IN PROGRESS: Illustration

03.31.08 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Click to get a better view. Working on a blog design for a friend. When finished, I’ll post the final…

Linkdump for March 26th

03.26.08 | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Movie optioned for "I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President."I'd much rather play it safe and just read the book than the more likely scenario of watching Warners take this concept and ruin it. Sadly, no book in print.
  Tags: Comedy Movies
• I Posted A Mix Of Songs From (Mostly) Upcoming AlbumsThe last two songs were just released. Muxtape: lovely simple service.
  Tags: Music
• CNN To Run A Comedy News ShowUgh… What are they thinking…
  Tags: Comedy Politics
• NPR interviews Bob ElliottTalking with the father of Chris Elliott about his career in the 50s (via Dead Frog)
  Tags: Comedy
• US to Europe for $16"Open Skies" agreement will be in effect by next month. Some airlines are hoping to offer flights from secondary markets for cheapy-cheap. (via Kottke)
  Tags: Politics

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Kids on the Street!

03.25.08 | Permalink | Comments (0)

I’ve been working on new features and design tweaks at CultureMob.com, but on the side, I’m getting ready to try out a test run on our CultureMob “Street Team” in Seattle. Pending how successful our test run is, what I want to do with it is open it up to CultureMob users to be able to go to shows, hand out flyers and talk us up, and we’ll subsidize a chunk of the ticket (No promises here, folks).

So, our first trial event: Super Sonic Soul Pimps @ the Nectar Fri 3.28.08. This is the band that, back in ‘95, lead me down the path that I’m at today. They are a high energy funk-rock band, which attracted the 16-year-old in me, who happened to be 16-years-old at the time. Ahh, nostalgia. The web was young and I jumped on to do a site for them, under the pseudonym of Captain Fantasy. Now it’s 35 years later and I’m still doing this web thing.

And if you’re looking for a good event in Seattle, check out CultureMob.com. I’ve been messing with this project since it was just an idea 2 years ago. We’ve only been live for 3 months now and still are a little rough around the edges, so I’d LOVE to hear some feedback.

So come on down to the Nectar this Friday and say hi. We’ll make sure to buy you a cranberry juice.

Linkdump for March 24th

03.24.08 | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Little Tiddly Bit On "A Practical Guide To Racisim"I'm currently reading this. In the vein of "Areas of My Expertise" and "Comedy by the Numbers". Jokes!
  Tags: Books Comedy
• Awareness TestThis test is mandatory.
• Instructional Video on Making Whole Meal BreadVery important to watch the whole thing… For your health.
• CultureMob.comNow 85% faster.

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Linkdump for March 22nd

03.22.08 | Permalink | Comments (2)

• Spielberg Has His TintinIt's the kid from "Love Actually".
• The cast of the Wire answers "Who Would Win In A Fight?"Minotaur with a trident or a Centaur with a crossbow? They have great answers from several other celebs on the sidebar.
• Daring Fireball: How Leander Kahney Got Everything Wrong by Being a Fucking JackassAnother good article by John Gruber
• German flying ace discovered he shot down his heroThe main reason I'm a pacifist is that I don't want to accidentally kill my favorite author. As soon as Vonnegut dies, I'm going to go on a killing rampage.
• Internet Power!1995 Promotional Video about the INTERNET!
• Laughing With HitlerDocumentary about comedy during Nazi Germany. The whole thing is on Google Video.
• Super Mario As A HumanMessed…
• Dining Room / Pool TableWelcome to the future of dining tables!
• Ack! Bob & David's HBO Sitcom is ONLY A Pilot.Only the pilot episode was picked up at this point, not the entire series.
• Bob and David Got Another HBO ShowI can now take the knife out of my stomach. Now we can see if they have anything left in the tank.
• That Mitchell and Webb LookMight be another good sketch show. I just grabbed the first season to check it out.
• Six-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW Mp3sI'm going to spend all night digging through this…
• Brad Bird making live-action movieWow. Every animated movie he's made has been near-perfect. Very interested to see how the transition goes.

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Mr. Wonderful

03.19.08 | Permalink | Comments (3)

For the past couple years, The New York Times Magazine has been running serialized comics by popular artists in their Funny Pages section. Last month, Daniel Clowes wrapped up his 20 pg. story on awkward mid-life romance, Mr. Wonderful.

The magazine has been releasing each page as an individual PDF, but I combined the 20 pages into a convenient single 18MB PDF. Grab it and have a read.