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Wednesday, March 7, 2007 04: 39 PM

Virb is live. Go lay claim to your new homestead. My new home away from home on Virb.

I forgot to mention in the weekly update: Cute Overload. If you have never been there before, prepare your minds my friends. You are about to be overwhelmed with cuteness. Should you currently hold any malice in your heart for cute little critters, it shall be wiped away. Just remember, once you enter, there is no going back. The cuteness beckons.

Firsts and Thirds

Monday, June 5, 2006 05: 00 PM

Check another one off the "to-do" list: Run a marathon. Rebecca and I ran the Rock 'n Roll Marathon in San Diego over the weekend. This was her third marathon in the past 12 months and my first ever. It was a painfully great experience — I didn't train as hard or for as long as I wanted to...but when it's go time, it's go time — no excuses. I was able to finish in 4 hrs 42 mins, with Rebecca coming in at 4 hrs 52 mins. Here's a few photos from the trip.

Washington DC

Tuesday, April 4, 2006 10: 20 PM

Rebecca and I just arrived home from Washington DC. It was our first time there and it was, well, amazing. I've always had a thing for history and that town has no shortage of it. And let me just say that the Metro is an incredibly usable way to get around that city. Loved it.

Enjoy the photo sets:

Day 1: Getting There. Flight. Metro.
Day 2: Pentagon. Capitol. LOC. Supreme Court. Washington Monument. White House. Lincoln.
Day 3: Georgetown.
Day 4: Cherry Blossom Run. Jefferson Memorial. Union Square.
Day 5: Capitol Tour. FBI. National Archives. Constitution.

Just a few of my favs:

All photos taken with a Canon Powershot SD450 (Big thank you to the big noobs, Ryan Sims and Brad Smith, for recommending this camera at SXSW. We bought it right before the trip to DC and love it.)

The Dailies

Sunday, February 26, 2006 04: 34 PM

Porsche drops a couple of new sites: Origin Motorsport. The new 911 GT3. and Masterwerk. The new 911 Turbo.. Enjoy. (src. Leftlane News and Autoblog)
Anagram Transit Maps. Anagram definition (src. BoingBoing)
Go organic. Fresh Foliage Photoshop Brushes for High Resolution (src. Cameron Moll)
The IT Crowd. Cheeky British television...now if they would just remove the laugh track. There's a few episodes over at Google Video. (Start with Yesterday's Jam, then Calamity Jen, 50/50)

The Dailies

Monday, December 26, 2005 11: 03 PM

Literal cycling commentary. If you are even vaguely familiar with road cycling jargon I think you'll enjoy this commercial. (src. Velochimp)
VW "Transparent Factory" in Dresden. VW may have extended it's brand a bit with the Phaeton, but seeing the factory shows just how seriously they take building this car...it's beautiful. (src. graphicPUSH)

The Dailies

Tuesday, November 8, 2005 03: 02 PM

The Design Encyclopedia. A growing wiki-based resource from Under Consideration. (Src. K10K)
Hacking the Human OS. Check out the supporting infographic. While you're at it add Communication Nation to your list of regular visits - plenty of quality content coming out of Dave Grey's site (Found and CEO of XPLANE).
1UP.com's video podcast for gamers (iTunes feed).
Channel Frederator. Cartoon video podcast. Enjoy! And submit your own. iTunes feed.
San Francisco Has More People Leaving Than Arriving. Infographic. NY Times via this article. (Src. Airbag)
Japanese Yo-Yo Champion (2005). Video. Holy crap. "Walk the dog" was so 1985.
Spam-ku. 5 minute short film. Where's MY Spam?

The Dailies

Saturday, November 5, 2005 09: 22 PM

The Sad Tally. Infographic from SFGate.com reflecting the number of suicides over the years at the Golden Gate Bridge.
Society for News Design (SND) 2005 Best of New Media Design Competition Winners.
Air traffic as seen by FAA. Some great visuals.
The Caffeine Database. Because you were always wondering how much.
New Rage. Garrett presents a sweet and clean new Maniacal Rage.

The Dailies

Thursday, October 27, 2005 03: 18 AM

radicalcartography. See "projects" for some interesting infographic explorations. (via Surfstation)
Nissan GT-R PROTO. Video interviews give glimpse into the design process.
Rebecca's First Triathlon (photos). She trained like crazy and it paid off!
Rebecca's First Half Marathon (photos). And she didn't stop training!

The Dailies

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 01: 47 AM

Work. A Neubix Film. Nice camera weilding work from The Big Noobs. Like that Jimmy Eat World track too.
Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign. "The desire to redesign is aesthetic-driven, while the desire to realign is purpose-driven." -Cameron Moll. Read then ponder. Repeat as necessary. Excellent article.
Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia (or Build a Website for No Reason). Repeat after Greg: "Strategy. Strategy. Strategy." Great stuff.

NiXLOG RSS updated

Wednesday, January 5, 2005 05: 31 PM

NiXLOG RSS updated. I apologize if your RSS readers are full of duplicate posts, etc. Finally bumped up XML feed to RSS 2.0 with full content and links in each post. Should have done this ages ago. Thanks for being patient.

1024x and beyond

Tuesday, January 4, 2005 03: 03 AM

NiXLOG: Vertical Gone Horizontal. Inspired by Greg's call for more innovation -- I'm building out this 1024x CSS design with 6 columns. Subpages in the next couple of days...

Scrapbook Colors

Monday, January 3, 2005 11: 20 PM

Who knew scrapbooking could be so colorful. Mesmerizing.

Theme Park Maps

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 04: 18 PM

Theme Park Maps. Great collection of scanned theme park maps. Thanks for the link Adam.

IRIS Seismic Monitor

Sunday, December 26, 2004 12: 05 PM

IRIS Seismic Monitor, USGS Recent World Earthquake Activity and PBS Tsunami animation.

2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

Thursday, December 23, 2004 11: 43 AM

2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist in tasty flash inforgraphic format. Enjoy.

Thinking like a Genius

Thursday, December 23, 2004 11: 33 AM

And all this time I just thought I was weird. Thinking like a Genius.

Google Suggest Beta

Friday, December 10, 2004 10: 41 AM

Google Suggest Beta. Suggests similar search terms in a drop down as you type in your query. I like this a lot -- good, natural extension of the technology. Via Kottke.

Web Design Trends Forecast 2005

Wednesday, December 8, 2004 11: 22 AM

Web Design Trends Forecast 2005. Brown is in. Red is out. Maybe I do one more redesign this year??? Via Airbag.

AnnualCreditReport.com

Friday, December 3, 2004 03: 14 PM

AnnualCreditReport.com. Word of mouth in my world pegs a lot of people getting their free annual credit reports. CNet write up. I always thought it was a bit strange that you had to pay to see a record that can have such a big impact on your financial life. Nice to see it available freely to the masses now.

Biking Tucson

Wednesday, December 1, 2004 02: 04 PM

Biking Tucson. Still a lot of work to go, but Biking Tucson is up now. Creating the logo was by far the funnest part of the project. Can't wait to get it on a Cafe Press shirt.

Screen Grab Confab, Vol. II

Wednesday, December 1, 2004 12: 51 PM

Screen Grab Confab, Vol. II. Great 'current project' screen grab submissions at Authentic Boredom (Cameron Moll). Been underway for over a week. Get some inspiration.

A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Monday, November 29, 2004 10: 56 AM

A series of unfortunate events. The first few photos are par for the course, then a new development changes everything. Thanks for the link Brett.

VW Officially Announces New Jetta

Sunday, November 21, 2004 07: 53 PM

VW Officially Announces New Jetta. Going to sit on it for a while before I draw my conclusions...

Study: Nation Wastes Nearly Half Its Food

Friday, November 19, 2004 03: 16 PM

Study: Nation Wastes Nearly Half Its Food. In other news, researchers find the old "there are people starving in China" line doesn't work. It should be noted that for households the average waste is only 14 percent. Via work.

Structured Procrastination

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 03: 15 PM

Structured Procrastination. A simple guide to tricking yourself into getting things done. Ironically, I almost put off reading it 'til later. Via Caterina.

Halo 2 Live, Statistics Don't Lie

Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11: 45 AM

Halo 2 Live, The Stats Don't Lie. This is an incredible extension of Halo 2 Live -- Bungie is publishing extensive stat logs to their website. View my stats for every game (or as I like to call games: "Humbling Learning Experiences"). Via Airbag.

The Price of Freedom: American's at War

Monday, November 15, 2004 04: 55 PM

The Price of Freedom: American's at War. Great immersive history/story telling for the Smithsonian from Second Story (remember the exceptional Theban Mapping Project). Great timeline to kick it all off on this new project. Via k10k.

8 Tips For Better Presentations

Monday, November 15, 2004 04: 48 PM

8 Tips For Better Presentations. Some good little tidbits in there. Via del.icio.us.

LukeW Interface Designs

Monday, November 15, 2004 02: 50 PM

LukeW Interface Designs. Some nice visual design and infographics work.

Funnel Inc. Infographics

Monday, November 15, 2004 02: 48 PM

Funnel Inc. Infographics. Some nice infographic work from this group. Via I.D. Magazine.

Long Way Round

Friday, November 12, 2004 02: 12 PM

Long Way Round. This is a great show on Bravo. Ewan McGregor and his best mate Charley circle the globe on big, burly $15K BMW motorcycles. Joy, tears and pain ensue. Good to see actors out of their element, willing to take on an authentic adventure without CGI. Limited number of episodes for the show. DVD is/will be out too. Official site.

Writeboard from 37Signals Coming Soon

Thursday, November 11, 2004 02: 40 PM

Writeboard from 37Signals Coming Soon. Interesting.

Stylegala Redesign

Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10: 26 AM

Stylegala Redesign. Looks sharp. The 4-columns are a nice break from the norm.

Halo 2 Reviews on Metacritic

Tuesday, November 9, 2004 02: 11 PM

Halo 2 Reviews on Metacritic Should you not see or hear from me the next several days -- then you'll know I got my hands on this. The original Halo is the only video game I've finished in the last 15 years.

Delisious Library

Tuesday, November 9, 2004 01: 13 PM

Delicious Library is out for Mac. Yummy. Software. Can't wait to check it out tonight. Via Brett.

New Tufte Chapter Online

Monday, November 8, 2004 03: 56 PM

New Tufte Chapter Online Infographics. 'Mapped Pictures', a draft chapter from Beautiful Evidence. Via Airbag.

Mustang Sally

Friday, November 5, 2004 12: 46 AM

Mustang Sally Photos. Honey, which Mustang do you want? While not entirely impressed with the stock pony car Ford put out (they softed the concept car a bit), most of these after market jobs scream american muscle car...wow! Via Autoblog.

Never Buy A Glass Desk

Wednesday, November 3, 2004 10: 58 AM

Never Buy A Glass Desk Ouch. Flickr Photo via Planet Frank

I got the raquet...u got the balls?

Tuesday, November 2, 2004 11: 11 AM

I got the raquet...u got the balls? My buddy Jeff takes the Halloween prize with a homemade shirt, gym shorts any P.E. coach would envy and Kangaroos shoes!

Presidential Guidester

Sunday, October 31, 2004 10: 56 PM

Presidential Guidester. Still undecided? Use this handy wizard to make the choice for you.

Fenway Renaissance Festival

Friday, October 29, 2004 01: 00 AM

Knights of the Round Table Photography. And in other news -- Fenway Park hosted its annual renaissance festival last night.

Boston Abductions

Friday, October 29, 2004 12: 47 AM

Boston Abductions Photography. Alien abductions rampant following Red Sox victory in Boston.

Map of Creativity

Thursday, October 28, 2004 06: 27 PM

Map of Creativity Infographics. Via Kottke.

Bush's One-Fingered Victory Salute

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10: 34 PM

Bush's One-Fingered Victory Salute (QT Movie) Uh...so...uh...yeah. Most likely from the Texas days...but you have to wonder... do we really want him leading the free...oh never mind. Via Airbag.

The Michael Vick Experience Commercial

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 06: 01 PM

The Michael Vick Experience Commercial Bottom left link on the page. Saw this commercial the other night -- great combination of ideas, well done. Via K10K.

Airline Safety Procedure Video

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 05: 35 PM

Airplane Safety Procedure Video (QT, 8 MB) Infographics. Robert Fenwick adds a healthy dose of realism to the classic airplane safety card. Via K10K.

Domino Artwork

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 05: 10 PM

Domino Artwork Design. PDF instructions show you how to make your own. Pretty amazing. Via BoingBoing

iPod Ashlee Simpson Karaoke Edition

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 03: 28 PM

iPod Ashlee Simpson Karaoke Edition Funny. Greg presents an innovative new product. Via Airbag

U.S. Census Bureau Maps

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11: 59 AM

U.S. Census Bureau Maps Infographics. Purrrrrty colors. Via Assemble Me.

iPod Photo

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 12: 46 PM

iPod Photo Technology. I see holiday spending money slipping from my grasp. Apple is keeping the upgrade cycle just fresh enough that you almost hesitate to lock in at a certain time. iPod leasing anyone??? Via Brett.

The Car Blog

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11: 36 PM

The Car Blog launches. Design Case. Business Case. Design. Via whitespace.

Morgue File

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 09: 01 PM

Morgue File Photography, Design. Free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use. Via datacloud

Convention Words

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 08: 40 PM

Convention Words (reg. req'd) Infographics. A bit dated, but still interesting. Via Collin vs. Blog

JustBlogIt

Monday, October 18, 2004 04: 34 PM

JustBlogIt with a simple right-click. Technology. Right click blogging tool for Firefox. Via Brett.

Program From European Media Art Festival (PDF)

Tuesday, October 12, 2004 04: 10 PM

Program From European Media Art Festival (PDF) Infographics. Clean, inspiring layout of information. Via EMAF

ABC News Redesign

Monday, October 11, 2004 04: 24 PM

Behind the ABC News redesign. Design. Via Airbag

Rock & Roll Timeline

Monday, October 11, 2004 04: 10 PM

Rock & Roll Timeline Infographics. "The Visual Timeline - an interactive, animated compendium of rock and popular music history. Via InfoDesign.

Dropload

Monday, October 11, 2004 04: 09 AM

Dropload Technology. Need to pass along that 100MB file to a friend? Dropload is your answer. Via delicious

Skinning Gmail With Custom Stylesheet

Friday, October 8, 2004 12: 23 PM

Skinning Gmail With Custom Stylesheet Technology. Design. Fun with Firefox and Gmail. Via del.icio.us

Color Schemer Studio OSX

Thursday, October 7, 2004 10: 50 PM

Color Schemer Studio OSX Design. I just fell hard for this little shareware app for brainstorming color palettes. Via Airbag.

Rate My Network Diagram.com

Thursday, October 7, 2004 11: 31 AM

Rate My Network Diagram.com Infographics. Sort of a Is My Diagram Hot or Not. Via Photo Matt

Jupiter Project Management Tool

Thursday, October 7, 2004 10: 18 AM

Jupiter Project Management Tool Technology. Nathan @ Playgroundblues built this web-project project management tool from the ground up in two months. Nice work.

An Introduction to Using Patterns in Web Design

Tuesday, October 5, 2004 04: 44 PM

An Introduction to Using Patterns in Web Design from 37signals Design. Via del.icio.us

Map: Bicycle Riding Options in NY (Reg.)

Tuesday, October 5, 2004 11: 41 AM

Map: Bicycle Riding Options in NY (Reg.) Infographics. Via Veen > Glowlabs > NY Times (Reg.)

WPS1 Art Radio

Monday, October 4, 2004 04: 23 PM

WPS1 Art Radio Design. "WPS1 presents a daily, 24-hour stream of music, talk and historic spoken-word programs focusing on contemporary art, music and literature from around the world." Via Oct/Nov issue of Dwell Magazine

Iraq: Mapping 2,368 Attacks in 30 Days

Sunday, October 3, 2004 11: 09 PM

Iraq: Mapping 2,368 Attacks in 30 Days from NY Times Infographics. Amazing look at locations and types of attacks in Iraq. Via Metafilter.

1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption

Friday, October 1, 2004 06: 39 PM

1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption Graphic Infographics. Via Seattle Times

Unicode Charts

Friday, October 1, 2004 04: 53 PM

Unicode Code Charts Infographics. "These charts are provided as a convenient online reference to the character contents of the Unicode Standard." Some interesting character sets in there. Via a Google search.

Anatomy Of A Volcano

Friday, October 1, 2004 04: 43 PM

Anatomy Of A Volcano Infographics. Via CNN.

Bullet Madness ★ free bullets project at stylegala.com - a fine css resource

Friday, October 1, 2004 01: 54 AM

Bullet Madness - free bullets project Design. "Download 200 free bullets at Bullet Madness". Via Giant Ant.

Wag The Blog Charts

Thursday, September 30, 2004 09: 53 PM

Wag The Blog Charts Infographics. "Research analysis provided here draws from the comments included in over 3.5 million weblogs." Interesting application of technology in monitoring and graphing the pulse of the bloggin community on the election. Via CNN.

Stephen Colbert's Guide to Dressing and Expressing Like a TV Journalist (PDF) Infographics. "Though fancy journalism schools will tell you otherwise, all you need to be successful in the world of television news is a rudimentary understanding of fashion and six different facial expressions. Oh, and a crippling need to be liked." Via The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents: America (The Book)

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