july 4th politico

Drinking coffee, poking around slate.com and came across this guy. Paul Combs, he's got a great comic style and some pretty good wit. This one in particular made me laugh. It's good to know that cartoonist are out there, they're paying attention, but sometimes it makes you feel a little helpless that we have all this "freedom" (expression, speech, press, etc). and sometimes it doesn't seem to change anything.
ps. vote obama!

how to ruin your Sunday

Photographers » Blog Archive » Caught in a rebel offensive in eastern Chad | Blogs | Reuters.co.uk

just in case you're getting bored with the whole "war on terror". Change the channel, check out the war in Chad. It's just like the war in Iraq but, a little less glamorous and clearly not as news-worthy.

Hello...You There!!

Well, this is just brilliant! You know good design when you see it, because you say "damn, why didn't I think of it." Here's a great taste of functional, socially constructive, proactive design.

HelloYouThere.

Veer

Veer: Elements for Creativity
just poking around old bookmarks and came across Veer. There seems to be more and more of these types of sites popping up, there's also Behance which is pretty nice, but a little too much of itself. And there's also Trunkt which is a nice "more sophisticated" Etsy type thing.

Specter

Came across Specter via Wooster Collective (as always). He has a great, and diverse style. Sometimes subversive, sometimes playful, sometimes absurd, but always thinking. Hope you like it.
Oh, also. It's a flash site, so poke around.

Cans Festival Wrap Up...

here's the official wrap film from last months Cans Festival in England. In case you're not familiar, basically they closed off an unused tunnel and let in about a dozen or so stencil artists. After the first day, they let the public come in with their own stencils. The result was, well, saturated! And really, who says Europe is more progressive that the U.S. We do this shit every weekend...not!

One of the featured favorites was "world renowned" BANKSY. You can check a flickr-roll here.

nicked from wooster collective.

getting down to business.

70 Amazing Business Cards - Fubiz™


nicked from cool hunting....

New Music...

I'm not a big music purchaser. Most of the stuff I listen to I've either had for years or have come across from friends willing to share. But I had to pounce on the new My Morning Jacket. It's a rare band that still understands the notion of the album. With the way pop music swallows up singles that become overplayed while the rest of the album is 9 other tracks that fill space, its refreshing to have confidence in a band like MMJ. You can check out the Sunday NYT's article here.

Alex Trochut

Wow. This guy is AMAZING!

we're going to shanghai.

Just found a couple of things that make me want to go to Shanghai. Planet Shanghai and this from Wooster Collective on the grafitti in the city too. A nice interview with three shanghai graf writers.

speechless.

post worthy

I've been searching, lazily, for a post worthy subject. And alas, Composition's new website rings through. There is nothing on this site that isn't awesome, including the site itself. just beautiful.

bubble project

Bubble Project
Bring it to an advertisement near you...

SHERMAN

Here's the latest addition to our family. I really have no way of describing how awesome this little monster is, but hopefully the pictures will do a bit of justice.

Enjoy!

Pittsburgh Music Fest Sponsored by American Eagle.

Perhaps our fair city is finally coming into to it's own. Just heard about this festival through the grapevine. Sounds pretty cool. Tickets are gonna be $50 for two days, and thankfully it's not at The Starlake Amphetheatre, its actually in the city and SouthSide Works.

Save the world with a carrot!

Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo.

It's been a while, but I finally found something worth posting. This was nicked from www.zefrank.com
Thanks Ze.

speaking of wanderlust

so i just posted the latest bjork video. well if she ever made a mountain bike video, it'd look like this.

wanderlust...do you have it?

I couldn't find any sites that would allow me to embed it, but here's a sneak peak at Bjork's new Video for WANDERLUST in it 2D entirety. Enjoy

Via WoosterCollective.

the donation of this work to the street is truly selfless.

R.I.P. Nigel

Last night we lost a good friend...our big, lovable, orange tabby Nigel. He is missed already, but here are a few choice pictures to remember him.