Garret's Universe

Arcade Expressinism - 13 hours ago

Expressionist paintings of arcade games, by Brock Davis.

19th Century Shipping Clipper Cards< - yesterday

19th Century Shipping Clipper Cards. A very nice addition to the MoOM. I. II. III. Again from Toni.

Early Office Museum - yesterday

The Early Office Museum: Paper Clips. Thanks Heath.

Serious Eats Turns Three: Happy Birthday To Us - 6 hours ago

©iStockphoto.com/efesan A few years ago I had a dream. About creating an online clubhouse for food...

This Week In Recipes - 10 hours ago

From Recipes The Best Cookie: Bouchon Bakery knows cookies, and now, thanks to Lucy Baker,...

Sunday Brunch: Bean Toasts with Herbs and Eggs - 14 hours ago

From Recipes [Photo: Robin Bellinger] My practically bare refrigerator recently managed to...

Obviii Meaning? - 7 hours ago

What is the meaning of the word Obviii? I read the word Obviii at a website called texts from last...

Matt Schaub Hurt? - 7 hours ago

Matt Schaub is hurt, he had a shoulder injury. Matt Schaub hurt his left shoulder on the Texans'...

Tim Hightower Week 13? - 8 hours ago

I have a dilemma I need to solve quicly. Hightower is probable. Tim Hightower vs the vikings or...

Christmas for photographers - 2 days ago

This box turned up in the post recently, containing the first issue of a new maagzine called,...

Overmatter - 3 days ago

Children’s magazine Anorak to launch German edition. A new to access the New York Times online: the...

Christmas list starts here - 4 days ago

Yours for $275… the latest edition of Visionaire is an electronic calander that shows one of...

Facebook Announces Formation Of The Safety Advisory Board - 1 hour ago

This evening Facebook sent out a press release announcing the formation of the “Facebook...

Facebook Connect, One Year Later - 2 days ago

Exactly one year ago, Facebook officially opened up Connect for all developers, and one year later,...

Secret Service Used Facebook To Learn Of Salahi Presidential Party Crashers - 2 days ago

Washington D.C. has been abuzz about the couple who crashed a Presidential party and proceeded to...

Dean Allen Pulls the Plug on Favrd - 11 hours ago

Dean Allen: There are still lots of clever and funny things to read every day, but finding...

Long NYT Story on the App Store - yesterday

3,000-word feature by Jenna Wortham on the iPhone App Store and the mobile software competitive...

NYT: Apple to Buy Music Start-Up Lala - 2 days ago

The NYT’s Brad Stone confirms Bloomberg’s scoop from earlier today; reports that...

How to Want Very Little - 1 week ago

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from David Turnbull of Adventures of a Barefoot Geek...

The Simple, Ridiculously Useful Guide to Earning a Living from Your Passion - 2 weeks ago

Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. So you’ve followed the Short But Powerful...

The Short but Powerful Guide to Finding Your Passion - 3 weeks ago

“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.” - Arnold...

Santa Rides His Sleigh by Lee Changzhi - 11 hours ago

Every year, Lee Changzhi designs a Holiday card for his friends and family around the world. This...

Benja Harney - Topshop Papercraft - yesterday

Sydney-based paper designer Benja Harney releases images from the recent Topshop Australia Incu...

Gboard: the keyboard for Gmail users - yesterday

The Gboard consists of 19 colored keys set in a standard size numpad-only keyboard. Clicking on any...

Phone - 2 months ago

20 Years in New York City - 3 months ago

Yours truly in 1989. This week is my 20th anniversary as a resident of New York City. I moved here...

Totaled Recall: How technology is ruining our brains - 3 months ago

Phases of History “brain map” from the unfailingly astonishing Bibliodyssey. On the...

The Private Equity Shuffle - 1 week ago

A nice illustration of how under the rules of financial capitalism, endless games are played with...

The Lame Brain-Dead Evil Ponziconomy - 1 week ago

"...Many shoppers say they entered their e-mail address and pushed a large "Yes" button on the ad...

Econ 101 for Wall St: The Economics of HFT - 4 months ago

There's been a ton of discussion about high-frequency trading and market microstructure lately....

Moneyball Movie Back on Track - 3 hours ago

The embattled film version of Michael Lewis’ baseball bestseller Moneyball, once set to be...

Best Foreign Fiction from Jessa Crispin - 2 days ago

Jessa Crispin offers “Picks for Best Foreign Fiction,” at NPR, including selections from...

Proof that Obama is a Socialist - 2 days ago

At long last…Google provides proof that Obama is a socialist! “Barrack” Obama,...

gocco feature: 13 artists / 13 giveaways - 1 month ago

i just finish compiling a mammoth feature on gocco for sharesomecandy click the image below to check...

Great Vintage Ammunition Packaging (23 Examples) - 2 months ago

I happened to stumble upon some really awesome vintage design in the unexpected form of ammunition...

Pepsi vs. Coca Cola - the True Brand Evolution - 3 months ago

There's been a startling logo evolution time line circulating on the web showing how Pepsi's logo...

Christmas for photographers - 2 days ago

This box turned up in the post recently, containing the first issue of a new maagzine called,...

Overmatter - 3 days ago

Children’s magazine Anorak to launch German edition. A new to access the New York Times online: the...

Christmas list starts here - 4 days ago

Yours for $275… the latest edition of Visionaire is an electronic calander that shows one of...

Lego Matrix - 1 week ago

Click here to view the embedded video. Just in time for its 10th year anniversary, “Trinity...

Google Chrome OS - 2 weeks ago

Click here to view the embedded video. Google demonstrated Google Chrome OS for the first time on...

Mockingbird: Wireframes on the Fly - 3 weeks ago

As a UI/UX designer, I’m constantly looking for new tools and methods to allow me to more...

Landscapes of Quarantine and the Counterfeit University - 3 days ago

[Image: "Landscapes of Quarantine" meets at Storefront for Art and Architecture, October 2009].As...

Alexander's Gates - 3 days ago

One of many books I've been enjoying this autumn is On Monsters by Stephen T. Asma, an extended look...

The Migratory Forest - 6 days ago

[Image: Christmas trees for sale outside St. Mark's Church in New York City; a video-still taken...

Users Will Show Us The Way - 4 hours ago

I liked this comment from Heather on the "Life After Social Media Post" so much, I decided it should...

The Vision Led Org - 2 days ago

I quickly put this together on a flight from Austin to Chicago. Sure I could write a short post...

It's Time to Clobber Social Media - 1 week ago

Originally posted on the CollaboratoryJeff Dachis and I recently returned from the Web 2.0 Expo in...

Borrowed Sounds for New Romantics | Curt Cloninger - 2 days ago

Deep/Young Ethereal Radio Broadcast #116: Borrowed Sounds for New Romantics

Benjamin Huen | Mark Langeneck - 2 weeks ago

Benjamin Huen does not like wet socks.

Video recap | Dustin Amery Hostetler - 3 weeks ago

Video recap of the recent Faesthetic / Scion show.

The deal with Cabspotting - 2 weeks ago

As previously mentioned, Cabspotting has been getting successively less live GPS taxi data from...

HQ2 week 1 - 1 month ago

We spent our first full week in the new studio, which I'm calling Stamen HQ2. It's been a good week...

We're looking for a Studio Manager - 1 month ago

For re-posting as far as the winds will take it: we are looking for a Studio Manager to help Deborah...

PearlTrees: Visually Organize and Share Web Bookmarks - 2 days ago

Pearltrees [pearltrees.com] is a new online visualization tool that allows users to organize their...

Who Lives Where? Income Demographics versus Rent in NYC - 5 days ago

The slick interactive map titled Envisioning Development: What is Affordable Housing?...

Eko: A Traffic Light Augmented by Progress Bars - 6 days ago

The Ecological and Economical Traffic Light Concept [relogik.com] by Damjan Stankovic is a Red Dot...

The Future of Mobile is... Money - 5 days ago

You might have heard some buzz circulating about today's announcement that Twitter founder Jack...

Introducing Twitter Lists - 3 weeks ago

My latest post on the Click Here Blog is an introduction to Twitter Lists, and showcases a few of...

Mary Meeker's Trends 2009 - 1 month ago

Each year, Mary Meeker from Morgan Stanley gives a great Internet Trends presentation at the Web 2.0...

Mark El-Khatib: posters on the wall are for a weekly lectures series - 3 days ago

--> Manystuff

Harry Pearce: Conundrums - 5 days ago

See if you can answer these typographic riddles… --> go get the answers…

Paul Rand: "Good ideas rarely come in bunches" - 1 week ago

"One of the more common problems which tends to create doubt and confusion is caused by the...

Borja Bonaque - 1 week ago

Retro design structures from Borja Bonaque

My folio updates - 1 week ago

I just wanted to show off a couple of recent additions to my folio. 1. Song: Black Bones by...

Killing Ideas by Scott C - 2 weeks ago

Great set of illustrations with the idea of “Killing the idea” taken from an ad...

Fire Panel Controls - 2 months ago

control panel, originally uploaded by Yersinia.

Boar Dashboard - 2 months ago

Control, originally uploaded by Kristina Cusick.

Husqvarna-Viking Lily 550 - 1 year ago

Nigel, originally uploaded by shefightslikeagirl. Even sewing machines have digital...

The Banking Industry Is At Its Industry Breakpoint. Industry Transformation Is Now In The Making. - 4 days ago

We are finally reaching the end of the financial turmoil; it was bad but not as bad as anything...

People Talk About Strategy And Business Model, Often forget About Thinking Industry Architecture - 2 weeks ago

I was speaking in a panel at the Ivey Venture Forum this week with more than 150 guests, great...

The Evolution Of The ATMs. 30 Years Later Still Struggling To Make Them Scam Proof. It Is All About The Human Factors. - 3 weeks ago

I find that people are over-concerned with online security every time there is a piece of news...

The Art of the Bookstore by Gibbs M. Smith - 6 hours ago

The Art of the Bookstore: Bookstore Paintings by Gibbs M. Smith is a delightful gift for any...

Barefoot by Sabine Dehnel - 2 days ago

Sabine Dehnel captures the awkward stage between childhood and maturity by putting the emphasis on...

Leaving the Crusade to Fate by Hannah Stouffer - 4 days ago

We always have trouble putting our finger on the pulse of work by L.A.-based illustrator Hannah...

Will books survive? A scorecard… - 2 weeks ago

New media generally don’t replace old media, as Marshall McLuhan pointed out. After TV we...

OMG. I disagree with Umberto Eco! - 3 weeks ago

It makes me very nervous to disagree with Umberto Eco because he is so fathomlessly smart. But I...

How embarrassing - 1 month ago

All the tagging and categorization info on this site seems to be gone. Poof! These are the...

Caravan Palace - 4 weeks ago

electro swing // gypsy django party If you can judge a group by its influences, try these out:...

The Kiliminjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - 1 month ago

Orchestral / Jazz / Dark Ambient Overtures creep towards you bearing ominous insight. A ravenous...

Ólafur Arnalds - 1 month ago

neo-classical Less we spoke, more we listened. “The Light” is directed by Esteban...

"The [Three] Great Interests of Man." - 3 hours ago

"the great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of...

"Running, Blogging, Taking Risks -- and Watching 'The Devil Wears Prada.'" - 4 days ago

I started my career as a lawyer -- I was clerking for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when I realized...

Happiness: Interview with an (Imaginary) Hostile Reader. - 5 days ago

I got a big kick out of an anecdote recounted in Tara Parker-Pope’s recent New York Times story...

Search Engine Strategies Conference Interview Series - 3 days ago

I will be attending Search Engine Strategies Conference in Chicago from December 7-11 (at the Hilton...

Building Authentic Customer Communities: American Express & Meetup - 1 week ago

From Meetup.com During the WOMMA Summit in Las Vegas last week, I attended a session with American...

Finding Passion with Aquaphor - 2 weeks ago

With so many great insights and case studies at this year’s WOMMA in Las Vegas, it’s...

10 Things to Consider when Writing for the Web - 4 days ago

Writing for the web is a challenge. There are usually word length restrictions, the fact that users...

Think Vitamin Holiday Survey - 1 week ago

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who has filled out the survey so far. There were almost 150 responses in...

Future of Web Design Interview Roundup - 3 weeks ago

Over the last couple of weeks we asked a number of speakers and workshop presenters from the...

...planned obsolescence, is a social crime... - 2 days ago

Serious but pertinent reading for my Christmas break, Jan Conradi's book about Vignelli and his...

Post Post - 3 days ago

  More and larger images on Flickr.

Measure for Measure - 1 week ago

What with all these maps in the Ace Jet Archive, I thought it was about time I had the right tool...

Modern Economy Online Sale - September 9! - 3 months ago

For more info, visit: http://www.modeconomy.com

Helga Steppan - 3 months ago

My plan is: to use this blog to keep track of styling ideas. At least that's what I'm telling...

Modern Economy SF - May 2, 2009 - 7 months ago

It's that time of year again: Time for Modern Economy's annual San Francisco sample sale, where...

Santa Rides His Sleigh by Lee Changzhi - 11 hours ago

Every year, Lee Changzhi designs a Holiday card for his friends and family around the world. This...

Benja Harney - Topshop Papercraft - yesterday

Sydney-based paper designer Benja Harney releases images from the recent Topshop Australia Incu...

Gboard: the keyboard for Gmail users - yesterday

The Gboard consists of 19 colored keys set in a standard size numpad-only keyboard. Clicking on any...

Kit·blog — Dieter Rams' ten, plus one (II) - yesterday

As I previously announced, Gaura Neagră (meaning Black Hole) design blog initiated a quest to find a...

Kit·Blog Notes — Joker Sans - 2 days ago

Speaking of films—now this means to be a real film buff. Kit·Blog...

Kit·Blog Notes — Na na na Neutraface - 4 days ago

If you're not a graphic designer, skip this one. If you are, try not to choke: Lady Gaga + typeface...

Kicking Television: “Jersey Shore” - 4 hours ago

Ladies and gentleman, meet Jersey Shore: the Snakes on a Plane of reality shows. In a mere two...

Deeper Into Movies: “Scarface” (1983, Dir. Brian De Palma) - yesterday

Editor’s Note: After a flurry of Black Friday and new apartment-inspired purchases, I’m...

Last Look: Atlas Sound – “Logos” / Deerhunter – “Rainwater Cassette Exchange” - 2 days ago

The last time I wrote about Deerhunter, somebody told me I had penis fingers. (I’m hoping the...

Interview with WBZ – Boston - 3 weeks ago

A little while ago, I taped an interview with WBZ News Radio out of Boston, MA regarding my new...

NY Times Magazine - 1 month ago

Sunday’s New York Times Magazine (!!!) featured an article by Peggy Orenstein on the virtues...

AOIR Wrapup - 1 month ago

I spent the majority of last week in Milwaukee, WI attending the 10th annual Association of Internet...

What's important? - 4 days ago

First thing, wanted to remind you that you can follow me on twitter here and friend me on on...

Figuring out how to live - 1 week ago

Figuring out how to live. Isn't that what we're all trying to do? To that point, here is...

My rickshaw returns!!! - 2 weeks ago

As you know, my famous rickshaw was stolen from outside my building. I blogged about its loss....

esther in the pacific - yesterday

from back in easter, making this an old new zealand picture link | Comments (0) | new zealand ...

mobile geocachers - yesterday

link | Comments (0) | geocaching

Brazen-serpenting - 2 months ago

Because of their gift for myths, the Native can also do things to you against which you cannot guard...

28 Camera Drawings - yesterday

Beautiful art print by Christine Berrie of vintage cameras. Mobile of the moment photography...

Link Love: Style and Mobile - 3 days ago

Small pieces, loosely joined. Some of my favorite links of the week found on twitter and elsewhere...

A visit to Billykirk - 3 days ago

Brothers Chris and Kirk Bray have been producing leather goods for the last ten years. They...

Introducing our new venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz - 5 months ago

My partner Ben Horowitz and I are delighted to announce the formation of our new venture capital...

W. S. Merwin: "Young Man Picking Flowers" - 6 days ago

All at once he is no longer young with his handful of flowers in the bright morning their...

Michael Schulman: Sauce on the Side - 6 days ago

It’s a given that almost every waiter in Manhattan is an aspiring actor, but those who wait tables...

Joan Acocella: Bill T. Jones brings "Fela!" to Broadway. - 6 days ago

8220;Fela!,” the musical, directed by Bill T. Jones, that opened Off Broadway last year and just...

Meta-Enabling - 3 days ago

Meta-Enabling should be the word of the year. It's everything that's right and wrong about the...

The Future of Blog Networks - 3 days ago

As you may have seen, The Observer reported that the New York Times is likely going to close some of...

2015 - 3 days ago

Eric Schmidt pens WSJ op-ed that begins "It's the year 2015."

You're Square - 5 days ago

Square, the credit-card reading iPhone hardware add-on and micropayments system from Twitter alum...

challenge #2 :: help a charity win $20K! - 3 days ago

"whole" - a pain pack song - 1 week ago

here is a song that i made using the sounds form the pain pack. Except for my voice and 8 measures...

pain pack - 2 weeks ago

if you make music - please consider helping me with this project :: http://www.zefrank...

Alive - 1 week ago

Been getting a few comments & emails asking if i'm still alive... the answer is yes, but since June...

By The Sea - 7 months ago

I seem to have gone monthly, like Q or Razzle or something. Since we last met i've moved to Brighton...

The People Went Mad When They Heard That - 9 months ago

Just at the second that I finished listening to the new In Flagranti album, a new remix dropped into...

Dance Area - 10 months ago

Oh man this is so good... i've lost count of the number of times i've listened to it this week. I've...

JVC 'Hybrid' Camera Shoots HD Video & Photos Simultaneously - 9 months ago

'Hybrid' is the buzzword in cameras this month and JVC's Everio GZ-X900 falls into this category,...

Eye-Fi Adds Video Uploading To Its Cool Wi-Fi SD Cards - 9 months ago

Eye-Fi has extended its range of wireless SD Cards by announcing some 4GB cards that will also let...

Apple Refreshes iMac & Mac mini [Bigger, Faster & Greener] - 9 months ago

Apple has refreshed its desktop offerings with a new, bigger 24in iMac all-in-one computer and a...

LG's projector-laden eXpo smartphone gets demonstrated on video - 2 hours ago

The projector phone mishmash idea has been around (and even demonstrated) for quite some time now,...

Microsoft reportedly randomizing browser ballots to appease EU, asks 'are you happy now?' - 5 hours ago

Some might say that Microsoft just can't catch a break. Others might argue that it's getting exactly...

Motorola's Opus One leaks out, whispers of 'iDEN' and 'Android' overheard - 9 hours ago

There's an excruciatingly small amount of detail to go on right now, but the Boy Genius has managed...

Forget Paper and Sign Contracts Online With Tractis - 2 years ago

Tractis, which recently came out of private beta, allows you to negotiate and execute worldwide...

Taking MyMileMarker For A Spin - 2 years ago

Still tracking your car mileage with spreadsheets and scrambling to gather old gas receipts? Try...

Pownce on Your Friends - 2 years ago

Kevin Rose’s new company, Megatechtronium, launched Pownce yesterday. It was rumored to be a...

ADrive - 1 year ago

Revolutionizing Online Storage and Backup. A quick, easy, and secure solution to backup your...

12visitme Charity Tourism and Travel Tips - 1 year ago

12visitme ("want to visit me") gives people from Developing Countries the possibility to offer...

(sxp) SocialXperience - 1 year ago

(sxp) SocialXperience takes a new approach to the Social Networking / Web 2.0 blog by inviting the...

Links for 2009-12-05 [del.icio.us] - 20 hours ago

Tomatoes can 'eat' insects - Telegraph Botanists have discovered for the first time that the plants...

The Art of Fashion: Installing Allusions (Part 2) - 2 days ago

The exhibition The Art of Fashion: Installing Allusions explores the intersection between...

Links for 2009-12-03 [del.icio.us] - 2 days ago

Northern Art prize 2009 finalists announced | Art and design | guardian.co.uk Rachel Goodyear and...

New Yorker: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood on the Sound Quality of MP3s - 2 days ago

From several months ago but still worth a read. The magazine’s music critic Sasha Frere-Jones...

Really Basic Maths - 6 days ago

It should be obvious to most readers of this blog that Basic Maths, the WordPress theme that Allan...

Reasons to Be Thankful - 1 week ago

Two among many. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Top Ten of Covers of the ’00s - 1 week ago

The Book Cover Archive surveys the best covers from each of the last ten years. Includes John Gall’s...

Letterpress poster: Limited quantities for the holidays - 4 days ago

If you're considering ordering one of my letterpress posters as a holiday gift, I recommend doing...

Taking a stand against American Apparel - 1 week ago

I've been doing designs for screened t-shirts on and off basically my entire career. Back in the day...

The "No Retweet Necessary" Contest - 3 weeks ago

This should be my last Authentic Jobs-related post for a little while, but I've been working too...

Links for 2009-11-25 [del.icio.us] - 1 week ago

Digital Marketing: Best Buy's Customer Service Twelpforce - Advertising Age - Digital: Columns

Links for 2009-11-22 [del.icio.us] - 1 week ago

The Smartphone Factor in Twitter Usage - The eMarketer Blog

Links for 2009-11-15 [del.icio.us] - 2 weeks ago

CRM News: Marketing Automation: Finding Out What They're Saying About You Is Worth Every...

Conversations with Green Gurus - 5 days ago

The film that goes with the book has just gone up on YouTube. And the individual lengthier film...

New Article for Mediacat Magazine - 2 weeks ago

Through the Looking GlassAs we stare into another year and wonder what it will hold, I am encouraged...

Green Books Campaign: Slow Money by Woody Tasch - 3 weeks ago

This review is part of the Green Books campaign . Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books...

Legal Disclaimer - 1 month ago

I've been contributing a few posts to the green awards blog. Checking in on the site I just happened...

On the road - 2 weeks ago

  When I'm on the road, doing my speaking gigs or just travelling to work with folk far away, I...

Purpose ideas are not just for Christmas - 2 weeks ago

  Pic c/o HughStruck forcibly by how much interest in the higher echelons of business is now being...

Superfreakonomics? - 3 weeks ago

  pic c/o Landscaping.bizInteresting lunchtime chat yesterday by The Stevens - authors of...

Greatest Hits - 1 month ago

  Love this idea of Kevin Duncan's. A blog about a book he's written which reviews the best...

Caravan Palace - 4 weeks ago

electro swing // gypsy django party If you can judge a group by its influences, try these out:...

The Kiliminjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - 1 month ago

Orchestral / Jazz / Dark Ambient Overtures creep towards you bearing ominous insight. A ravenous...

Ólafur Arnalds - 1 month ago

neo-classical Less we spoke, more we listened. “The Light” is directed by Esteban...

1. Shout Out Louds

SHOUT OUT LOUDS have been doing solid WORKby The Burning EarSongs That Might Otherwise Pass You Byby...

3. Animal Collective

MAX'S TOP 20 SONGS OF 2009by rose quartzNo Titleby monday music updateCOM.PILE#15: Alex Metric,...

5. Lady GaGa

LADY GAGA DROPS BY X FACTORby the music slutMusick's Top 20 albums: 18by Musick12 Days of...