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Visual Complexity

Visual Complexity is a resource site for any type of visualization of complex networks and...

Apparently this weekend is supposed to be pretty shitty and...

Link: Do You Have Swine Flu?

Love in the Afternoon (1957).

Stephanie's Word of the Day: Yontoo

Translation: Want to? I’m guessing it’s a IPHONE typing error. This post space is...

Binary Love

I finally discovered the Binary Code translator. ...

“Let’s all ignore the phallic implications of...

Being Minnesotan: "Oh Yah Shhure"

(previously on Being Minnesotan: No Street Food). Now on to random tidbits pertaining to accents and...

Bryant Park, New York City. ”Hello my long legged...

Midtown West, New York City. New York is totally the city of...

Midtown West, New York City. Stephanie documenting my fat...

The Love Truck

Not feeling the love for the Love Coffee truck thats very similar to the Mud truck. I feel...

The view from the ground at Bryant Park.

“Oh! The printer has been serviced!”
— Overheard at work. Because of...

Friday, 3:00pm. NoHo, New York City. Had my second lunch at...

Hand drawn sketches of iconic magazine covers by John-Paul...

Thursday, 2:00pm. Greenwich Village, New York City. PB &...

Wednesday, 8:34pm. Midtown West, New York City. Currently...

I actually don’t like being given flowers just because...

OH NO SHE DIDN’T!! I would have my Ph.D. (or at the...

Monday, 10:50pm. Midtown West, New York City. When Lily...

Monday, 10:50pm. Midtown West, New York City. Spent my night...

Part of a flickr set about the subliminal messages sent by...

Being Minnesotan: No Street Food

There’s a great read on the lack of Minneapolis street food (via stuffaboutminneapolis:via...

The late, great Richard Avedon. (photo via)

Spotted: At the 33rd St. stop. Anger issues, n’est ce...

Saturday, 6:00pm. Astoria, Queens. Another great day spent...

Saturday, 2:00pm. Astoria, Queens. Photo of me (and...

Saturday, 3:00pm. Astoria, Queens. Astoria Park today.

A sign of the times. Recession! (photo via)

Eccentricism

NYTimes City Room put out a video on the strange Washington Square caller (now identified as John...

How the Other Half Lives (1891): This pioneering work of...

(via caseyadam:Kerouac’s “On the Road” Scroll.) How many...

I feel like these could double as great knuckle rings. Only...

“Help the homeless..uh…help the homeless get a...”
— begging “U.H.O.”...

Peep diorama by Jenna Huntsberger. Confession for the day:...

Breathless (1960). Also known as À bout de souffle.

Link: Lookatthisfuckinghipster

The paper Kelly bag. Très bon marché! Download it at the...

Harvey Nichols postcards designed by Milborrow and...

Opinions: Media Neurology

Neurocritic posted a really interesting analysis on social networking sites, especially twittering....

Lights! doodlebook:Doodle Number Eighty. Phylogenetic Light...

Thursday, 12:00pm. Turtle Bay, New York City. Elephants and...

A lesson on the motor system: Systems by Dan Beckemeyer...

Robert’s Easter Cake.

A life sized dollhouse by Heather Benning. The back of the...

Pierrot Le Fou.

“i don’t think he is understanding the level of woman i...”
— anonymous friend on dating...

Ketchup packets designed by students (1st-12th grade)! (via...

Durian in Chinatown yesterday. I could smell it several feet...

Ghandi origami. (via)

I guess everyone wants to be Karl Lagerfeld these...

(via joli; ffffound)

Guillaume Paris. Carved ivory, made to look like Ivory...

“All guys are horny and all women want to do is have babies.”
— My professor in class today....

Definition: Irony

(ī-rŏn’ĭ-kəl) adj. Characterized by or constituting irony. Recently on my friend’s...

Spotted this afternoon, off of 8th Street: naptime at the...

East Village, New York City. Albums in thrift stores. I love...

The Graphkin. I don’t want it. I need it.

I recently discovered that American Apparel has Helvetica...

“I’m tired of this rain because I don’t like...”
— Overheard in my office today....

Mark Gong. I used to know how to make paper cranes. I think...

Vintage Ad: Made out of 80% cellulose and 20% cotton, The...

Color my dress. (via)

Link: What Did You Buy Today? Blog

Want: Cup and Saucer

Buy it on Etsy. (via designage)

A few ways to reduce your water footprint. Notice the ways...

Five Grammar Related Items People Said...

that I HATE: “Yesterday night” “I ain’t got no ____” ...

Sergei Larenkov. Photo collage of the past and present...

Food Font. (Font via)

Link Casserole

Some life changing and innovative things I’ve found around the web: A D.I.Y. project: If...

Things that I Love

because I wrote about Things that I Hate: My Things that I Hate list Bagels. Cinnamon raisin....

I really want to make a mini garden in a jar, most likely a...

Do Not Want: Box of NYC Garbage

Seriously. Would you pay $50 for a cube of “hand-picked” garbage?

Rob Keller’s Left Out Letters: literally letters that...

On Expedia.com today: Trip to Mars!