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Even Richard Simmons has letterhead
Current new favorite site du jour: Letterheady. Muhammad Ali has a few, but I think this one is my favorite of his. Surely there’s a story behind Steve McQueen’s? Paul Rand’s and Saul Bass’ makes sense. Really digging Stephen King’s retro feeling letterhead.
If you’re a fan of typography, design or history, you can spend a [...]
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Gerry Rafferty dies at age of 63
I lived a secret life back in my college radio days. Nights were spent listening & playing industrial music very loudly. If it was Skinny Puppy all the better. But the days were reserved for the sappiest ’70s ballads I could get my hands on. Rupert Holmes and his Piña Colada song (actually titled “Escape”) [...]
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The Ham Belt
Do you know about cookingissues.com, “The French Culinary Institute’s Tech’N Stuff blog”? Great reading, plus a regular podcast. The above image is from the “Country Ham Fantastica: Our Hams’ Place in the World” article, chock full of info and pics. (Thanks, Chris)
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Chef Jacques Pepin & his New Year Resolutions
Wonderful piece from the WSJ where they ask a bunch of folks for resolutions. Here are a few from Jacque Pepin, one of my favorites.
I really want to finish a stone wall that I have around the boule court [Mr. Pepin is an avid player of petanque, similar to bocce ball]. I have done a [...]
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Bill Bryson At Home
One of the things I really like about Bill Bryson’s writing is his ability to connect you to his theme. Doesn’t matter what it is, he pulls you right in. I’m barely into chapter 1 of his latest, At Home and he’s already dragging in Joseph Paxton, the guy that designed the Crystal Palace, and [...]
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Year-end list of things I forgot
1. The movie Cronos is really creepy. Spoiler–how terrifying is the lips sewn shut scene? I’m not a fan of vampire movies but this one is so good I don’t even think of it as one. This was Guillermo del Toro’s second movie. Crazy considering he’s billed as a producer on the upcoming Kung Fu [...]
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The Aldi Automat
Aldi Süd, the house brands only, low-cost supermarket chain from Germany, is going to war with the German Bakers’ Confederation over a innocuous brightly colored wall of buttons.
My automat seeking Google alert (I can dream of an automat renaissance) delivered this fascinating WSJ article, “Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German [...]
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Exploring LingPipe with Clojure & Cljr
Clojure’s REPL is already a great start when it comes to exploring new Java packages. In the past I’d throw together a disposable lein project with the unknown code and open a REPL and get exploring. But now I have a new tool in the toolbox that lets me skip this step. Cljr is more [...]
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Fast Company’s Co.Design winning out of the gate
If you’re not enjoying Fast Company’s Co.Design, why not? It’s Boston.com’s Big Picture meets the business of design.
Ratatat – Drugs from Blink on Vimeo.
Carl Burgess, Director of the Year’s Creepiest, Coolest Music Video. Also from Co.Design. They’re all over the place, eclectic, stylish and always interesting. Put them in your rotation.
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Give Twin Shadow a listen