2008
Christmas in SF
iPwn
Earlier this month, my iPhone had a life-altering experience.
Indexed Legacies
In roughly a decade, the children of the generation who grew up with the internet and social media will be coming online.
A Very Goulet Holiday
Holidays at King Walter’s Castle—always baller.
Post Rice + Fish
If Katamari Damacy, Chad Pugh and Edward Tufte had a baby:
Literary Salvage
Ars Technica points out the most interesting part of Google’s publisher settlement.
Both/Neither
Erin & Kerri’s Wedding
My friends got married at City Hall earlier this month, and it was beautiful.
I Approve This Message
Venn Capitalsism
Domainr
Last night we launched our first product, Domainr.
Leaves and Twigs and Bits of Shit
(via Creative Review)
2-Stop Process
nb.io
I guess in some ways it was inevitable.
People Who Are Awesome
This is a multipart post, in N stages.
The Bradley Effect
The Bradley Effect and psychological priming:
Typographunnies
Typographunnies, jokes for the type-inclined.
Wonkavator
Wonkavator, South Africa, from the ever-brilliant Jonathan Koshi.
Push Poll
Exponential Ignorance
“…science is a method that chiefly expands our ignorance rather than our knowledge.”
Old
Five Towns
The political zeitgeist of Main Street, USA:
Intent
My iPhone just autocorrected “xo” to “xoxo.”
Python 2.6 is Delicious Pie
Python 2.6 was released this week, with some tasty ingredients:
Notableness
This was originally in response to an email from Eric about the noise and relative value of Flickr photos in his friends’ photo streams.
Le Grand Content
I 213 My Friends
Dreamgirls
Sass says it best:
Scotchpants Wedding — The Directors Cut
Fall Vélocouture
The Ordinary, Day 43
Glass N of ~20.
The Ordinary, Day 39
First and second kisses are a rare and wonderful thing.
Bicycle Exhibition 2008
Beautiful, if impractical bicycle concepts from the 2008 Bicycle design show at Designhuis in Eindhoven.
Epic Shit, Minor Meme
This design, originally for Jay & Jen’s wedding, is now wearable.
What’s on your desk?
On my desk: Three Cups of Tea, an issue of The Economist, a subscription reminder for The Economist, a DMV renewal notice, a postcard from the California
People Who Are Awesome
This is a multipart post, in N stages.
Windy
(via Heather)
The Ordinary, Day 33
I guess for a second, thinking about the annealing property of time on emotional burrs, more cognizant of both the patterns of others and my own, leveling up,
People Who Are Awesome
This is a multipart post, in N stages.
DJ Honey, Drop It
(via swissmiss + culturalfuel)
People Who Are Awesome
This is a multipart post, in N stages.
Through a Glass, Clearly
Heather’s photo only stokes my excitement further about the upcoming reopening of the California Academy of Sciences.
Bike Hug
(from my friend Jonathan)
People That Are Awesome
This is a multipart post, in N stages.
The Ordinary, Day 28
This is an interesting week.
PopJax Widget
My friend’s company, doing video trivia—now in a widget:
Chromeo at Daryl’s House
P-Thugg and Dave 1 make sweet, sweet music at Daryl Hall’s house.
People That Are Awesome
This is a multipart post, in N stages.
The Ordinary, Day 24
A friend of mine used to ask me every day, “What was the best thing that happened to you today?”
The Ordinary, Day 25
Sleepy.
Things That Are Awesome
Bon Iver playing with the entire crowd singing The Wolves
CCCCONTRA
There are times when I wish you could favorite something multiple times.
The Ordinary, Day 22
The best part of the day was before the city woke up, Potrero silent, the air smelled like North Dakota.
The Ordinary, Day 21
Uncertainty isn’t great.
2 Rolls a Day
Burning a CD of wedding photos for Steve and Kendal, the numbering looked funny—newer photos were before older photos.
The Ordinary, Day 20
Sometimes minor transitions are palpable, sometimes unnoticed.
The Ordinary, Day 19
Yesterday Chris and I split a 9 year old cab and grilled steaks, then went to the Homestead for cheladas and olympics.
Healthcare Century
(via swissmiss)
OpenID Logo Usage Guidelines
Created this back in May for the OpenID Foundation—not sure if it was ever released to the public.
The Ordinary, Day 17
Eric and Hans were typically awesome this weekend, contributing their insight into what was an incredibly productive offsite.[1] Thanks to Ann, who graciously
The Ordinary, Day 16
That dress looks nice on you, and I see a lot of bright in you.
Typoratatat
(via graphkzr1234)
With Apologies to Detroit Grand Poobahs
Back Seat
(via ariannebot)
Pre-Zeitgeist
The Ordinary, Day 15
The Ordinary, Day 14
Played Avenue D at pub quiz last night, and they want more.
YUI 3.0 PR1
Yahoo pushed out their YUI 3.0 Preview Release 1 yesterday, borrowing some of jQuery’s DNA—chaining, compact, expressive code.
The Ordinary, Day 13
I wish I spoke the language you were written in.
The Ordinary, Day 12
Sold art, got invited to show in Boston in October, Eric and I are close to shipping our first alpha, and I just got an email from someone I hadn’t heard from
The Ordinary, Day 11
Predictably jetlagged, skipped climbing this morning in a increasingly futile attempt to stay in bed while my apartment approximates the Icarus viewing room.
Filaments
The Ordinary, Day 10
Last day in paradise—we kicked it on the beach for ObamaWatch ‘08, boarded, hiked through a bamboo grove and stand of really tall beautiful pines, found a
Meta
The Society of San Franciscans With Expensive Cameras at their semi-annual in Oahu
The Bride
The Ordinary, Day 9
In spite of the cop that pulled her over for speeding and the rogue wave that tried to kill us all, Kendal and Steve’s wedding was small, genuine and perfect.
80/20 Rule
Holy fuck my friends are married!
The Ordinary, Day 8
Itching to do Stuff
I am seriously behind on my music consumption.
The Ordinary, Day 7
Two days ago, four became five.
Finisterre
(via Plexifilm + Simon Wistow)
Sojourner
Floaters, third-culture kids, sojourners.
The Ordinary, Day 6
Feeling particularly lonely today.
& wind & wheels
Pattern Recognition
Two photos, separated by almost a year from my friends Lucia and Libby—both amazing, fearless climbers, one a scientist, one a nurse, both awesome.
Retroblog
I like dim sum.
The Ordinary, Day 5
Hawaii Five-O!
Between Time and Space
(via Zucket)
Tesla Gets Sexed Up
Franz von Holzhausen is moving to Tesla Motors to helm their design dept.
The Ordinary, Day 4
Inevitably on vacation I’m injured.
The Ordinary, Day 3
The leading edge of the weekend was about water, time spent in the Pacific, walking along the beach at night returning from dinner and drinks from the better
The Ordinary, Day 2
Plied the discretionary fund of random moments yesterday and came up with a few winners.
The Ordinary, Day 1
The calendar summer is in its back third, and the San Francisco summer is about to start.
3 Encores!!!
Saw Bloc Party last night at the Fillmore with Arsie—like their first performance there, they played three encores.
RideCivil
Law & Disorder
(via parent::child())
Feature Creep at the Gate
Re-blogging Eric’s post from our internal blog:
29!
My homie Case turned 29 yesterday, and we threw a party for him at my house:
Fixie is Your New Bicycle
Yay, spreading the fixie love!
Google Analytics Pwns
Barack Obama is Your New Fixie got noticed this week.
Back in Black
At Delfina:
Do Want
Completely floored—this car is beautiful.
Korean BBQ is the new Taco Truck
After waking up at 6 AM, after coffee and chats with the awesome Korean BBQ truck near the 22nd street Caltrain station, after taking Muni to the mission to
Parallels and the Overhelpful
Dear Parallels,
Finally
A compact digital camera that tosses the march toward more megapixels out the window.
Traverse
Managed to traverse the entire lower climbing wall at Mission Cliffs this morning with only 2 falls—one at the 5.12/5.13 lead starts.
@#$&%^!!!
A long time ago a colleague and fellow Perl hacker at a startup I worked for in Virginia used to refer to the sigils on Perl variables, specifically the @ sign
Magnify Happiness
The other day a good friend said to me, “you magnify other people’s happiness.”
Reprise
Walking to the Muni last night before the party, I tried to reconcile the evening’s plans with a nagging sense of post-30 bedroom DJs suffering from Peter Pan
20th Street
Looking at houses with my friend the other day, the agent showing us around was ecstatic to note the coming redevelopment of the ship repairyard at the bay side
Rusty
Got asked to spin at a club on Wednesday.
The Wolves
Bride + Friends
After dinner, wandering in Rive Droite.
Congee Talk
Had lunch yesterday with Shawn + Jenny at Out The Door.
My Moon My Man
Friday morning, the marina Fuzio restaurant, doors open, crew setting up tables for the lunch rush was playing Feist.
Saturday, Saturday
Hearties to my homies Krissy, Steve, Jenny, Kendall, Garth, John and Lian.
The Groom
Freshly minted.
Bastille Day
One of my favorite parties every year is almost here.
Hellboy? Hell Yeah
Completely missed when this came out!
Stop Signs
Finally—San Francisco considering exempting cyclists from stop signs.
Repetition Kills You
London electro artists The Black Ghosts bring this delicious slice of Paris + homage to Space Invader and Pac Man, directed by Sarah Hay, featuring Damon
Hope
In Paris, the window of a design firm.
Jay and SaraJane
Verdict: success.
Baltimore. Fire Truck.
Baltimore fire engine in the Paris pride parade.
Weekendering
Reaping the benefits of the Boingo WiFi tax, battling back curmudgeonly instincts while the woman at the AA desk seeming less convinced as each successive
Jour Native
Operation act as a native day was a success, winding down at a cafe near Montmartre, drinking beer and reading.
Paris Trois
In no particular order…
Synchronicity
While at the rehearsal dinner for my friend SaraJane’s wedding, I received an invitation to another friend’s wedding.
June Mixtape - Backyard Astronomy
June’s mixtape is built for flights and bus rides, benefit parties and best friends.
Paris Day 1
Despite best-laid plans to ran sans-map, sans-phrasebook and sans-plan, SaraJane foiled it with an excellent gift bag for all the wedding guests
よい休日を
(via FFFFOUND!)
Golden Sweat
The subject of a few covers and remixes in its 18 months of life, Klaxons’ epic Golden Skans is one of my favorite songs of last year.
Catastrophic Civil Engineering
Ruined town in China, evacuated and flooded by bursting a dam damaged in the recent quake.
Sincerity
I’m flattered.
Cute Overload
Ali kind of wins the prize.
Faraway Weddings
My travel this summer revolves around a pair of weddings—one in Hawaii, one in Paris.
Happy Akzidenz
Messing around with an older typeface recently, and it’s taught me a few new tricks.
Prop 98 Kills Kittens
Fine California astroturfing:
Quinine Dosing
Apparently, the editors of Wikipedia do have a sense of humor.
Revlogging
Maybe my new favorite vlog, well, second favorite after KT’s: Barbara Gruska and Meghan Toohey bring the theme music.
Bay to Breakers 2008
Recalculation Theme
I’ve always wanted to dance to Metric’s Calculation Theme.
Logo Mashups
Designer Mario Amaya’s hybridization of corporate marques.
Talking Past Each Other
A more polished rendition of the last mix on Bite Marks, pitting Cloud Cult against Bird and the Bee on a base of Daft Punk cover.
I Know HTML
This one is for my homie Beau, who is the only guy I know who could pull it off:
Permanence
I had this design for 10 years.
Justice - Stress Video
A nod to The Prodigy original, Romain Gavras directs Justice’s new video for Stress.
Nature Morph
(via this isn’t happiness.™)
Bite Marks
April’s mixtape is a big electro hug for my peeps in Haight/Alamo/Hayes Valley.
Goldfrapp — Happiness
Goldfrapp’s Happiness has been in heavy rotation at ydnar HQ of late, particularly the the excellent Metronomy remix featuring The Teenagers (MP3).
The Twitter Ethic
Clément Gallet: 160 Characters
Catbird Hates Your Remix
Chris sends this along:
Best Cup of Coffee in New York
Congratulations to Jamie for his win:
BYOBW 2008
The society of San Franciscans with expensive cameras had a meet & greet yesterday on Potrero hill:
It’s All Pete Tong
My favorite part of this clusterfuck:
I Like Your Face
Spring Skiing
67 minutes of dance time is the new prescription for seasonal allergies.
Tamala Errata
Happy to discover the intersection of Tamala 2010 and Thomas Pynchon.
THE MOST AWESOME MOVIE TRAILER OF ALL TIME
Hoth, Big Dog, the Buzz and the End
When the robots come for us, it will be buzzing.
Starbucks’ Lucky Clover
Welcome our new Barista-free Starbucks overlords.
Biojewellery
The Biojewellery project takes bone cells from couples and cultures them into rings for each other to wear.
Linn Olofsdotter
Linn Olofsdotter, via Web Designer Wall
John Carmack on Ray Tracing
PC Perspective has an interview with John Carmack where he discusses real-time raytracing, physics APIs, sparse voxel representations and Id Tech 6.
Marathon Infinity Retrospective
In a former life, I designed levels for videogames.
Shopping FTW
I confess.
Ze Frank on Breaking Up
Ze Frank’s letter with gems like these:
Golden Cage
Walking out of the penumbra of the trainwreck that my love life has been for the past six months, it was nice to find this video from The Whitest Boy Alive,
The Geometry of Music, The Economics of Space
Slashdot is on today.
I R OLD
Fuck, 31.
31 Years
21 minutes from midnight, on the 366th day of my 31st year, I’m not quite sure how to proceed.
Parkwheel
Night Rider
Went night riding with the ever-spectacular Jenny last night.
Scrabble Tiles From Sis
My sister sent me the best early birthday present ever.
Star Wars vs Saul Bass — Borrowing Liberally from Monoscope
(via Monoscope)
Borrowing Liberally from Monoscope
(via Monoscope)
This is Ground Control to Marlboro Man
Unlike the new MacBook Air, these fine examples of midcentury computing had all the essentials:
Atomicity
After yesterday’s antics—almost crashed my motorcycle, saw the sun rise from the top of Mount Tam, worked, got paid, had coffee with Tiff, cooked dinner for
Sunrise
Je Kern
Typography in motion: Le Houellebecq by freemk.
Charles & Ray & Isamu & George
Because someone had to.
Monochrome Japanese Perspective Puzzles
I have a thing for purposeful monochromatic constructions, devices that simultaneously tickle my parietal and occipital lobes, Venn diagrams of precious little
First!!!
Mark FTW!
Design, Algorithms, Typography and Unicorns
Four FFFFOUND-worthy artists I admire who post their work on Flickr:
Valentine Math Awards
Thanks, Liz
Two of my favorite peeps, Kendal and Steve are putting the engage in engaged.
I Track SF
F-
Ziff Davis is changing their review scoring from a numeric scale to US-style letter grades.
Future Shock
Orson Welles narrates a 1972 video of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock:
Perian 1.1
Ah, the new hotness.
SPEND MONEY NOW
I think some people wanted this in wearable form.
Obama
Zogby is polling Obama over Clinton in California and elsewhere, contrasting with other pollsters.
Sheldon Brown
With great dismay I read today of the death of Sheldon Brown, a cycling icon whose humor, encyclopedic knowledge and grace pervaded every bit of his website.
March 27
Jose Gonzales or Justice?
Ride One
This morning’s ride up the Headlands and subsequent burning forearms and calves was a simple reminder why endorphin is my drug of choice.
Afghanistan, Internet = Death
From the appallingly-fucked-up dept: Student sentenced to death for using the internet.
In California
One feeling that was absolutely reinforced with blazing clarity by traveling was how much I actually love living in San Francisco.
Taheeeeee
Oh, so good.
Clay Davis 2008!
Er, now that Edwards is gone, and the Republican race is less murky, the frontrunners are playing nice—aiming their respective barbs at the GOP instead of each
Can Has Permission?
Two things have been smacking me over the head on my visit to Her Majesty’s shores.
The Indomitable Brick
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the Lego brick.
This is So Tipping Great
Two links, courtesy of two good friends:
Cycles
Traveling has provided ample opportunity for thoughts about life, family, death and beauty.
Berlin Subway Map for iPhone
Inspired by Khoi Vinh’s excellent New York City subway map, I made a similar version for Berlin’s U-Bahn and S-Bahn system.
Less Rain Dance, Please
Ah, crap.
alt.sports.snowboarding.subaru.air.air.air
The gearhead inside me can’t not post this insanely stupid cool video of Ken Block and his WRX flying through the air in New Zealand through flocks of
My Electro Lust Manifest
I might just have to start buying wax again.
A Month In
29 days ago, in a flash of brilliance with a bread knife and a slightly-stale bagel, I almost took off the end of my thumb.
Loosely Speaking
たとえば I love San Fran
Squid Repost (Because I’m lazy and the links are good)
Laughing Squid links to DPReview’s pre-PMA announcement of Canon’s newest sub-$1k DSLR, the 12MP EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi).
Cloverfield
It’s not playing on this side of the pond yet, so I have to wait until I get back to San Francisco for a look.
Crops for Green
Trio of biofuel articles this morning:
Digits
I gots ten of them!
Minor Serendipity
Buffeted by wind and the remains of yesterday’s snow, my breath visible as tiny crystallizing clouds, I was walking down Hornsgatan past exposed cliffs and
War
It hit me sometime after walking into a deserted replica of a midcentury military cafeteria, between handling a modern automatic rifle and its ancestor from
Coachella 2008 Lineup
This year’s roster is an electronic dream lineup.
Scene for Scene
While wandering the grounds of Kew Gardens under an aluminum sky—literally, planes landing at Heathrow flew over with a regularity approaching seconds
Ferris Prose
Seeing the London Eye under construction today reminded me of the brief but important part in Devil in the White City about George Ferris’ quixotic
Modernism + Local
Being in Europe—or in the most immediate case—London, brings a raft of memories of previous visits.
Sebastien Tellier
First this epic pic:
You Can Never Be Too Shallow
Stephanie lent me her crushingly fabulous 50mm f1.4 lens today:
Abraço Business Card
Cracked House Party
Okay, I’ll link it.
On TeeVee!
Thanks to Ayako, proof that I am big on TV in Japan!
Yahoo Supports OpenID
Attaboy, Yahoo!
A Little Electro Keeps the Doctor Away
Via Missing Toof: CSS - Music is My Hot Hot Sex (KILL THE NOISE Remix).
Abraço Espresso Links
Forest of links to my favorite NYC coffee kiosk:
London Tube Map for iPhone
London tube map formatted for the iPhone.
OpenID Assets
OpenID Logo (PDF) Large Large (mono) Treatments Reduced Size Small Small (mono) Raster - 16x16 (favicon)
Echoes
Yesterday I was reminded of a few pithy truisms about Ye Olde Internets: Never post anything on the internet that you aren’t comfortable with it existing
Fligr for Flickr
TypePad doesn’t have any of the great Flickr connectivity that Vox does, and I really wanted a way to quickly post photos from my Flickr account to this blog.
Last Minute Keynote Prediction
OK, I’ll bite: I think Apple will introduce the MacBook Air with 3G chipset of some sort and announce a partnership with AT&T for flat-rate unlimited data
No Country for You
Spotted at the Strand a couple days ago on the aging/self-help table near the front.
Abraço, Bespoke Coffee in the East Village
One morning at my local, Piccino, I inquired where Jamie was.
Feel the Fiber of Your Fabric
In the New York Times today: Steven Pinker writes “The Moral Instinct” and Caitlin Flanagan opines about Juno.
Amelie
I finally finished watching Amelie.
Because Japanese Robots Rule
Transgenic video for Bloc Party’s latest, Flux:
Graf
RobotsWillKill
iPhone Subway Map, Design
I went looking for an iPhone Subway Map, after having failed to assemble my own (in both PDF and 4K raster) and found this useful bit of kit from Khoi Vinh.
Hindsight…
Adverts for Pakistan Air, blowing smoke, babies and Santa, oh my!
Kayak
I am so <3ing Kayak.com right now.
Michael Bierut on Typography
The Atlantic has a wonderful video of Michael Bierut talking about typography, with The Postal Service providing music.
Takes on Baltimore
Second link from The Atlantic today: Mark Bowden’s piece “The Angriest Man in Televison” about David Simon, the creator of The Wire.
Three Trailers
Guillermo del Toro is making a sequel looking to be an improvement on the first outing, Will Smith making up for Legend in Hancock and this picture of 24 hours
+1UP
Dabysan writes about saving my life.
Murakami, Upset, Electro, Lit
Clinton upsets in NH.
New York Errata
The Xiu Xiu Abides
New video from the San Jose band Xiu Xiu, via The Owl, wrestling moves and other weird shit abound:
Third Go Around
I’ve been displeased with certain aspects of the OpenID logo as it stands for a while.
East Village Redux
Comfortably ensconced in A + A’s Manhattan abode, between three brick walls, Raptor and Chelsea, nursing the remainder of my cold, listening to In Rainbows, I
Good Times in New Hampshire
Exit poll links, the New York Times politics blog, the ever-excellent electoral-vote.com, and Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire.
Japan, New York, Texas, Fixies, Faxes and Dixie
Mad rad Japanese track bike + music + other blog, definitions of success, morale, and how lawyering and doctoring aren’t sexy rockstar like making websites or
Made of Salt and Win
Thanks Anil for the tip: Ramen Setagaya is the best ramen I’ve ever had on this side of the Pacific.
Vegan Junk Food
One might be tempted to call it fast food, but it was definitely not the former.
Vox in Pink
Ben used my theme.
A Storm?
I hope all my friends in SF are okay.
is.ydnar.in
With a little help from my friends and some Dopplr I hacked out this magic 8-ball in the parlance of HTTP: