Tag Archives: Big Words

2009 Mar 16 Monday

NEW MATH by Craig Damrauer

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NEW MATH by Craig Damrauer is a very clever graphic design project that explains our world with arithmetic symbology. View all of the graphics on one page here: ALL – NEW MATH

by Jeff @ 10:29 am

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2009 Feb 26 Thursday

Speech Wars

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Very cool tool that graphs the frequency of words in presidential speeches over time: Speech Wars – State of the Union Addresses, History of Politics

by Jeff @ 6:12 pm

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2009 Feb 11 Wednesday

Pepsi Logo Design Brief: Branding Lunacy to the Max (via Fast Company)

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Turns out I’m not the only one whose mind has been boggled by the new Pepsi logo. A Fast Company article about it showed up in my Gmail “Web Clips” and thus I went down the branding rabbit hole. Here are my findings summed up: A leaked pdf outlines the thinking behind the controversial new [...]

by Jeff @ 1:00 pm

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2009 Feb 06 Friday

Barack’s potty mouth (via April Winchell)

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Ms. Winchell has uncovered some hilarious audio from Obama’s reading of one of his books: Ray, a fellow classmate of Obama’s, was also bi-racial, and also trying to define himself. But what set him apart was his colorful manner of self-expression. Ray cursed like a motherfucker. April Winchell » Barack Obama is tired of your [...]

by Jeff @ 8:50 pm

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2008 Dec 27 Saturday

The Buzzwords of 2008 (via NYTimes.com)

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If political buzzwords in 2008 had a temperament, they would be erratic. But enough already. We’re suspending this story to return to Washington immediately. We’re appointing ourselves “buzzword czars,” bent on putting “strict limits” on their use and proliferation. Politicians discussing the economic crisis will be forbidden from deploying that horribly overbaked “Wall Street vs. [...]

by Jeff @ 2:29 pm

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2008 Dec 23 Tuesday

Y.P.R.: 11 Words That Sound Offensive, But Aren’t

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#1: Shittah Incorrect usage in conversation: “I went to Fenway Pahk yestahday, and had to pay a dollah to use the shittah.” “Pissah!” Correct usage in conversation: “Noah built the Ark of shittah wood, and then packed thousands and thousands of animals into it.” “You’re an idiot.” “I’ll pray for your soul.” Y.P.R.: 11 Words [...]

by Jeff @ 12:23 pm

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2008 Sep 14 Sunday

David Foster Wallace found dead, apparently hanged himself

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I never had the fortitude to slog through one of David Foster Wallace’s epic novels, but according to smart people he was a big deal: David Foster Wallace, Postmodern Writer, Is Found Dead – NYTimes.com

by Jeff @ 12:42 pm

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2007 Sep 13 Thursday

JPG Magazine: Stories: Interview: Clayton Cubitt

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Here’s an article on the photographer most often covered by this blog….. JPG Magazine: Stories: Interview: Clayton Cubitt. It uses the term gesamtkunstwerk so you know it was written inside of an ivory tower by a raven-haired, bespectacled vixen of not more than 46 years of age…

by Jeff @ 7:28 pm

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