Saul Bass On Making Money vs. Quality Work
“It’s worth it to me. It’s the way I want to live my life. I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.” – Saul Bass
via The Post Family
Robotagger: GML + ABB4400 from Golan Levin.
Best Christmas Ever.
Smug
Yo La Tengo – Sugarcube
I had no idea a video even existed for this song, let alone one featuring David Cross and Bob Odenkirk.
An Unofficial Q&A about the Discontinuation of the XHTML2 WG
Henri Sivonen (a member of the HTML Working Group of the W3C) attempts to clear up some of the misinformation floating around the web about XHTML2, HTML5, etc.
Brooklyn Sunset
Google really helps put things in perspective.
Fortunately for me, none of the above suggestions were actually what I was searching for.
(This post was co-authored by my lovely wife.)
Average Airline Departure Delays
Like any good nerd, I was excited about today’s Data.gov announcement, so I put together this infographic (using Google’s fancy MotionChart API) which charts the yearly average departure times for major domestic air carriers.
The chart isn’t terribly interesting; this was more of a mental exercise than an attempt to do anything useful with the data.
There is one notable data point in the chart though, and that’s JetBlue circa 2007—their average departure time spikes as a result of the infamous Valentines Day screwup. Having myself spent 9 hours (and my first wedding anniversary) on the tarmac at JFK during that fiasco, I was curious to see how that would be reflected in the data.
Dip. Bom. Giddy.
Inspired by Dan’s Beach Boys Hit Song Topics pop-cultural chart, I dumped the lyrics from every song in his chart into Wordle.net just to see what that would look like.
How To Use SafariStand with Safari 4.0
Users of Safari 4.0 beta may have noticed that after installing the SafariStand browser plugin, Safari immediately crashes when launching.
After a few months and many failed attempts at using the plugin, I decided to just delete everything SafariStand-related and reinstall from scratch. As it turns out, Safari was choking on the existing SafariStand preference files.
Delete these two files, and Safari will play nicely with SafariStand:
/Users/YOU/Library/Preferences/jp.hetima.SafariStand.plist
/Users/YOU/Library/Safari/Stand
Vanderbilt University Commodores Football Practice
Shot on March 15, 2009 from the 8th floor of the Marriott Hotel at Vanderbilt, looking down into Vanderbilt Stadium.
Time Lapse @ 7 WTC #2
Shot from my office on the 29th floor of 7 World Trade Center New York, NY on February 27th 2009, around 2pm.
That’s Barclay street running vertically through the frame, the post office in the top-right, and Jeff Koons’ “Balloon Flower” at bottom-center. Ground Zero is just off camera, to the right.
Time Lapse @ 7 WTC #1
Shot from my office on the 29th floor of 7 World Trade Center New York, NY on February 25th 2009, around noon. This shot is looking east towards the Woolworth building, City Hall, and, in the distance, Brooklyn.
Floating Logos
Ads vs. Reality
Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an accurate representation in every case. Shiny, neon-orange, liquefied pump-cheese, and all.
Talking in Circles
This is what my conference call looks like, as illustrated by Ze Frank’s new voice drawing toy.
User Interface of the Week
Paging Gruber.
Snow Arch
My brothers built this snow arch on Christmas Eve 2008.
It lasted for about 30 minutes before we realized it was starting to lean, at which point I set up my Flip Mino to capture its slow demise. The first 8 seconds are actually 8 minutes elapsed (I sped things up to make it watchable), and you can see how much the arch shifts in such a short time.