Garfield is the current go-to media for parody and remix. <a... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 15:40 16.06.2008 Garfield is the current go-to media for parody and remix. <a... Garfield is the current go-to media for parody and remix. Nothing Garfield, Garfield Minus Garfield, Garkov (Garfield with random dialogue), Garfield as a real cat, Lasagna Cat, Garfield Randomizer, Silent Garfield, what if Conan the Barbarian was Garfield's owner?, The Death of Garfield, Garfield Loses His Lunch, Garfield Variations. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

The idea of evolution did not begin with Darwin...he just... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 16:13 16.06.2008 The idea of evolution did not begin with Darwin...he just... The idea of evolution did not begin with Darwin...he just (just!) explained how it happened and backed it up with evidence. "The only novelty in my work is the attempt to explain how species become modified," Darwin later wrote. He did not mean to belittle his achievement. The how, backed up by an abundance of evidence, was crucial: nature throws up endless biological variations, and they either flourish or fade away in the face of disease, hunger, predation and other factors. Darwin's term for it was "natural selection"; Wallace called it the "struggle for existence." But we often act today as if Darwin invented the idea of evolution itself, including the theory that human beings developed from an ape ancestor. And Wallace we forget altogether. In fact, scientists had been talking about our primate origins at least since 1699, after the London physician Edward Tyson dissected a chimpanzee and documented a disturbing likeness to human anatomy. And the idea of evolution had been around for generations. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Tomatoes are currently spreading salmonella across the United States. In 1981,... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 16:58 16.06.2008 Tomatoes are currently spreading salmonella across the United States. In 1981,... Tomatoes are currently spreading salmonella across the United States. In 1981, the culprit in a smaller outbreak was marijuana. Hey High Times, dude, the NYer is totally bogarting your pot coverage on this...we need a potcast, stat! (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Phrase of the day: serious leisure. [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 17:45 16.06.2008 Phrase of the day: serious leisure. Phrase of the day: serious leisure. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

George Saunders has an idea for a TV show: everyone... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 18:55 16.06.2008 George Saunders has an idea for a TV show: everyone... George Saunders has an idea for a TV show: everyone on earth thinks that they have superpowers but they really don't. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

● Exxon logo sketches [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 19:55 16.06.2008 ● Exxon logo sketches Raymond Loewy is well-known as an industrial designer but he was also responsible for some of the world's most iconic logos. Pictured below are several sketches that Loewy did for the new Exxon logo: Big business moved more slowly back then; the sketches were done by Loewy in 1966 but the name change and new logo didn't go into effect until 1972. Loewy was also responsible for several other logos: Shell, Hoover, BP, Nabisco, Canada Dry, and U.S. Mail. read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Two is a trend: unusual movie reviews. First up was <a... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 21:38 16.06.2008 Two is a trend: unusual movie reviews. First up was <a... Two is a trend: unusual movie reviews. First up was Peter Bradshaw's review of The Incredible Hulk in Hulk-speak and now comes Christopher Orr's review of M. Night Shyamalan's newest stinker, The Happening. Orr hated the movie so much that his entire column is a list of spoilers so that you can mock the film without having seen it. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

All blacks are not created equal...a team at Rensselaer and... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 22:50 16.06.2008 All blacks are not created equal...a team at Rensselaer and... All blacks are not created equal...a team at Rensselaer and Rice University have created the world's darkest material. Plain old black paint reflects between 5 and 10 percent of incident light; the new material reflects only 0.045%. (via animamundi) (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Mario Kart in JavaScript. [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 01:13 17.06.2008 Mario Kart in JavaScript. Mario Kart in JavaScript. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

A list of the 100 best movie posters of all... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 14:03 17.06.2008 A list of the 100 best movie posters of all... A list of the 100 best movie posters of all time. There's a lot to disagree with on this list. American Beauty at #2? (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

If you can't wait to get your hands on Will Wright's... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 16:15 17.06.2008 If you can't wait to get your hands on Will Wright's... If you can't wait to get your hands on Will Wright's new uber-game Spore until it's released on September 7 (pre-order!), you can download a free trial of the Spore Creature Creator. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Photos of singing/talking stuffed animals, dressed and undressed. I've always... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 17:03 17.06.2008 Photos of singing/talking stuffed animals, dressed and undressed. I've always... Photos of singing/talking stuffed animals, dressed and undressed. I've always been curious about stuffed animals that sing, dance, light up, or talk back. There must be a fascinating robot underneath the fur and fluff, right? Surely the robot hiding in the bear's clothing, vestimentis ursum, is impressive. So: armed with my childish curiousity and the spurious excuse of 'product design research,' I set out to discover what, exactly, these creatures are hiding. (thx, janelle) (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

Mark Simonson notes that the period typography in the Indiana Jones... [17 Jun 2008|06:42pm] 18:26 17.06.2008 Mark Simonson notes that the period typography in the Indiana Jones... Mark Simonson notes that the period typography in the Indiana Jones movies is pretty good, except for that used on Indy's travel maps. In Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) which is set in 1936, we see ITC Serif Gothic (designed in 1972). The wide spacing feels right, and it does have an art deco feel, but it's 1970s art deco. (link) read more at kottke.org rss2lj post comment

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