by Jules | Nov 12, 2009 | Animals, Apartment, Business, Entertainment, Fashion, FFFFOUND!, Humor, Links From My Father, New York, News, Science / Technology, Travel, Trivia |
That time again! – OKtrends helps out with online dating introductions. – Showtime gives TriBeCa apartments a TV make-over. – Because I’m cheap and love fashion. – Fantastic party for Takashi Murakami @ the Standard Hotel. – Video...
by Jules | Sep 18, 2009 | Animals, Art & Design, Business, Entertainment, Food & Restaurants, Humor, Links From My Father, New York, News, Science / Technology, Trivia |
It’s been a while, and now is a good time… (Some of these have been sitting in my inbox for quite some time and are old, but cool, none-the-less.) – Typographica’s list of its Favorite Typefaces of 2008. – Computer program to compete...
by Jules | Feb 27, 2009 | Art & Design, Trivia |
History of Modern Camouflage by Design Boom In 1898, Thayer and another artist, George de Forest Brush (september 28, 1855 – april 24, 1941), proposed using camouflage patterns (they called it “counter-shading”) to protect ships during the Spanish-American war. The...
by Jules | Feb 18, 2009 | News, Trivia, Vision |
Way to go Mexico! Mexico City puckered up to set a new record Saturday as nearly 40,000 people locked lips in the city center for the world’s largest group kiss. Carlos Martinez of Guinness World Records verified the record of 39,897 people who entered the gated...
by Jules | Feb 12, 2009 | Entertainment, Trivia |
I mean, who doesn’t just love the Muppets!? Very cool article about where some of my faves came from (ANIMAL!). Cookie Monster: Jim Henson drew some monsters eating various snacks for a General Foods commercial in 1966. The commercial was never used, but Henson...
by Jules | Feb 12, 2009 | News, Trivia |
Just a neat little bit of trivia: today is Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday. To celebrate Darwin, Google has this pretty rendition (“doodle”?) of their logo up on its main page. Nothing for Abe… maybe later?