Monday, February 04, 2008
Super Bowl 2008 ads now up
Super Bowl 2008 ads now up on hulu: Watch your favorites. Anytime. Anywhere.
Link courtesy Laughing Squid
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Link courtesy Laughing Squid
Labels: culture, design, video
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
Duende Travel
Duende Travel
Coming along, eh?
Pretty pictures. Content. Near to finished except for "useful information" and "links." The "booking form" is off to Peter for vetting.
Paying forward.
Personal blurb: Peter Watson and Duende Travel are like the best. The food and wine are always great. There's a lot of thought behind the itinerary.
There are gem moments: The hotel bar in Derry (North Ireland) -- just John Hume, his nibs and me. He'd sung Danny Boy to all of us during his lecture, but the others had gone back to rooms or whatever. Would you go back to your room while John Hume was hanging out? Or would you hang out too?
Drizzly picnic lunch in the ruins on Iona (Scotland).
Drying out from a soaking in the rain in a sheepherder's hut in Andalucia (Spain).
Petrarch's last home in Arquà Petrarca (Italy) and his cat's skeleton ... maybe ...
Walking in van Gogh's footsteps in Arles (France).
Hiking up the slopes of Vulcano (Sicily).
The Long Room at Trinity College, Dublin. (died and gone to Heaven)
... So many memories. So many good times.
Peter cares about where he takes you. He wants to make sure you understand the locale and the people. And the food. And the wine. And the history.
The walks are memorable. The views, the food, the wine, the settings, the memories are sublime.
'nough said? There's a reason I'm fussing over his Web site. ...
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Coming along, eh?
Pretty pictures. Content. Near to finished except for "useful information" and "links." The "booking form" is off to Peter for vetting.
Paying forward.
Personal blurb: Peter Watson and Duende Travel are like the best. The food and wine are always great. There's a lot of thought behind the itinerary.
There are gem moments: The hotel bar in Derry (North Ireland) -- just John Hume, his nibs and me. He'd sung Danny Boy to all of us during his lecture, but the others had gone back to rooms or whatever. Would you go back to your room while John Hume was hanging out? Or would you hang out too?
Drizzly picnic lunch in the ruins on Iona (Scotland).
Drying out from a soaking in the rain in a sheepherder's hut in Andalucia (Spain).
Petrarch's last home in Arquà Petrarca (Italy) and his cat's skeleton ... maybe ...
Walking in van Gogh's footsteps in Arles (France).
Hiking up the slopes of Vulcano (Sicily).
The Long Room at Trinity College, Dublin. (died and gone to Heaven)
... So many memories. So many good times.
Peter cares about where he takes you. He wants to make sure you understand the locale and the people. And the food. And the wine. And the history.
The walks are memorable. The views, the food, the wine, the settings, the memories are sublime.
'nough said? There's a reason I'm fussing over his Web site. ...
Labels: design, travel, webstuff
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Friday, January 11, 2008
The image cannot be displayed, because it contains errors
The image cannot be displayed, because it contains errors
Seems Firefox was complaining because some of the .jpgs Duende sent -- which I was trying to add to the site -- were in CMYK (print) instead of RGB (screen display). Makes sense. Duende'd sent the photos used in prior years' brochures.
Turns out 'tis simple enough to pull the .jpg into Photoshop. Go to the Image pulldown menu IMAGE->MODE and save the JPG as RGB instead of CMYK.
And Bob's your uncle.
Would that most of the world's problems were so easily handled.
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Seems Firefox was complaining because some of the .jpgs Duende sent -- which I was trying to add to the site -- were in CMYK (print) instead of RGB (screen display). Makes sense. Duende'd sent the photos used in prior years' brochures.
Turns out 'tis simple enough to pull the .jpg into Photoshop. Go to the Image pulldown menu IMAGE->MODE and save the JPG as RGB instead of CMYK.
And Bob's your uncle.
Would that most of the world's problems were so easily handled.
Labels: app, design, photographs, travel, webstuff
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Monday, November 26, 2007
TechShop: Build Your Dreams Here
His nibs went down to Palo Alto today to help MHP get some "stuff" out of his basement and delivered to TechShop in Menlo Park, a Maker's dreamland, a burner's heaven.
Never heard of TechShop?
TechShop is a fully-equipped open-access workshop and creative environment that lets you drop in any time and work on your own projects at your own pace. It is like a health club with tools and equipment instead of exercise equipment...or a Kinko's for geeks.
TechShop was founded in 2006 by Jim Newton, a lifetime maker, veteran BattleBots builder and former MythBuster.
TechShop is located in Menlo Park, California, on the San Francisco peninsula 25 miles south of San Francisco.
Anyone can come in and build and make all kinds of things themselves using the TechShop tools, machines and equipment, and draw on the TechShop instructors and experts to help them with their projects. TechShop is designed for everyone, regardless of their skill level. TechShop is perfect for inventors, "makers", hackers, tinkerers, artists, roboteers, families, entrepreneurs, youth groups, FIRST robotic teams, arts and crafts enthusiasts, and anyone else who wants to be able to make things that they dream up but don't have the tools, space or skills.
If this sounds like your piece of heaven, TechShop is open 9A->midnight, seven days a week.
Cost: Daily pass:$30 Monthly pass:$100 Annual pass:$1200 (except they're having a sale just now.) The Annual and Monthly passes allow you to reserve time on specific pieces of equipment. The Annual pass allows you to reserve equipment up to two weeks in advance. The Monthly pass allows you to reserve equipment up to a day in advance. If you buy a multiple-months pass, you can reserve equipment for multiple days in advance. e.g. If you buy a five-month pass, you can reserve equipment up to five days in advance. If you buy a seven-month pass, you can reserve equipment up to seven days in advance.
TechShop gives classes on how to use the equipment. Some pieces of equipment =require= you to take a class before you are allowed to use the equipment.
Check it out.
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Never heard of TechShop?
TechShop is a fully-equipped open-access workshop and creative environment that lets you drop in any time and work on your own projects at your own pace. It is like a health club with tools and equipment instead of exercise equipment...or a Kinko's for geeks.
TechShop was founded in 2006 by Jim Newton, a lifetime maker, veteran BattleBots builder and former MythBuster.
TechShop is located in Menlo Park, California, on the San Francisco peninsula 25 miles south of San Francisco.
Anyone can come in and build and make all kinds of things themselves using the TechShop tools, machines and equipment, and draw on the TechShop instructors and experts to help them with their projects. TechShop is designed for everyone, regardless of their skill level. TechShop is perfect for inventors, "makers", hackers, tinkerers, artists, roboteers, families, entrepreneurs, youth groups, FIRST robotic teams, arts and crafts enthusiasts, and anyone else who wants to be able to make things that they dream up but don't have the tools, space or skills.
If this sounds like your piece of heaven, TechShop is open 9A->midnight, seven days a week.
Cost: Daily pass:$30 Monthly pass:$100 Annual pass:$1200 (except they're having a sale just now.) The Annual and Monthly passes allow you to reserve time on specific pieces of equipment. The Annual pass allows you to reserve equipment up to two weeks in advance. The Monthly pass allows you to reserve equipment up to a day in advance. If you buy a multiple-months pass, you can reserve equipment for multiple days in advance. e.g. If you buy a five-month pass, you can reserve equipment up to five days in advance. If you buy a seven-month pass, you can reserve equipment up to seven days in advance.
TechShop gives classes on how to use the equipment. Some pieces of equipment =require= you to take a class before you are allowed to use the equipment.
Check it out.
Labels: craft, culture, design, life
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
San Francisco Food Bank's 2007 holiday cards
San Francisco Food Bank's 2007 holiday cards are available for purchase over the Web. Three designs are available. The Christmas ornament card drawn by Paul Madonna is my fave.
Go there.
Purchase holiday cards.
Support San Francisco Food Bank
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Go there.
Purchase holiday cards.
Support San Francisco Food Bank
Labels: causes, design, San Francisco
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Monday, September 24, 2007
...t.y.p.o.r.g.a.n.i.s.m...
A collection of typography links
Typographic Collaboration | Typophile
Typographica a journal of typography featuring news, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design.
typography a photoset on flickr
viaLetter Spell it out
Jules Vernacular Lettres oeuvrières & incongruités typographiques. French signage and lettering from Jack Usine.
Triborough's photos of NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual = a flickr photoset
Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans at Emigre
Typetester - compare screen type
FontFeed a font blog
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Typographica a journal of typography featuring news, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design.
typography a photoset on flickr
viaLetter Spell it out
Jules Vernacular Lettres oeuvrières & incongruités typographiques. French signage and lettering from Jack Usine.
Triborough's photos of NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual = a flickr photoset
Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans at Emigre
Typetester - compare screen type
FontFeed a font blog
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Update: 2007 San Francisco Idea House
A green bird told me that Sunset Magazine has postponed the opening of the San Francisco Idea House to an unspecified time
No word at the Sunset Magazine site as to when the house will open.
"Check back often," they say.
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No word at the Sunset Magazine site as to when the house will open.
"Check back often," they say.
Labels: architecture, design, environmentalism, real estate, San Francisco
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Ambient Intimacy and disambiguity
Whilst off looking for a description/definition of Ambient Intimacy, I came across Leisa Reichelt's blog: disambiguity.
Just reading disambiguity makes my brain feel polished and shiny.
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Just reading disambiguity makes my brain feel polished and shiny.
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
Helvetica at 50
Helvetica at 50
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The typeface's dominance over the past half-century, cemented by the release of Neue Helvetica in the 1980s, has now inspired a documentary, Helvetica, and exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bland uniformity
But not everyone is a Helvetica lover. Type "I hate Helvetica" into Google and there are forums for people who rage at the mindless "corporate chic" of this dominant font. They see it as a vehicle for social conformity through consumerism, shifting product with a great big steam-roller of neutrality.
[...]
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The typeface's dominance over the past half-century, cemented by the release of Neue Helvetica in the 1980s, has now inspired a documentary, Helvetica, and exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bland uniformity
But not everyone is a Helvetica lover. Type "I hate Helvetica" into Google and there are forums for people who rage at the mindless "corporate chic" of this dominant font. They see it as a vehicle for social conformity through consumerism, shifting product with a great big steam-roller of neutrality.
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FontFont: FiFFteen
Love those fonts? Think type design is something worth celebrating?
FontFont: FiFFteen a celebration of the fifteen years of the FontFont type library will be at the AIGA San Francisco office (130 Sutter St, Ste 600) from 11 June -27 June 2007 (9-5, M-F).
[via Mike Lenhart]
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FontFont: FiFFteen a celebration of the fifteen years of the FontFont type library will be at the AIGA San Francisco office (130 Sutter St, Ste 600) from 11 June -27 June 2007 (9-5, M-F).
[via Mike Lenhart]
Labels: design, San Francisco
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
[BLOG] sfgirlbybay
I don't think I've mentioned Victoria Smith's sfgirlbybay blog before.
Subtitled "bohemian modern style from a san francisco girl," Smith's blog covers a wide range of interesting design stuff and news.
I love to rummage around, looking at the pictures, clicking through to sites she mentions. She covers everything from concert posters to clothing, interior design to product design.
She's got a mighty fine list of sites on her blogrolls too.
Hey, look at that! 7x7 profiled her on their site last week.
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Subtitled "bohemian modern style from a san francisco girl," Smith's blog covers a wide range of interesting design stuff and news.
I love to rummage around, looking at the pictures, clicking through to sites she mentions. She covers everything from concert posters to clothing, interior design to product design.
She's got a mighty fine list of sites on her blogrolls too.
Hey, look at that! 7x7 profiled her on their site last week.
Labels: blog, design, San Francisco
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