I read on That Wife today that the BBC believes most people have only read 6 books of the 100 in the list below. Although I had seen the meme on Facebook before, I was intrigued, because earlier today I had spent $100 on new books and was thinking that I need to get over […]
Star Wars Love Letter
I want to be Jessica. The determination. The obsession (for both Jessica and Star Wars). The desperation. What more can a girl want? Via Emails from Crazy People. You may also like: “3-CPO” Once Upon an Internet Google Translate: Star Wars Edition A Visualization of Star Wars Enthusiasm
Mad Men Takes New York
Calling all Mad Men fans in the New York metropolitan area! In preparation for the Emmy Award-winning series’ Season 3 premier, next week (August 10-16) will see a host of Mad Men-themed events around the city. Click the map below for more details: Who else is excited for the return of the Sterling-Cooper gang? Via […]
Oh Noes!
Twitter is down and Facebook is having network issues. …it’s the end of the world as we know it. You may also like: What Social Networking Was Like Before the Internet Wednesday Rewind: The 10 Levels of Intimacy in Today’s Communication How Donuts Help Us Understand Social Media The Funniest Tweets of 2011
Video Game FML
Today, I got through an entire dungeon, had fireballs shot at me, fought a giant turtle and the princess turns out to be in another castle. FML I agree, your life sucks (53252) – you totally deserve it (3551)On 07/17/2009 at 8:24pm – love – by Mario – United States (New York) Today, I found […]
The Pepsi Logo vs The Coca-Cola Logo…Updated
Last week I wrote a post titled The Importance of a Consistent Brand which focused on a popular Pepsi vs Coca-Cola chart that was being circulated on the web. Brand New today cleared some misconceptions about the Coca-Cola logo, and stated that the popular chart is, in fact, inaccurate. Looking at the updated chart, there […]
2016 Olympics Candidate Logos
Two months from now the International Olympic Committee will announce the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The four finalists – Chicago, Madrid, Rio, and Tokyo – have submitted their logo designs as visual representations of their candidacies. If you were to choose the host city solely based on its logo design, who would […]
My Site Icon: A Decepticon in Disguise
When I first debuted my site redesign, J asked, “Why do you have a pink Decepticon symbol in your header?” “What are you talking about? That’s a book.” Pause. “Ohh…yeah. I see it now.” Do you think my icon looks like a Decepticon symbol? You may also like: Late to the Mobile Game Parody Posters […]
Information Is Beautiful
Gizmodo just featured an image from the upcoming book The Visual Miscellaneum: A Colorful Guide To The World’s Most Consequential Trivia. As a lover of design, data collection, charts, and graphs, data visualization is right up my alley. I was delighted to discover that there exists a corresponding blog called Information Is Beautiful. Unfortunately, the […]
Squarespace: SEO Gods?
I don’t know how they do it, but Squarespace never ceases to amaze me when it comes to SEO. Before switching over in September ’08, I hosted my blog on WordPress which seemed to be the de facto standard for serious bloggers. After befriending some internet marketers, I read up on numerous articles, blogs, and […]