Prepare to lose the next two weeks of your life: South Park Studios just put the entire 12-season run of South Park online with limited commercial interruption. Genius.

Date posted: March 25, 2008 | Filed under humor, shortlinks | Comments Off on Full Episodes of South Park Online.

Here’s an excellent (if not opinionated) article on the work of Shepard Fairey, the ma responsible for Andre The Giant Has A Posse. I was aware he appropriated artwork for some of his pieces, but I had no idea how far he went.

Date posted: March 18, 2008 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on Andre The Giant Has A Problem.

I knew there was a reason I had this guy’s big green sign on my lawn last year. I’m looking into what I can do to help fight this legislation; it has the potential to hurt my business significantly (and I’m already worried about the economy.)

Date posted: March 13, 2008 | Filed under politics, shortlinks | Comments Off on O’Malley Calls For Repeal Of Tech Tax

This is skewed towards the information-is-free mindset but the basic information is excellent: Tips for Getting Bloggers To Write About You, written by one of the five editors of BoingBoing.

Date posted: March 12, 2008 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on Tips for Getting Bloggers To Write About You

Looking for replacement parts for my bass guitar, I found an online machine shop which offers a Windows-based drafting application and free quoting service. A friend tells me it’s not cheap, but I’m going to at least get a quote.

Date posted: March 6, 2008 | Filed under projects, shortlinks | Comments Off on emachineshop.com

From Waxy.org, this is a singapore-based website suffering from horrendous design but containing a wealth of interesting bootleg recordings, from old Zeppelin to this year’s Police tour. I came for the Steely Dan outtakes, and stayed for the Jeff Buckley.

Date posted: March 5, 2008 | Filed under music, shortlinks | Comments Off on Recordings of Indeterminate Origin

I obviously wasn’t cool enough in 1991 to have appreciated My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless when it first came out, but I’m playing “Sometimes” over and over again this morning.

Date posted: March 4, 2008 | Filed under earworm, shortlinks | Comments Off on My Bloody Valentine

Roughly one-third of the male population of my high school hometown are rejoicing this morning, on the news that Zubaz, onetime makers of zebra-striped pants, are reforming and producing a new supply for retail sale.

Date posted: February 28, 2008 | Filed under humor, shortlinks | Comments Off on Zubaz are back.

Typography nerds, this one’s for you: Keming, “the result of improper kerning.” Chortle.

Date posted: February 27, 2008 | Filed under design, humor, shortlinks | Comments Off on Improper Kerning

I used to regularly visit the Detroitblog back when the author was spending a lot of time doing urban exploration—Detroit is full of empty historical buildings. The author has shifted focus to profiles of local businesses and people, which adds a face to a town much like Baltimore: blue collar, economically depressed, ad fighting to find a new identity. This profile on Damon’s Record Center is a great example.

Date posted: February 22, 2008 | Filed under shopping, shortlinks | Comments Off on Damon’s Record Center