Archive for August 2005

Book Bytes

In Reviews on 29 August 2005

Ever since I read a review in The New Yorker of A History Of The World In Six Glasses by Tom Standage, I’ve been rediscovering the social life of beverages. Too many people overindulge in their drink(s) of choice and can miss the cultural roles these beverages — beer, wine, distilled spirits, coffee, tea, and [...]

In General on 29 August 2005

Okay, I’ll admit it’s kinda fun to see one of my design campaigns displayed throughout town on posters, table tents, ads, tickets and banners. In my career, I’ve done numerous billboards, t-shirts, brochures, logos, business cards, letterheads, catalogs, newsletters, publications (and on and on), but who needs a gallery when there’s The City? But seriously, [...]

Shirt Bots

In General on 25 August 2005

Recent and upcoming releases! Get ‘em while they’re hot:

Boards of Canada – The Campfire Headphase
Bliss – Quiet Letters
Broadcast – Tender Buttons
Ladytron – Witching Hour
The Concretes – Lay Your Battle Axe Down
Elbow – Leaders of the Free World
Bjork – Music from Drawing Restraint
Her Space Holiday – The Past Presents the Future

In General on 22 August 2005

Ah, another weekend, another homemade pie! Last weekend Emma and I made a fresh peach pie from scratch, which was a hit at a dinner party later that night. This weekend, we tried our hand at a key lime pie with graham cracker crust. Fun! Fresh! Delicious!
While shopping for a few baking supplies, I realized [...]

In General on 9 August 2005

Note to selves: if you ever have trouble loading basic applications in Mac OS X such as System Preferences, TextEdit, new program installers or even performing simple operations such as opening and saving documents, try removing any third party fonts (especially those really, really old ones). Sometimes, that’s all it takes to return your Mac [...]

"Books without a shelf, 2005"

In General on 2 August 2005

I figure I’ve read about 1/3 of the books in my library, 1/3 are unread and 1/3 are in process. I’ll often pick up a book and read it for a while before my interest plateaus and I set it aside. At any given time I might have more than twenty books with bookmarks in [...]

Short Bits

In Reviews on 2 August 2005 tagged Music, recommendations, recommended

Make note of these recent and upcoming album releases:

Enon – Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence
New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
Dining Rooms – Experiments in Ambient Soul
Bonobo – Live Sessions
Royksopp – The Understanding
Esthero – Wikked Lil’ Grrrls