Math + Observation = HilarityI may be late in discovering the wit of Craig Damrauer – the Times has been posting his often hilarious equations in their Freakonomics blog for a while – but, for anyone else that’s missed out on his simple, poignant and funny work (which has since been published in a book) I pass along his website.
Cool Kid StylePlanet Awesome Kid is, in a word, Awesome! Like The Sartorialist for the under twelve set, the blog is packed with smile-inducing images of cool kids in cool threads. With my days of aunt-hood rapidly approaching, and as a designer in the children’s clothing business, it’s a well of inspiration and one of the most pleasant places to stop on my daily internet journeys. In addition, the site links up with local and global children-based charities
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Street Style Blog of the Hip and AttractiveBackyard Bill is a street style blog featuring the kind of fashionable, hip young men and women that make the world a more aesthetically pleasing place… or at least the world of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Prepare to sigh over all the effortless beauty.
Click here for the rest of The Men (and Women) of Backyard Bill
Magical Image GalleryI can spend absurd amounts of time in the visual world collected on Cosmic Dust. Although I sometimes wish there was a bit more info about the images and where/how they were gathered, it’s a small qualm for such an engaging site. The definite point of view is one of magic, myth, hippiedom, and nomadic wonder. I’ve gathered just a few of my favorite images from the past few weeks here, but be sure to go to the site and rummage through the archives and see the daily new posts.
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From the week of April 6th:
Well it certainly took long enough, but Rotating Corpse is finally here! It's a new collaborative blog Jim and I put together with a number of our most awesomest friends. It's updated daily with amazing things to delight your mind. It's tons of fun to be a part of and just as fun to browse. Please stop by, subscribe to the feed and feel free to leave comments!
RUNNERS UP:
NY Mag
Sea of Shoes
Serious Eats
The Selby
Journey Around My Skull
Luxirare
While Googling 'cat fashion' (because how else would I unwind while half-watching Glee and eating cereal late at night?) I found the wonderful little blog Catalyst, and in it a kindred spirit who not only loves cats and fashion, but geodesic domes!!?/p>
I'm bummed that author Jenny didn't stick it out longer than a year or so, but the near year of imagery is a fun and inspirational way to pass the time, even if it is finite.
Digibarn Computer Museum is an old timey computer nerd's dream! And even though I'm not an old timey computer nerd (though I do get excited thinking back on afternoons spent playing Zork), I do love their collection of Byte Magazine covers from the 1970's, so much so that I put a few favorites up over on RC.
The treasure trove of gorgeous, vintage dust jackets of supernatural, fantasy, western, adventure and mystery novels to gaze upon on the exhaustive website Violet Books is remarkable. I've posted a mere small portion of my favorites at RC, please take a look at the original website for many more.
I found out about the wonderful world of Ghana movie posters from Ashleigh's recent Rotating Corpse post. She found out about them from Ephemera Assemblyman, a phenomenal visual blog with a focus on unique illustration.
Tim Heidecker may be a bit thin on content on his tumblr page – but like usual it all makes me laugh. Listen as he strings along a speed diet pill pusher along a nearly endless conversation about his sad life as a school bus driver, his adventures in credit card theft and the one time his dad held a gun inside his mouth. Amazingly, through it all, the woman is still trying to get him to buy her product.
There's also a great AM gold song about a weatherman that includes the wonderful lyric “I said Barry when are you gonna grow up and finally put those brandies down?”
There's also a clip from the infamously short lived Chevy Chase show.