Aug 15, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Personal, Wishlist

Letterpress Utility Cards [Wishlist]

A few years ago for my birthday, I received a set of blank cards. They were beautiful, no doubt, but I couldn’t help but be a bit disappointed, thinking, “What an unoriginal gift!” Well, I couldn’t have been more wrong, because I am still using those cards, for everything from “Thank You” cards to birthday cards […]

Aug 1, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Blogging, Giveaways, Personal, Web

Custom T-Shirts Giveaway!

A couple of weeks ago, ooShirts contacted me about a possible sponsorship. After perusing their website, I couldn’t help but agree — not only is their custom design process simple and intuitive, their prices are some of the lowest I’ve come across on the web. Here’s what ooShirts is all about: ooShirts is an online […]

Jul 9, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Cute

Smile Band-Aids

This may be a bit morbid to some, but I have never been bothered by the sight of blood and am personally loving the concept of turning a boo boo into a smile.  🙂  Designed by Da Wei Xing. Via Yanko Design. You may also like: Website of the Day: Sad Animal Facts Suck My Brick […]

Jul 7, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Gadgets, Geek, Infographics, Personal, Photography

Canon vs Nikon [Infographic]

Digital Photography School has sparked another Canon vs Nikon debate by posting the following infographic earlier today: As much as I would’ve liked to see more technical data, I can only assume that the resulting infographic would be about 5x larger due to the wide range of products each company provides! On a more personal […]

Jul 6, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Funny, NYC

The World Map of Useless Stereotypes

Admittedly, the map seems a bit centered around New York, but hey, it was created for the NYTimes Magazine! You may also like: Judgemental Subway Map of Manhattan What if the Family Circus Lived in Park Slope… The Internet as Manhattan Neighborhoods How Archer is Just Like Futurama

Jul 6, 2011  •  In Aerin, Art/Design, Blogging, Books, Personal, Pregnancy

Brain Dump

As I rolled out of bed this morning, I almost collapsed to the floor in a ball of agony. “Hello, pregnancy hip pains,” I muttered to myself. “Now I remember you!” Hip pains and crotch pains. Hip pains from my hip joints loosening (I was not officially diagnosed with Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction in my last pregnancy, but […]

Jul 4, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Personal, Twitter, Web

Tweets and Stripes

To my fellow Americans, Happy Independence Day! As usual, the web is filled with Fourth of July celebrations and dedications. My favorite for this year is Code for America’s Tweets and Stripes: The site aggregates twitter avatars from users who tweet about #July4 and beautifully mashes them up into a mosaic representation of the stars […]