October 2008
63 posts
How to bind an accordion-style book →
via /K/, via other K
“So, why do people so readily excuse bad lyrics?
“It’s because they want to...”
– An Interview with Silver Jews’ David Berman
“I’d love to tell you that for me, ’08 will always be about TV on the Radio, or...”
– Living With Music: A Playlist by Nick Hornby - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com
“People think of goths as weirdoes who take vampires too seriously, and therefore...”
– Five Thoughts on the Popularity of Steampunk
“It’s hard to read comic books as my time is now restricted,”
– Japan’s badass PM part 2
Garamond powerline →
Poladroid →
Librarian fined $500 for saying nice things about... →
What are your favourite unconventional novels and... →
‘In particular, I am interested in works told in unique ways, such as through correspondence, journal entries, marginalia, footnotes, diaries, multiple narrators, textual/visual manipulation and other unclassifiable approaches to novel writing.’ (from Ask Mefi)
A List Apart article: Working From Home →
I especially like: ‘Breathe—especially when situations present opportunities to get stressed.’
Flickr group: Inspired By Neil →
Driver of damaged car pretends nothing is wrong -... →
“G: Did you see the quote from me and M. I posted?
B: Heh. Yeah. Although I did...”
Postcards from spam one-liners →
Linzie’s project is a shining example of how personal creative exercises — in this case, illustrating e-mail spam messages — can turn into something incredibly rewarding. (via Drawn!)
Blender Defender →
It’s taken me ages to read the text on this page cos I keep laughing at the cat…
“M: ‘Don’t you always have a list in your brain, of the things...”
And it was supposed to be so easy
Broccoli tempura reheated in the microwave is a surprisingly good breakfast.
We went to our preliminary Moore College interview last night. From all reports, it was supposed to be quite cruisy: just a friendly chat with one of the lecturers about who you were and why you wanted to get a theological degree
And so M. came home early with her friend J.—J. was seeing a play at NIDA later that night,...
BrickArms →
For when you ‘need’ custom weapons for your Lego people.
The Manual » Creating a handmade newspaper →
"Archangel" (Burial cover) →
“A statistician would say: of all the millions of ghost stories ever told, what...”
– Interview with Burial
“Feist, Leslie
Solo artist and one of two hundred members in Broken Social...”
– Reader’s Guide to The Bygone Bureau — The Bygone Bureau - Recurring cultural references
Dating the Women of Indie Rock — The Bygone Bureau →
The Financial Crisis, as Explained to My... →
“And yet it is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one...”
– from eemadges: beautiful descriptions which is well worth a look
“we are all curators now that the internet has given us keys to an infinite...”
– things
Browse the Artifacts of Geek History in Jay... →
My brain just broke. so cool.
DaVinci's Notebook - Title of the Song →
Via BenB
New in Google Labs: Stop sending mail you later... →
More things in life need a filter for stupid.
“Without specifying a doctype, your HTML just isn’t valid HTML and most...”
– Declarations | HTML Dog
