The Morton Salt Company (in one form or another) has been based in Chicago since 1848.
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS.
Cities & Typography, Gokhun Guneyhan
Really, really like these. Though it’s a shame that some are to macro sized. Poland’s should definitely just be Krakow, the Hejnał {pronounced heyy now) is so city-specific!
Amazing. Syncing 300 analog clocks to create one massive, moving, digital presence. How do I get this as a screensaver?
For two seasons we wanted to do an episode where Jeff Winger pretended there was a class called ‘Nicolas Cage Appreciation,’ and then the Dean caught them and as punishment to them he was going to make that a real class and force them to watch all the Nicolas Cage movies in one night. The thing about Nicolas Cage movies is… unless you’re a total cynical dick, you have to embrace the fact that Nicolas Cage is a pretty good actor. He’s done a lot of weird, dumb movies, but that was supposed to be the point of the episode — that Nicolas Cage is a metaphor for God, or for society, or for the self, or something. It’s like — what is Nicolas Cage? What is he? Is he an idiot? Or a genius? Can you write him off, or is he inexplicably bound to your soul?
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Dan Harmon (x) <3 |
Trying to write a rhetorical analysis of Augustine’s Confessions, but this view is so distracting…
Chicago, you may be freezing right now — but I am missing you.
Food revelation:
There is yet another reason why Vietnamese cuisine is so well suited to New Orleans. Like their cajun cousins, many Vietnamese specialties have French origins, derived from the colonial era. The phrase “Banh mi” is a transliteration of “pain de mi,” wheat bread, which was introduced by French colonists. There is even a theory, somewhat less convincing, that the word “pho,” pronounced “fooh” and referring to Vietnam’s beloved beef soup, is derived from the French “pot au feu.
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New show, new show.
Five episodes in on House of Cards. I’m keeping up my steady diet of political shows after taking on Veep. While this show doesn’t have the humor to take the edge off, sinister is working well for it.
Dark, despicable characters that have all of the allure of Walter White but in sharp suits and tuxes. Not bad. You know they’re going to crash and burn, but they’re so confident while they’re doing their thing. You just can’t look away.
Non-spoilery takeaways:
— Sorry West Wing, this slap-in-the-face politics is here to stay.
— Texting in shows. Well done! Just like Sherlock this show’s got the on-screen snippets. It just feels so natural.
— Oh my god, I need to get some BBQ in this city.
— Can’t wait to see what else Netflix has lined up. Hit this one out of the park on the first try.
A cranked flipbook kit. And there’s an electronic version too. Yesss #HipsterChristmas (via FlipBooKit - Mechanical Flipbook Art and Kit by shinymind — Kickstarter)
Why can’t I find a gif of this in action though?
