The Consumerist has posted an uber-directory of helpful steps and links in a Guide to Fighting Back, for those times when big companies have done you wrong. I don’t like to think about it, but someday I will need this list.
Watch this lateral-tastic football play from a Division III game and tell me if it’s not the most hilarious thing you’ve ever seen. (For your consideration, the Wikipedia entry for lateral in football, essentially a backwards pass, and “The Play,” from the 1982 Cal/Stanford game—”the band is on the field!”).
The father of a dead Marine is suing the crackpot who uses funerals to further his anti-homosexual agenda. While my heart absolutely breaks for the families of the dead soldiers, my head brings up the first-amendment argument and tries to find a peaceful, legal solution. What I’d like to see is a crowd of veteran supporters and military families surrounding and shielding the funeral proceedings, insulating the mourners from this asshat’s self-serving ranting.
Update: HA!
From the always excellent Smashing Magazine, an article on Bulletproof E-Mail delivery. I find myself doing this a little more each year, so it’s good information to keep tucked away.
This is a fascinating look at the design process from a guy who does covers for the Criterion Collection. He explains how they comissioned and designed a cover for Robinson Crusoe on Mars, using an illustrator I’ve long admired, Bill Sienkiewicz. (via)
Here’s an interesting question that popped up on Ask Metafilter a couple of days ago: Who owns the rights if you’re a freelance designer/artist, and what is common? The responses to the question that were posted before me were excellent, so I decided to offer my own experience in a similar situation.
For Baltimore, Housing Slump Slows a Revival, from the NY Times. Bottom line: It’s slowed, and there are a lot of unsold houses on the market, but there are a lot of local businesses still fueling growth.
File this under “Way to Fuck Up A Perfectly Good Thing:” Ian McShane, otherwise known as Al Swearengen, has confirmed that HBO pulled the plug on Deadwood.
Cocksuckers.
Wow, check this riveting short film by Alfonso Cuaron in response to a new book by Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine. Her publishers asked for a blurb and he made a film—art at work for social change. My respect for Cuaron just keeps rising. I’m going to hit the library up for a copy and read it as soon as I can. Also, John Frickin’ Cusack is producing a movie inspired by the book, called War, Inc. Here’s a link to an interview he conducted with her about the book and a trailer for the movie (Warning: Huffington Post link).
Related: I’m starting an illustration series on her essay 10 steps to Facism, something I find eerily prescient these days.
Gulp! DAMN. (1931 Ford Model A Coupe, with a bunch of good parts, in Baltimore.)