Safe As Milk

Calvin and Hobbes original art coming to auction.

Michael — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:05:40 +0000

My (current) favorite pen.

Michael — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:53:17 +0000

I’m a huge pen dork. Not for fountain pens (but I have tried to get into those) but for ball points. I have to write tickets all day at my job so I need a pen that can handle high volume and some rough treatment without wearing out my hand. I love the combo I’m using right now.

It’s a Pilot Hi Tec C Cavalier body with a Pilot G2 .38 refill inside. The refill that came with it was crazy extra-fine, too, but it was shaped in such a way that it was too scratchy on the paper and it seemed to clog too easily. In the .38 G2 refill I get the nice flow of the G2 ink and a super-fine line, like I want.

Bogey Swears!

Michael — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:43:12 +0000

My dad loved old movies and he watched them all the time on late-night tv. I guess they weren’t old to him since he had seen most of them when he was growing up. But still, I sat through hours and hours of them as a kid so I got a kick out of this reel of early Hollywood stars flubbing lines.

“Charming” is really the best word I can think of to describe it.

BERG’s “Hello Little Printer”

Michael — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:24:18 +0000

Clever idea. Great video. I’m a fan of daily To Do lists but I don’t know that I’d really get much out of this.

Of course, I totally signed up for info as it the device gets closer to launch so we’ll see what they say.

Infra – photos by Richard Mosse

Michael — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:13:03 +0000

I can’t get over how crazy these photos look. I’ve never heard of infra-red film but the effect here is insane.

[via: Cool Hunting]

VF article on Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Michael — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:28:15 +0000

I like reading about how the brain works and about how people make decisions. I’ve tagged the book as a “read someday”, but I don’t have the will to start a 500-page psychology tome, no matter how interesting.

I definitely recommend the Vanity Fair article, though. It’s got good stuff in there and I always enjoy reading Michael Lewis.

Arkiv

Michael — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:46:49 +0000

I’ve seen Arkiv’s work around online and I like it a lot. There is a strong KAWS flavor to it but it’s not a straight rip of the style. This is a sampling from his show preview here (it’s a .pdf).

via: toys r evil, again.

Damn.

Michael — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:33:20 +0000

Just when I feel like I have hit my saturation point with Star Wars remixes, I see these:

via: Toys Are Evil

PSY/Opsologist “One God”

Michael — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:28:13 +0000

I’ve listened to this on a loop for half an hour. It’s excellent.

Two cool toy ideas.

Michael — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:51:59 +0000

I’m a fan of Jeff Lamm’s Greasebat toys and prints. They hit the right note of funny for this kind of Big Japanese Monster. I need to get in on them.

And on the custom front, these skeletons designed by Scott Wilkowski are impressive as hell. The bone sculpts are pretty damn slick, and the smoky clear resin adds a lot to the creepy factor.

(both via: Toys Are Evil)