Interesting selection of book cover designs from the noughties. I would not agree with all of the choices and the list is a little US-centric, but some nice designs here all the same.
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A normal distribution.
Idiots-Guide introduction to Google ChromeOS. The resurgence of the thin-client OS is an interesting idea, but this video with its “Woah, But Hey!” surfer dude voice-over is ‘like so totally’ not the way I would promote this. (Also, why obsess about saving 35 seconds off your boot-time if all you are going to do is type inane IMs with your Valley Girl friends…)
![Rorschach tee-shirt by way of Shepard Fairey and Obama. maybe this meme is all played-out at this stage…
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Kick-ass Scooby-Doo tee from Threadless
The Magna Carta set in Helvetica.
RT Merlin Mann and RT Jason Permenter.
Disgruntled editor edits internal memo announcing outsourcing of editing jobs. Via @thatwhichmatter
Family Tech Support Nerd Merit Badge I think Val definitely earns herself one of these: “Requirements: Provide hardware, software, and telephone support for extended family computers and electronics. Voluntarily or involuntarily”. Via The Irish Times.
I know this has been published for ages. Still, you have to smile at some of the “Statistically Improbable Phrases” auto-summarised for the Amazon page for Hodgman’s second book: “Inner Sun, Minor Television Personality, Nutrient Slime, Tone Detector, Brain Sharks, Chicken Butt, Unusual Rain…”
Neat: “The Indie Rock Coloring Book” for hipster four-year olds everywhere!
R.E.M. Olympia: 39 songs. I never made it to any of those shows.
The “Trends & News” sidebar in Brizzly is really useful as it has drop-down explanations, a feature missing from the Twitter home page. Also, a lot of what makes the top trends is inane yet unintentionally hilarious.
Check out this shape-changing Organo-bot: current prototype can roll around but will eventually be able to squeeze through small spaces…
I stopped reading Dilbert about the time it became a TV show (anyone remember that?) But I did enjoy this Twitter-centric strip that was doing the rounds on the Interwebs over the weekend.
So NASA are flying a missile into the moon today and nobody told me? http://tinyurl.com/moongoboom
