Wishbone Design

This site has a fun flash navigation, using slats of wood (popsicle sticks?) as the nav bar. Also, the site is really sweet too, a couple from New Zealand designing uber cute kids bikes. 

An Open Letter to James Cameron From Papyrus

A letter to James Camerson, Avatar director, concerning the use of the infamous and terribly abused typface, Papyrus.


An Open Letter to James Cameron From Papyrus

Zee French Music

I studied French for 2 years in highschool. I had a French surf instructor in Australia and also a travelling buddy named Fabien. He made us crepes, in fact, at two other hostels, a different French man made us crepes each time. I do like French music, it makes me smile. Although I understand little to none of it, their expressions are always so animated. This video is quite off the wall and unexpected, but it has good entertainment value to me.

Provocative Questions About Chickens

My friend wanted to buy a chicken yesterday. Just one.

She asked if you could potty train a chicken.

No, no you can't. (in case you were wondering)

I found the question and desire to own one pet chicken entirely hilarious, yet Easter is right around the corner and chicks seem to be synonymous with that. Coming from a childhood of raising chickens on a farm, and yes, butchering them, I guess you could say their magical cuteness is lost on me. However, I found this design on mental floss that made me laugh.

Change

Copyright 2009: Mary Meccage

Freedom on two wheels. 

As spring softly tip-toes across the melting snow, the tires of change spin madly on.

Change brings new ideas and fresh starts. Here's to a fresh start, spring 2010.

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square hole. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." 
— Apple Computer Inc.

c o l o r : G R E E N

Delicious Cucumber Martini at Montana Aleworks

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Sans Coffee

It was an accident really, me giving up coffee. This wasn’t something I premeditated, planned, or spoke about, it just happened. It started on a calm, snowy, Saturday morning. I arose, gravitated like a magnet directly to the coffee grinder like always, and then...I paused. The thought of the terribly noisy blades whirring the coffee beans to a powder, shattering the crisp silence of the morning was obnoxious and disturbing. So I didn’t do it. I walked away. No beautiful silence should be destroyed for something I could live without. Five days. I’ve survived five days.

While coffee may come from kitchens or cafes, spatulas on the other hand, do not. They come from Spatula City. Now if you've never heard of Spatula City you simply must visit. I created a series of postcards using stamps carved out of polymer clay and an exacto blade. No fingers were lost in the creation of the following images.

Ideas First, Execution Later

Unsure of how to go about this first blog post, I naturally I did what any logical human being would do. I Googled it.

Bullet Points. Facts. Ask a Question. Take a Picture. Introduce Yourself.

Frankly, I'm yawning already. I've already made about a gajillion other "inaugural posts." So before I delete this one too, regardless if I think it's awesome, I'm posting it. Just to get my feet wet.

So here's a video. I hope you enjoy it too.

Rethink Scholarship at Langara 2010 Call for Entries from Rory O'Sullivan on Vimeo.