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… look closer

I think this qualifies as typography pr0n… The album cover for “Fast Asleep” from Funki Porcini is really well done. You’ll want to click the image for the full sized version. I saw this over at I Love Typography and...

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gadgets: Meat packing made easy!

Have I mentioned how much I love my Reynolds Handi-Vac yet? $10 at Target plus average cost for quart and gallon bags and I haven’t had bulk meat or produce go bad on me in months. Recent efforts are vastly...

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ads: HI!!! I’m Adam!

James sent me a link to this video on YouTube and while it’s funny, I didn’t quite get it at first: [flv:eden_commercial.flv 320 176] Ok, uh huh, call the insurance company when you’re in a jam. I don’t think it...

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B of A: Higher Standards? Right.

I called up Bank of America to request a credit line increase. I’ll do the mini-rant in reverse and say first-off that I was successful. Now for my issues: Discovering that their online page for Credit Line Increases is broken....

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some comics are better left on the page

MightyGodKing has a wonderful entry on his blog titled “I Should Write The Legion [of Super-Heroes]” with additional follow-up entries and it’s clear that he’s a true fan. His articles are funny but make sense and make me hope that...

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in DC: the picture I didn’t take

I’m sure we all could create just as many entries as there are over on Unphotographable about the pictures we didn’t take, but one I didn’t take this morning triggered a memory from years ago. I was waiting on the...

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the world is not such an awesome place

One of the issues lately that really makes my blood boil is Photographers’ Rights. The idea that taking a photograph makes someone a terrorist is just stupid. And giving someone (usually a rent-a-cop) the arbitrary power to question and/or detain...

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One step closer to Minority Report…

Gizmo Lovers and Dave Zatz both reported today on the TiVo & Amazon team-up to enable on-screen product purchasing: By teaming with Amazon.com, TiVo enables viewers to purchase products related to their favorite TV shows or that they’ve seen in...

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iBlog therefore iAm… an iPhone owner

The WordPress for iPhone application is live and quite handy, actually. I doubt it can make me a great iPhone typist but it doesn’t appear to rely on being connected to a signal to work. You can’t edit previous online...