Category Archives: things that I want

The Essential Cartography of the United States of America

According to independent cartographers I spoke with, the big mapmaking corporations of the world employ type-positioning software, placing their map labels (names of cities, rivers, etc.) according to an algorithm. For example, preferred placement for city labels is generally to … Continue reading

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Taking assholes to task

Via A Continuous Lean.

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Plaque Découpée Universelle

Stencil capable of drawing every letter of the alphabet: uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and punctuation. Based on a stencil invented by Joseph A. David in 1876. Created by Dries Wiewauters and James Goggin. Seen here helping a pantograph to scale infinity … Continue reading

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On Self Respect

by Joan Didion Once, in a dry season, I wrote in large letters across two pages of a notebook that innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. Although now, some years later, I marvel … Continue reading

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David Shrigley

Untitled, 2009

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Irma Boom

Irma Boom: Biography in Books

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Pimp my studio

From João Ribas

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Gee’s Bend

Sally Bennett Jones, 1944–1988. Center medallion of triangles, surrounded by multiple borders, 1966, cotton, 86 x 77″ Linda Pettway, born 1929. “Logcabin” — single-block variation, tied with yarn, ca. 1975, corduroy, 88 x 78″ Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, 1911–1991. “Housetop” — … Continue reading

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Timeline of the burrito

The timeline of the burrito documents the use of the burrito, a food made with tortillas and filling found in Mexico and the United States. Hand-held take-out foods like the burrito have a long history. Before the Spanish colonization of … Continue reading

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Fall T-shirt of the Month

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YES.

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Xiu Xiu

Can’t wait for the new Xiu Xiu album. Video maybe NSFW…

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Je Ne Suis Pas Une Tasse de Papier avec Couvercle

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A Day in the Life of a Handmade Skateboard

Solitary Times’ tour of ABC Board Supply skateboard factory in Costa Mesa, CA

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Hobo

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Mixed up/not mixed up

Betty Lee

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Seriously

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I miss Nico

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Intardidasia knitting

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Polpress Zappa Flexi-Disc Postcards

Apparently, the Polish Polpress label, at some point in history, made several sets of “flexi-disc postcards” – postcards that you could play on your record-player – with material from a wide range of Zappa albums. The German underground Zappa reference … Continue reading

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