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Bookmarks for September 13th

By Ed Fladung | September 13, 2009
  • Maureen Dowd – Boy, Oh, Boy – NYTimes.com
    This basically sums up my thoughts on the vast teabagger of this summer right up to Joe Wilson's douchbaggery – "But Wilson’s shocking disrespect for the office of the president — no Democrat ever shouted “liar” at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq — convinced me: Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it."
  • Mexico Now Enduring Worst Drought in Years – NYTimes.com
    we're definitely feeling the first signs of a drought, here in Nayarit, rain fall is way off. usually we're swimming in rain this time of year. Lately it's been sprinkling every 4 or 5 days. the winter is gonna be rough.
  • Charles Darwin film 'too controversial for religious America' – Telegraph
    "…according to a Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 per cent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution." and ""It is unbelievable to us that this is still a really hot potato in America. There's still a great belief that He made the world in six days. It's quite difficult for we in the UK to imagine religion in America. We live in a country which is no longer so religious. But in the US, outside of New York and LA, religion rules."
  • YouTube – Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper
    DJs, beatmakers and sound sampling peeps check this out before it disappears, a youtube clip that isolates all 4 tracks on the Sgt. Pepper intro. awesome for sampling and cool just to hear/see the tracks isolated.
  • Jordan : History of Flight
    beautifully done artwork and flash site for the Jordan/Nike brand. this site is awesome. as for Jordan sneaks the III, IV and V were my favorites. the rest became too gimmicky. great artwork on that timeline site.
  • Kid Vlogs From Apple Store, We Smell a New Commercial Campaign
    "Kids. They grow up so fast these days, with the Twitter and the MySpace and Tamagotchi and sports drinks. You've gotta hand it to them, though: they've got their technology and they know how to use it.

    Which is why the dense YouTube account of Nicholifavs, filled with a kid who vlogs exclusively from New York City's Fifth Avenue Apple Store, is merely a natural progression in the realm of Things Kids Do Now." via Beau Colburn

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Bookmarks for April 3rd

By Ed Fladung | April 3, 2009
  • designedmemory
    this guy makes intelligent, artful, creative, artistic and subtle flash-based websites. I am in awe. he made the "au revoir simone" site.
  • Au Revoir Simone.
    beautiful site for a great band. magical.
  • BILLY HARVEY MUSIC
    beautiful flash site for a musician. raw and rough on the outside, sweet and spicy on the inside
  • WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE?: Jay Adams is out of jail and online…
    Glen E Friendman has a great post on Jay Adams (dogtown legend). Jay is out of jail and surfing the north shore. Friedman has posted a wide swath of good Jay photos. I love the shot of him and Tony Alva. I'd dig a blog post like this on each of the Z-Boys. This is like a respectful punk-rock version of "where are they now". Friedman would probably unceremoniously disembowel me if he ever read that last bit.
  • Lyndon Wade | Photographer
    great photography. amazing website.
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Bookmarks for April 1st

By Ed Fladung | April 1, 2009
  • How to Write a Professional Biography – Mahalo
    pretty useful article with good, concrete step by step advice. everyone could use a bio refresh!
  • grain edit · House Industries interview
    Great Interview with Andy Cruz, the art-director behind the Alexander Girard series released by House Industries. House Ind. is releasing a Girard type family and in addition to the fonts, they have released new tshirts, a nativity set, alphabet blocks, a children's puzzle, lettering and Marliyn Neuhart designed Casa dolls. Basically, a bunch of cool toys for modernist loving grown-ups.
  • how 2 shoot a water shot and line up shot | on surf photography
    this blog post is schizophrenic. the first part is total crap. i dislike posts like this. there's been a few, recently. instead of giving helpful, clear advice, the synopsis of part 1 is basically: don't ask questions and get a pair of balls and a camera housing and get out into the line-up and don't get in anyone's way. The author's writing style isn't cool in that old-school curmudgeon vibe that you expect from Brewer/Grannis/Servais etc… Part 2 is way better and (gulp!) actually helpful. Alex Laurel's part 2 is down to earth and to the point.
  • Labuat | soy tu aire
    sometimes the internet can show you beautiful things. this is one of those. takes a minute to load but worth every second. delightful.
  • okayplayer – Video: Documentary on Big Daddy Kane
    One of my favorite MCs growing up. this a 17 minute doc following a true legend of hip-hop. worth a look. incidentally: why does he look like Ghostface's older brother?
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Bookmarks for March 20th

By Ed Fladung | March 20, 2009
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Bookmarks for March 16th

By Ed Fladung | March 16, 2009
  • The Charreada (Mexican Rodeo) « license to Still
    local vallarta homie, oregonian transplant and nasty lensmen Nate Cordova has some sick photos up on his newish photography blog from a three day charro rodeo event in Vallarta. Not your average shots. His compositions and skill in editing his picks is amazing. Peep the "fallen bull" one and just under it, the "pink hooves" one. whoa, nice photos! Go check Nate out and say hi.
  • NAVIS | PHOTOGRAPHY
    gorgeous photography. really nice color work and image treatment. these are actually all digital photos. awesome work!
  • Photo Editor's Corner | SurfingMagazine.com
    Interesting anti-canon rant from Surfing Mag Photo Editor Peter Taras: "I hate Canon. So much in fact that from time to time I write their help desk and just spat "f–k you, f–k you, I hope you guys rot in hell." And I’m generally a happy guy." – I generally agree with his viewpoint. I've had the mirror on my 5D come unglued twice. Each time it's costed me over $200 in shipping fees to repair and takes over a month.
  • Dana Goodyear
    really beautiful minimal website design for New Yorker Mag staff writer and poet. i'm really feeling the handmade approach here. handmade + minimal = super awesome.
  • Flickr and Getty Images Launch Their Flickr Stock Photography Collection | Thomas Hawk Digital Connection
    Thomas Hawk gets down to the nitty gritty with Flickr/Getty collection. good and bad.
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Bookmarks for March 8th

By Ed Fladung | March 8, 2009
  • Saltwater by Carsten Jamrow
    great "on the road" blog by another designer/photographer. occasional surf related photos and lots of urban photog stuff. great style.
  • Bruce Haley's Tao of War Photography
    Bruce Haley is one of the masters of war photo journalism. Here he runs down 63 worrisome/funny/disgusting/hilarious ruminations on death, god, photography, war, famine etc… definitely worth a sunday read. his sense of humor is – how would you say, um "colorful" or better yet "baroque". This guy must be a total trip at dinner parties.
  • SpaceCollective
    stunning web design. well executed. peep the different view modes in "new posts". we're gonna start to see a whole lot more of this kind of thing.
  • World Builder on Vimeo
    stunning short film in which man builds a virtual world using "minority report" style holographic tools for the woman he loves. – awesome. stick around for the ending.
  • Drum Set
    making your own electronic music. total time waster. click the robot head for more fun.
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Bookmarks for March 5th

By Ed Fladung | March 5, 2009
  • Seahuggers: Wood is Good
    Seahuggers has collected all 4 parts of the Tom Wegener / Patagonia film on one page. If you don't know who Tom Wegener is, he makes sustainable wood surfboards and he specializes in making finless surfboards called Alaias, which were the first surfboard planks used by Polynesians to surf waves. Wegener is partly responsible for the Alaia's strong comeback and surfing's renewed interest in alternative materials and shapes.
  • Patagonia – The Tin Shed
    Amazing website documenting all the cool things going on, over at Patagonia. really nicely executed flash website with a ton of video and other goodies. I wonder who created this site. definitely worthy of some heavy time wasting. plus there is a hidden discount code in the site, so keep your eyes peeled.
  • Puerto Escondido Beach Cam Show From Hotel Santa Fe
    did you know that there is a live web cam in Puerto Escondido? file this under: things I did not know.
  • Mark Batty Publisher
    This book imprint publishes some really nice titles. I was turned on to them by the "Mexican Blackletter" book and pleasantly surprised to find all of their titles are just as interesting. a heavy slant towards design, typography and street art. and all of their titles are moderately priced. definitely worth a look.
  • A Photo Editor – PDN 30 Photographers To Watch- 2009
    all the photographs linked up. some insane photography here. prepare to lose valuable work time.
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Bookmarks for January 30th

By Ed Fladung | January 30, 2009
  • The Place We Live
    amazing web presentation of people talking about the neighborhoods they live in. really nicely done interactivity.
  • The Photo Marketplace That Never Launched: Flickr Stock
    awesome article with screenshots of Flickr Stock. I can't believe they torpedoed this project. so dumb. prolly the dumbest thing flickr has ever done – and I love Flickr. there must be some business reason behind it. like dealing with a million people trying to sell their dumb camera phone shots or royalty licensing or payments or something. The getty thing makes me a bit uneasy.
  • FlippingBook
    pretty nicely done flash page flipping thingy. something like 50 Euros.
  • :: The Playlist ::: Will Smith and Steven Spielberg remaking "Old Boy"
    "Spielberg and Smith were operating from the graphic novel source, which, without spoiling things, doesn't feature the absolutely demonic twist of the film, and is considered by manga fans to be significantly weaker than the movie it inspired. In other words, Smith and Spielberg are near-guaranteed to be ditching one of the greatest endings of any recent film in favor of a pedestrian chase story." – in case you haven't seen it, "Old Boy" has one of the rawest, most non-Hollywood endings of any movie I've ever seen. Great film, but definitely twisted.
  • the wonderful world of angie rex
    this blog is super nice for an occasional dose of visual art inspiration. it's curated by Sunshine Fox and has a fashion slant to it, but only slightly so. it's like peeking into where high-art fashion designers get their inspiration. i hope i didn't butcher that description. just got check it out. it's a nice change up.
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