A is for abortion, B is for beaver… The politically incorrect alphabet.  

60’s Citroen 2cv magazine spreads. Quite typographicaly rich. Notice colours and illustrations as well.  

Piet Mondrian knitted wool shirt on eBay.  

The nickel pool trick. Something of an instant classic.  

A bit old but this Bravia advert from Sony is soothing.  

Wiki du jour :Drop City.  

787 Cliparts video loop. Beautifully done.  

The 25 Most Important Questions in the History of the Universe. Existential thoughts broken down and conquered! No less. Answers to some really tough ones like “Where Does Nougat Come From?” and “Can a Pregnant Woman Drive in the Carpool Lane?”  

Best thing.info: Which is better? You HAVE to make a choice!  

Cursor kite. Now double click that tree there and drag that bird over to the left.  

Kidz bop adult like in “Since you been gone”. (I have no idea how Dave found this one.)  

Waiter Rant: Daddy’s little girl. I had goosebumps after reading this.  

New Herzog & De Meuron glass cubic pyramid in London. “Kinda makes Steven Holl’s addition to the Nelson-Atkins look sensitive.” 

Le podcast montréalais shüffle (le dire à la française avec le Ü) couvre trois types de musique: pop, distortion et gros beat. Diffusé sur leur site web ainsi qu’à CHOQ.fm (la radio univresitaire de l’UQAM), le podcast est animé à 3, chacun couvrant un style. Ça fait plusieurs semaines que je l’écoute et conclusion: Pas trop de bla bla + bonne musique émergente variée = podcast love.  

Canadian Tire fait un excellent pas vers l’autonomie énergétique: ils offre maintenant des éoliennes, des panneaux solaires, des batteries et des onduleurs, bref, de tout pour créer un système d’exploitation des énergies douces chez vous. Assez cool merci, CT vient de gagner des points chez nous. Je vais finalement pouvoir brancher mes hangars de plants de pot à St-Constant sans attirer l’attention d’Hydro-Québec. (Via CFD

Eddie Murphy’s 80s hilarious ice cream skit. I had no idea he could imitate a child so well. Youtube is hosting a bunch of these.  

“Tartes Gaudet” sur google vous envoie chez nous (en 3e pos.)! Sont pas vraiment bonnes, j’en mange même pu.  

Dave will be sick and tired of me posting “design stuff” BUT one of my dream jobs is combining typography and film like these guys do so well.  

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, Aged 51 1/2 “Dude, I invented the friggin iPod, okay? Have you heard of it?”  

Wiki-du-jour: the turtleneck.  

Probably the biggest news item this week: THE TURTLES ARE BACK! And it’s looking good! Oh do I feel 6 again.  

Pees on Earth, a book by Ellen Jong (Category: Photography/Women’s studies/Full bladders). “It is a manifesto for our collective existence, a cry for all sentient beings: I am! I pee!” Take a look inside the book. (J’sais pas si je dois dire Merci Francis pour le lien.)  

Manatee Squash. Lol & cute.  

Photographer Ken Rockwell explains how to do anything photographic. Why pros share everything they know, why your camera does not matter, how to become a professional photographer, and more.  

Oui, j’ai joué à Comboling pendant 5 heures de suite au travail. Et j’étais payé en plus.  

Momus on The Curse of Storage.  

Pour les p’tits design-grafik-power qui lisent ce blogue, allez voir les boitiers de disques de musique électronique dans le portfolio de Trevor Jackson.  

Sam Weber Illustration. Spooky nice!  

Top 10 Dumbest Online Business Ideas That Made It Big Time. I wouldn’t exactly dumbest. Maybe “surprisingly simple”.  

Micheal Gondry’s (dir. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind) new picture The Science of Sleep. Full indy!  

Play Pumps: a social and ecological design solution for clean water in developing countries.  

This to that. Because people have a need to glue things to other things.  

Constructed of durable closed-cell foam and is only 50 pounds and 11⁄4” thick, The Watermat supports up to 1,500 pounds on the surface of the water.  

Delivery of your design input for the day. 3 beautiful, impressive and forward thinking portfolios of 3 design firms: Duck young kong (à voir: mostly the seductive consumer products), Gro design (à voir: appliances that look like furniture) and Peter Buchanan-smith (à voir: 3 vintage covers).  

Vidéomusique : une sélection de vidéoclips en présentation au Musée des arts contemporains. N’emmerdez pas les libraires qui travaillent en face : ils feront de vulgaires commentaires au sujet de votre personne.  

Living Shadow Dances on Giant Electric Sign : un certain entreprenneur avec pignon sur rue au coin de Ste-Catherine et St-Laurent s’en est clairement inspiré.  

You Work For Them is having a design book sale.  

Visual complexity explores the mapping of complex networks. Étaler graphiquement de l’information comme ça, je trouve ça beau beau beau. La plus récente étude en primeur est celle des passes effectué lors de la coupe du monde de foot. “This network shows the passes from every player to those three team-mates he passes to most frequently. Strength of arcs displays the number of passes. Size of nodes displays the influence (flowbetweenness) of a player.” (Via Kottké)  

Best of craigslist. You’ll have enough for the day with this.  

Wiki du jour: Dixie Square Mall – part of your post-suburban landscape.  

Bush: “Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over. Dave says: “This Onion article was publised in 2001, with Bush just coming into the office. It’s quite a remarkable read because it is so accurate. Must post.”  

Grups: Everybody wants to be 22. (Langelier en a parlé y’a quelques semaines lors de sa dernière chronique avec Bazzo.)  

Todays topic: infrared photography. First, get intrigued with these beautiful IR landscapes. Then, wonder and wish you understood the science that makes IR photography so special. Finally, after grasping the concept, daddle and don’t get any work done by searching flickr for photos and groups related to IR photography.  

Zidane World Cup Headbutt Animation Festival. Y’a t’il un nom pour ce (nouveau) phénomène? J’imagine qu’on peut le comparer à comme faire des drôles de moustaches et des cornes de démons sur les photos de politiciens sur la page couverture d’un journal. Mais y’a qqch dans la vidéo-internet-média-nouvelle-culturepop…  

Résoudre vos p’tits casse-têtes Sudoku avec un tableau Excel. Le Times offre apparemment une bouteille de champagne à celui qui envoie le résultat du Sudoku quotidien avant midi…  

YouTube: The world’s most dangerous comic act. Je vous laisse la surprise.  

Creasley comics present Cox & Combes’ George Washington. “I heard that motherfucker had, like, 30 god damn dicks. Washington… Washington…”  

Des fois, internet. Comme Phil y dit: OMFG.  

Area homosexual saves four from fire. The local hospital has announced plans to rename its burn ward “The Kevin Lassally Gay Burn Ward.” (thanx davey)  

Add this to your bookmark bar: Inquisitor searches the web instantly as you type. The abiliy to search other sites like flickr or amazon is quite a feature.  

Modern Living’s neurotica series. An old classic worth checking out again.  

Dave veut que je publie des liens plus légers en terme de contenu. Voilà.  

Wiki du jour: Transatlantic Tunnel.