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Month January 2009

The Auteur Theory of Design by John Gruber

Followers of John Gruber at Daring Fireball may already be aware of the underpinnings of the theory presented in this video. Even so, you should watch it for the eloquence of statement.

Furr – BlitzenTrapper

Adobe UI Gripes, You Are My Hero

Adobe UI Gripes records stupid user interface decisions in Adobe software.

Watch out, there’s a lot of strong language. Is it warranted? Yes. Yes. Yes.

Stack, stack, stack

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We’re balancing rocks.

Ideal

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The Flame

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For some reason, I dreamt last night of repairing a washing machine. I’ve never repaired a washing machine, but it was clear the washing machine in the dream needed mending. Just as I was getting frustrated with a clever — and completely unworkable — solution involving old building blocks and bungie cords, my father came in from the garage in that energetic going-to-get-it-fixed way I remember. We spent at least an hour cursing like pirates. In the end, though, we fixed it.

I think that’s the happiest I’ve been in months.

Emerald Green

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Blue

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Basically, They’re All Assassins

We’re All Gonna Die: 100 meters of existence is a 100-meter photograph taken by Simon Hoegsburg over the course of 20 days on a railroad bridge in Berlin in 2007.

The presentation is exceptional for such a large photograph… and yeah, just about everyone photographed looks like the Hollywood conception of a hitman.

(via Kottke.org)

(Update: Hmm. I didn’t mean to imply all Germans look like assassins in the title of this post — just that there was a certain Hollywood ‘look’ to the individuals photographed. Apologies if anyone is — or was — offended.)

Weighty Things

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