Todays (non-daily) song of the day is from RCRDLBL artist: Le Le “Breakfast”.
Bitch, you breakfast.
Following in Kevins footsteps; iTunes By The Numbers.
Total Length
» 3486 items, 63 days
First and Last Songs (by title)
» A.D.T by Lo-Fi-Fnk
» 55566688833 by James Figurine
Shortest and Longest Songs
» Vault Character by Calvin Harris (8 seconds)
» Diplo & Scottie B Live @ The Rumble (2 Hours and 2 minutes)
First and Last Albums (by title)
» Absolutely Rad EP by Don Rimini
» 23 by Blonde Redhead
First and Last Artist (by name)
» About
» !!!
Top Five Most Played Songs
» Electric Fees by MGMT
» Palimend by Benoit Pioulard
» Fry Bread by Brightblack Morning Light
» Uniform by Bloc Party
» Untrust Us by Crystal Castles
Search for the following words. How many songs show up?
» Sex: 85
» Death: 55
» Love: 230
» You: 334
» Home: 26
» Boy: 122
» Girl: 71
First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle
» Fallen Snow (Teenagers remix) by Au Revoir Simone
» Northern Whale by The Good, The Bad And The Queen
» Stick It by Peaches
» You May Be Blue by Vetiver
» Digitalism In Cairo by Digitalism
What about your iTunes?
Yep, I am officially a dog person. I want need this pillow.
A piano, beer claps and a crowd of people. Brilliant.
SKULLPHONE hacked into 10 of the most prominent digital billboards around LA throwing up his signature imagery.
Amazing illustrations by Rami Niemi.
Feel Script, from the talented Umbrella Type.
If the graphic designer chooses Helvetica for a font, ask for Arial. If he chooses Arial, ask for Comic Sans. If he chooses Comic Sans, he’s already half-insane, so your job’s half done.
8 ways to drive a graphic designer mad
(…and yes, the kerning is intentionally horrid in the above image to embellish how awful Comic Sans really is.)
Yuko Shimizu is an illustrator, educator, and not-so-prolific-at-this-moment fine artist.
It’s true! Maybe even a few girls too.
Must have item of the season for any level of baker, Johnny Cupcakes Kitchen Handbag.
Got my hands on an iPhone for the first time today and all I can say is F-ING AMAZING! By far the best device I have ever laid hands on.
While staying up to to date on the newest puppy trends I came across the artwork of Alexis Trice. She paints the most amazing portraits of Boston Terriers (among other things, I am just drawn to the BT’s). Am I a crazy dog lady now if I want a custom portrait of my little Penny?
I am living a lie…
My hair is curly, but in the last year I think I have worn my hair curly once. So naturally I worship my flat iron.
No longer will I have to avoid the rain like the Wicked Witch of the West thanks to Beautiful Vending. The saviour of bad hair days has arrived, the Beautiful Vending Styler machine is now available in clubs, bars, gyms and shopping centres!
Check out how your neighborhood scores in walkability (yeah, I’m pretty sure that isn’t a word) with Walk Score. Developed to help home buyers fond a home in a good location. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc.
If you can guess the location in the image above, ill send you a batch of cupcakes.
Young Lovers has new Limited edition t-shirts to rock your eye sockets. 100 of each, get them quick!
“What is a Meta-Tag? What kind of measurement is DIN A1? What kind of clearance and documents do you need before using copyrighted material?”
The Little Know-It-All provides the fundamental information designers need to know to thrive in their growing field of practice. it is an indispensable manual of the knowledge currently required of designers as the evolution of media redefines their role and expands the disciplined in which they must be competent.
And who wouldn’t want to read a book titled “The Little Know-It-All”!
It seems like all my non-daily songs of the day have been Yeah Yeah Yeahs related. Well here is one more: Yeah Yeah Yeahs “10×10″, a song from the forthcoming EP Isis.
Today Apple announced the new public beta of Safari 3 at the WWDC Keynote. It will now run on Windows, which is huge for web developers that use PC’s (eww) because now they will be able to test their sites on Safari without having a Mac. One more step towards Apple taking over the world!
My feelings on the Keynote were that it was relatively uninteresting… but like always, I was hoping for some new hardware!
In non-design/nerd news: I have a new sidekick. This is Penny, she is my adorable new Boston Terrier puppy. I expect she will accompany me on all my various jouneys and will be a good source of inspiration for my blog.
Does anyone have any good dog links that might be useful for a new puppy owner?
Apple has updated their MacBook Pros with LED-backlit displays and basically faster everything. Just in time, because I am getting tired of my little dull MacBook screen!
On another note, enjoy this iPhone spoof ad, 2001 a Space iPhone.
Oh… and happy 30th birthday to the original Apple II!
FON + Starbucks = cash. If you live above or next to a Starbucks (or any cafe/coffee shop for that matter!), you are eligible for a free wireless router that will earn you cash from the minute you plug it in.
My inner geek really wants this LED name badge but would never actually wear it. This might make a good bike light? Someone should buy this for me and I can make it say dirty things as I pass by you on my scooter.
Beautiful jewelery based on a fictional romance. Lola & Bailey.
I am not even sure what to say abou this. Denis Darzacq is amazing.
Todays (non-daily) song of the day is off the new “savory project” the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are working on in NYC: Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Sealings”.
Todays (non-daily) song of the day is a song recorded by Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen O. and hip hop weirdo Kool Keith two years ago for a porno soundtrack that was apparently never realeased: Karen O. & Kool Keith “The Teaser”.
Bam Pop are as they describe themselves “a young publishing company whose mission is just to make rad art”. I am really digging their Popfont.
Fashion photographer, Simon Procter, created an amazing image for Harpers Bazaar to celebrate the past decade of John Galliano’s time at Dior.
Josiah Cole has posted 19 webmasters commandments to abide by when developing a website.
Even though most people won’t notice or even realize it is there, Foreign Office created some amazing and subtle media content for the film Children of Men. From government propaganda to GAP-like animal fashion to outrageous drug ads, FO have created some pretty cool spots that don’t seem that far off from the direction of advertising in the future.
If I had a choice whether or not I could fly on a reguar old airplane, or a sweet and cuddly panda plane, I would choose the panda plane every time! All Nippon Airways Co will fly a Boeing 767 jet painted as a giant panda between Japan and China from August this year to mark the 20th anniversary of its Japan-China flights. How cute!
Demakersvan turn something ugly and restrictive into something beautiful yet functonal with their Lace Fence project.
Lamingtons are traditionally small square cakes coated in chocolate glaze and rolled in coconut. If I had mini square cake molds I would have attempted square cupcakes but for the sake of keeping things simple for my Oscar Party I went with the standard cupcake pan.
CUPCAKES
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder, sifted
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup buttermilk
In a small bowl, mix together flour + coconut + cocoa powder + baking soda + salt.
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat sugar + oil + egg until smooth. Add vanilla, mixing well. Alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk, making three additions of flour and two of buttermilk, beating until smooth.
Scoop batter into cupcake lined pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 22 to 27 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes in pan and remove onto cooling rack.
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Topping
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup packed sweetened flaked coconut
In a microwave-safe bowl, combine chocolate chips + cream. Microwave, uncovered, for 40 seconds until cream is hot and chocolate is soft and almost melted. Stir mixture until smooth.
Spread the melted chocolate over the cupcakes and sprinkle coconut over melted chocolate. Refrigerate cupcakes until chocoalte is firm.
Jen Stark does more with construction paper then I ever could have imagined.
Tastespotting, your newest source for user generated food porn.
BBC’s new Good Food website is lovely and packed full of tasty content. The use of beautiful imagery and colour is sure making me hungry!
Todays (non-daily) song of the day is a BBC Session recording from my favorite Brazillian band: CSS “Pretend We’re Dead (BBC Session)”.
Todays (non-daily) song of the day is the from Melbourne: Muscles “Ice Cream”.
“It’s like tv on the radio fronting hot chip” -Music for Robots
Check out the new PES commerical for Sneaux filmed in stop motion. That guy must have bad road rash!
Prade has released an edition of the LG KE850. It is very similar to the Apple iPhone in its design, so if you can’t quite wait for the few months until the FCC regulates the iPhone you coud pick up this beauty.
I thought this might be a nice Valentine’s Day post. Archeologists have found prehistoric skeletons of two lovers buried in an embrace. The site is just 25 miles south of Verona, the romantic city where Shakespeare set the star-crossed tale of “Romeo and Juliet.”. The couple will not be separated.
This weekend I bought a PSP. The real reason I bought one was so I could play Katamari, which I found out later everyone is sold out of. This is one slick device! You can browse the web, watch movies, listen to music, oh and play games if you feel like it.
PS: This was written and published from my PSP too!
Todays (non-daily) song of the day is the Pitchfork Exclusive Premiere: Yoko Ono and Cat Power: “Revelations”.
Fwis has released Series 002 of the Readymech flatpack toys for you to print and build. They are designed to fit on an 8.5″x11″ page and printed with any printer. You’ll need double-sided tape, thick matte paper, and 10-15 minutes for build time. I think I pretty much made every toy from Series 001. They are kind of addicting.
If you are as big fans of Yam Roll and Black and White as I am then that title should make sense. If it doesn’t then I suggest you quickly go and watch this short 28 second video and then this 3 minute video.
Ok…you’re all set. Now that you have been sucked into the world of John Izen I though everyone should know that you can now have your own Yam Roll doll! Yes, it is $40 but I think it is so worth it (if they send me one I will take pictures of it following me around on my day to day journeys: Yam Roll at work, Yam Roll working out, Yam Roll sleeping etc…).
These interlocking baby vamp rings by Bittersweets New York are so cute. I have wanted these for a while and bumped into them again cleaning out my bookmarks (cleaning out my bookmarks… that sounds weird). Maybe some day!
Now staying safe can be stylish with a Swarovski adorned mini pepper spray. You can find them in many colours and patterns at pepperface.com. Shown above is the Palm Defender plated in 18K Gold.
When Brandon and I moved to Victoria we left behind our favorite coffee shop, JJ Bean. So when we came across Union Pacific Coffee Co. in Chinatown it was a pleasant suprise to see that they brewed JJ Bean coffee. Union Pacific has become our Saturday (and sometimes Sunday) morning ritual and I highly recommend if you are in Victoria you check it out.
Union Pacific Coffee Co.
537 Herald Street
Victoria
For more good Victoria shops and restaurants check out modernurbanguides.com
Pentagram has recently launched the new Saks Fifth Avenue brand. The new brand was evolved from Tom Carnese’s script from 1973. The logo was then sliced into a grid of 64 squares that can then be arranged in more ways than the number of electrons in the known universe.
[via Brand New]
Melissa & Doug’s Sushi Wooden Play Set is on the top of my cool baby products list. Who wouldnt want to rase a little foodie?
Gold is obviously the colour for this season… Dolce & Gabbana’s new restaurant—GOLD, Absolut’s newest flavour—BLING, The Gap’s newest campaign—GOLD.
Maybe this Christmas we should all get some bling!
Of all the election coverage yesterday, this is what CNN had on their homepage as “Breaking News”.
I spent 5 mins on the splash page alone! Check out the amazing flash experiments of Vincent Vella.
Check out Michel Gondry’s new video for Beck’s single, Cell Phones Dead. And while we are on the topic of good directors… Go see Sofia Coppolla’s Marie Antoinette tomorrow. I’ll see you there.
The best kind of welcome is a cupcake welcome, and that is exactly what I got on my first day as the newest designer at Suburbia Advertising. Thanks Guys!
I am now the proud owner of a cute little (beater) rabbit! I couldn’t be prouder.
Check out the cutest iPod and MacBook cases on the market. Lauren and Paulina Bibi have created little monsters to protect your precious hardware.
Panic + Practise. Those are the two things I do before going out in high heels. I am more of a ballet flat type of person, but when it comes time to pair an outfit with heels, I will definately refer to coolhunting.com for tips on how to improve my high heel expereince.
Here is my first attempt at Pika-Pika. It is just one a one frame test in my bathroom with the lights off and a 15 second exposure!
Construction materials + camera = good times… I just wish we brought our tripod!
Check out the trailer for the documentary, SHAC, from the funny ladies over at Variety Shac. If you are not familiar with Variety Shac and have an hour to spare check out: Shac Shorts.
A Fine Line - A show of new and collaborative work by Andrew Pommier & Derrick Hodgson.
The show opens Friday, August 11th, 2006 at 8pm (alley entrance), running through September 4th at the Antisocial Gallery, 2425 Main street, Vancouver.
Check out Kozyndans newest Pika-Pika animations. For those who don’t know what Pika-Pika is here is an explanation by resident experts from Japan:
“We took a photo of each image using long exposures and put them together to make them look like one animation.”
