteauneuf-du-Pape and has gone into a drunken overdrive during a meeting with … Continue reading →

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Partisan songs

Posted on April 20, 2008 by dff

To Repel Ghosts: These songs are the record of our speculative forays into the dreamspace which has grown up in the cracks between the social myth of the Heroic partisans and the ugly reality of the war; in mapping that … Continue reading →

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Little spacetime capsules

Posted on March 25, 2008 by dff

This is so cool!

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I could never figure it out, either

Posted on March 20, 2008 by dff

Completely out of the blue, the QM writes: I’d long known that The Verve lost all their Bittersweet Symphony royalties due to allegedly ripping off the Rolling Stones’s Last Time. But I could never figure it out, since I don’t … Continue reading →

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Strange mashups

Posted on March 20, 2008 by dff

Shine a Light vs. Heywood Floyd. (ooh!)

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Aquatic Art

Posted on February 18, 2008 by jmd

I did not know that there were international fish tank layout contests. Apparently its a no-no to use opening treasure chests and bubbling deep sea divers in your layout. In spite of that, the designs are amazing. More here and … Continue reading →

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One sign a book is going to be good.

Posted on February 4, 2008 by jmd

I’ve been reading quite a bit in the last few weeks – making sure I’m getting my moneys worth from Amazon Prime. I ordered “The Boy, Me, and the Cat” by Henry Plummer. Mr. Plummer, his son and Scotty the … Continue reading →

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Indomitable?

Posted on February 1, 2008 by dff

With the loose change found under the couch cushions of a third-tier Hollywood producer, France has launched its most expensive movie – sorry, “film” – ever: Asterix at the Olympic Games. TIME magazine tells us: A Gallic national treasure, Asterix … Continue reading →

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Keep your spandex fetish away from my Hergé, please

Posted on February 1, 2008 by dff

WTF is THIS? He-Man, Master of the Belgianverse?

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“The thinking person’s heartthrob”

Posted on January 22, 2008 by dff

Slipping mad props for one of your favorite artists into an only semi-related product review! Well done, anonymous Boston Globe Business writer, well done!

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But not tonight

Posted on January 2, 2008 by dff

Ha!

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Janek Schaefer performances

Posted on December 27, 2007 by dff

English sound artist / composer Janek Schaefer offers downloadable MP3s of two of his performances for sale: the recent The Sporting Guide to The Speed of Sound and the slightly older Recital in the old library. I’m not much for … Continue reading →

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Sim unclear on meaning of ‘retired’

Posted on December 27, 2007 by dff

Glamourpuss. What’s it all about? Dunno, but it’s The Haute Couture Magazine parody that’s so six months ago. and it’s An homage to the classic photorealism black and white “beyond noir” strips of the 1940s and 50s (Alex Raymond, Stan … Continue reading →

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Balinese Gamelan

Posted on December 17, 2007 by dff

Cool: A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included. The term refers more … Continue reading →

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52,000 lessons in composition

Posted on December 10, 2007 by dff

1000 Frames of Hitchcock: 52 movies storyboarded by screencap. Awesome!

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More Frazetta

Posted on December 10, 2007 by dff

Golden Age Comic Book Stories has some great Frazetta art, here, here and here. Amazing stuff.

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Nouvelle Vague

Posted on October 5, 2007 by dff

So, I was in the comic store picking up what turned out to be just one comic from my sub folder, when I noticed that Tony was playing a CD of some sultry-voiced French singers covering a PiL song. While … Continue reading →

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