Here’s a quiet flip-through I recorded of Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips. You know, for those of you who order books online but want to at least see some of what you’re getting. I recommend clicking ‘watch in high quality’ once you get to the YouTube [...]
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Caffeine and Dehydration
An ex-girlfriend of mine used to nag me about my caffeine intake (which really was far from bad) because, “It dehydrates you.” I argued that any coffee or carbonated beverage with caffeine was largely… umm… water. “You’re telling me that the caffeine in my Coke not only completely obliterates the 11oz. of water [...]
April 14, 2008 – 8:21 pm
Good Things
What makes Cheetos so good? They’re weird, crunchy, and cheesy. Baked Cheetos are weird, crunchy, and cheesy in the same exact way but are about half as harmful.
Technology Review is not only a fantastic magazine, but a great website too. Be sure to pick up this month’s issue if you’re not already [...]
March 4, 2008 – 5:50 pm
I long for a Fujitsu Lifebook P1620
For no less than 4 years now I have held off on buying quite a few things that offer functions I would really like to have had. I don’t own a phone with internet access. I don’t own a portable MP3 player. I don’t own a navigation unit for my car. [...]
February 26, 2008 – 12:17 pm
Does ADA Approval Mean Anything?
While brushing my chompers this morning I wondered about toothpaste composition, specifically what kind of abrasives are in use and whether they break down as they‘re used. Certain modern car polishes use micro–abrasives that, as they‘re massaged, purposefully break down into smaller and smaller abrasives to create a finer polish the more the product [...]
February 2, 2008 – 7:59 am
Reborns : Ultra-real fake babies
Updating the word “disturbing” to 2008 standards, My Fake Baby …
… explores the lives of women who spend hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of pounds on life-like baby dolls. Known as “reborns” some of the dolls have beating hearts, others have tiny veins and even milk spots. Loved like real babies, they’re taken for walks, cuddled [...]
January 7, 2008 – 8:28 am
