BibliOdyssey has posted some great examples of Dutch Advertising from around 1900. My first exposure to Dutch design was at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. I’m attracted to the simplicity and clean lines.
This particular example is especially interesting, since I worked for Holland-America in Alaska during my summer between high school [...]

If you’re a fan of old time radio, or just wanna get in the mood for Christmas, then check out this selection of free public domain MP3s of radio shows over at OldRadioFun.com. From the classic 1947 “It’s a Wonderful Life” to the more curious “Batman Christmas”,  it’ll get you in that nostalgic Christmas [...]

I’m getting a little bored with my old K2 based theme.  I just upgraded to Wordpress 2.blah blah blah and decided to take the opportunity to try out a canned theme.  It’s kinda fun, so I think I’ll keep it until after the Holidays.
And then no more excuses… i have to design/implement that idea that’s [...]

Thanks to Jeff Pepper over at 2719Hyperion for sharing this clip from the 1958 Disneyland “Magic Highway USA”. You can read more background from his earlier posts here and here. Apparently, we aren’t as advanced as predicted. It would be cool to have my car wash and refuel itself.. I really hate [...]

Not sure why, but I just like Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I can’t pinpoint a particular performance as an actor that impresses me (although Mysterious Skin was pretty good - and a little disturbing). I just think he’d be very cool to hang out with; like a regular guy.
 

And just for fun, here’s another one…
 

In my office I have a PC & a Mac G5. Even though I do most of my work on the Mac, I just can’t give up my PC for gaming and Quicken. But with the new Intel-based Macs, and Parallels , I can run Windows XP as a 2nd OS on the [...]

If you love shows and concerts, this is the best tool for finding tickets. It’s a visual map of the venue with available seats indicated as blue dots. Just find your seat and click buy.
This is the biggest pain I find with “other” ticket sites; I have to find the seating chart which [...]

Pruned has posted a series of photos (with commentary) about the curious and fascinating “Broken Column House”, built just before the French Revolution by François Nicolas Henri Racine de Monville, an aristocrat with lots of time and money on his hands. Built to appear as a decaying broken column, the house [...]

Wanderer of Space, Vargo Statten, 1950 Scion / Planet Stories, Summer 1941, Love Romances
I just finished reading Worlds of Tomorrow - The Amazing Universe of Science Fiction Art by Forrest J Ackerman. I picked it up at Half Price Books a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been trying to learn more about design [...]

What better for a Friday afternoon than to imagine myself a Simpson? (Not of the OJ flavor, of course).
You, too, can re-imagine yourself at Simpsonizeme.com