Link Droppings October 24th, 2011 @ 8:47 am PDT
News & Notes Couple married 72 years dies holding hands — from kottke.org Jason Kottke also published an epic round-up of all the best stories, comments, obituaries, collections, videos, etc. about Steve Jobs. Top Ten Misused English Words — from listverse.com 4 Personal Finance Principles That Would Make Your Grandfather Proud — from The Art […]
Daily David May 23rd, 2011 @ 6:49 am PDT
Declaration 1776 sells Revolutionary t-shirts celebrating the origins of our nation. (*These are badass.) I used the free version for about a month and last night finally decided it was time to cough up the $3.00/mo for my Instapaper subscription. “What’s Instapaper, David?” It’s only one of the most brilliant apps EVAH! Basically it lets […]
Daily David April 11th, 2011 @ 7:38 am PDT
Fun Stuff Nick Holmes posts cute and funny things. I’ve always wondered exactly how potholes are formed. Now I know. Need some cool wrapping paper? Try rapping paper. Thinking about the Monty Hall Paradox always makes my head hurt. Do you feel like you’re too old to start getting into shape? Listen to Charles Eugster, […]
Daily David August 20th, 2010 @ 5:40 am PDT
The Timeless Beauty of National Geographic is a wonderful article examining the stability of a famous brand aesthetic. (I used to love reading NG in my elementary school library when I was a kid and just last year decided to get my very own subscription. Every article in every issue is fabulous, just as they […]
Daily David August 18th, 2010 @ 5:36 am PDT
James Franco seems to be everywhere right now. There was a great article in New York Magazine last month — The James Franco Project — and it looks like he is going to be the star of September’s issue of Esquire. The crazy thing is that he legitimately sounds really interesting. Console jocks, by Tim […]
Daily David August 15th, 2010 @ 1:52 pm PDT
“When I see a guy alone at a café without a device open, I assume that he’s either got the iPhone antenna problem or that he’s a serial killer … I’m almost never alone with my thoughts anymore.” (from Blogging from the Shower, by Dave Pell) I really love these vintage social media advertisements. Sterling […]
Daily David August 4th, 2010 @ 6:21 am PDT
The Banana Song will haunt your dreams. The photo of an iPhone 4 on the cover of the September 2010 issue of Macworld was taken with an iPhone 4. “He needed to know how Big Bird could possibly have arisen from evolutionary history: What are its relatives? How did it achieve such a unique bone […]
Daily David July 31st, 2010 @ 5:40 am PDT
The story of the creation of the “Wanted” posters for Jonah Hex is pretty fascinating. About five years ago, on September 1, 2005, I sat at a coffee shop across the street from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and could not believe just how much it leans. And that was five years after they fixed […]
Daily David July 27th, 2010 @ 6:37 am PDT
One thing this country has always enjoyed is a good drink. Whether it was rum on the Atlantic, bourbon at the races or that Bloody Mary at Sunday Brunch, alcohol is the American Drink. Boom! Dexter returns at the end of September. (Don’t watch the trailer if you didn’t see season 4 yet!) Don’t Eff […]
Daily David July 17th, 2010 @ 8:06 am PDT
I think it’s safe to say that bluntcard.com is my new favorite ecard site. Ferris Club Few things are as cool as Batman riding a robotic unicorn over a rainbow full of dolphins. There was once a woman who had immortal cells. True fact. I live in Los Angeles, so I am almost always “near” […]
