April 2011
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It’s not the way I intended to live my life. It’s a dangerous, tough, dirty job...
– Rick Cook, on being a copywriter
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50 oddball facts about graphic designers →
1. They are very weird people. 2. There are billions of them in the world, like colors on the screen of your computer. 3. They will analyze conversations in layers. 4. You will spend the day assembling furniture from IKEA. 5. They drink and eat all kinds of weird shit just because they like the packaging. 6. They hate each other. 7. You’ll come out the last out of the movies because you have to...
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Addictive music-making. Click anywhere and enjoy.
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So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is...
– Dead Poets Society (1989)
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From the jungle of anything goes-tainment Bieber shot to the top and then out of...
– Luke Buckmaster, for crikey.com.au
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The only problem with watching #thewestwing is knowing that Martin Sheen made Charlie Sheen.
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I am so ridiculously addicted to re-watching The West Wing at the moment. Its sharp, witty writing, brilliant cast and lack of schmaltzy, unbelievable story lines makes for epic viewing. I almost get a “God bless America” going at the end of at least 1 in 3 episodes. No, really.
What famous dictators were like as children based... →
Some words from the ever-lovely and talented fairy wren
A guide to what our dictators might have been like as kids, based on the quotable things they’ve said
Stalin:
“Death is the solution to all problems. No man, no problems.”
The untimely death of Stalin’s pet rock left him just a little cold in the face of loss. His mother would tell him that Pebbles was in a better place now, while...
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He awoke each morning with the desire to do right, to be a good and meaningful...
– JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, Everything is Illuminated
Very much excited about seeing the lads from My Disco at @TheBakeryPerth this weekend! Good times to be had.
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Where Children Sleep
Where Children Sleep by James Mollison is a book of stories about diverse children around the world, told through portraits and pictures of their bedrooms.
“When Fabrica asked me to come up with an idea for engaging with children’s rights, I found myself thinking about my bedroom: how significant it was during my childhood, and how it reflected what I had and who I was. It occurred...
Mid Century Modern Motel Postcards
Take a step back in time with this 1950s & 1960s Motel Room Postcard Flickr group from Roadsidepictures. There are some real gems in there. Especially love the first image. Check out that gorgeous wood paneling, and that carpet color. Mid Century goodness.
via mattwrightsonblog: via Mid Century Modernist
Fighting the urge to be cynical: RT @WAtoday: Aust’s optimism confirmed after survey says we lead world in satisfaction http://t.co/DdfxEI9”
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Best way to finish a thirteen-hour day? A couple of refresher chapters of Bringhurst’s ‘Elements of Typographic Style’, of course #imanerd
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