Being able to talk about design, about your work and your thinking, and even yourself can be the most important weapon in your arsenal. It can be the difference between convincing that company you love to give you a placement, even a job.
From a new book by Craig Oldham, Oh Sh*t, What Now?, a book for new graphic designers. (via)
I’ve posted 5,200+ photos to Flickr since becoming a member in 2005, so it was with trepidation that I learned they were just bought from Yahoo Oath by SmugMug (a name I’ve always despised) after Yahoo let them gather dust in a corner. Glenn Fleishman says we don’t have to worry, that SmugMug isn’t going to fuck it all up. After a decade of nothing, I guess I might have a little hope it’ll get better… (previously, previously, previously, previously, previously)
This is a fascinating illustrated article about the markings on the sides of ships, and what they mean.
To non-mariners, the markings look like hieroglyphs. For those in the know, they speak volumes about a particular ship and also about the shipping industry.
I love this kind of stuff, and I love the internet for bringing it to me. (via)
I wrote a brief Cars of a Lifetime article about Jen’s Saturn SC-2 on Curbside Classic this weekend.
I’ve got two more Cars of a Lifetime articles up on Curbside Classic: first, on my Jeep Cherokee and second on Peer Pressure.
Another Car of A Lifetime article is up about my Ford Taurus, the Tortoise. Next up: the Jeep Cherokee.
I posted an article about Chewbacca the Scout on Curbside Classic on Sunday. It’s probably the most detailed account of ownership that I’ve written, and now that I’m looking it over, it’s obvious I’ve left out a ton of stuff.
Our county school superintendent resigned abruptly last year with little warning: He was under investigation for hiding extra income on his financial records.
Prosecutors said although Dance filed forms under oath claiming he had no interest in any other companies and no source of outside income, he actually owned Deliberate Excellence Consulting and earned nearly $147,000 for outside work between 2012 and 2015.
Dumbass.
An expanded version of my CRX Cars of a Lifetime article is live on Curbside Classic. Man, I miss that car.
Paul Allen, Microsoft billionaire and patron saint of war archaeology, has announced his team found the USS Lexington, a US aircraft carrier sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942. The photographs are absolutely breathtaking: planes on the bottom of the ocean, still wearing their pre-war roundels, Rising Sun flags stenciled on the side of the cockpit.