maybe they'll take down the world's worst piece of signage now

the sound of ray davies applying for a job at the radiophonic workshop

i now have a reason to go to seattle

a gift shop that doubles as a history of graphic design

the numerals section is fascinating

the sound of eight confused men getting paid and then...

many personal favorites on this list

there's something almost charming about the early days of computer viruses

ian bogost on nintendo's embrace of fractured attention

nifty parallel between birth years and pin prevalence

luma key magnificence

lovely compilations

adorable and ridiculous

nobody knows

they knew how to make music television back in the day

“old fashion’ but good”

dearest delia

the essential incidentals

metroid meets oxyd

manhattan in 1820

and the boys say ‘hey goo, what's new?’

the octopus unfurling

i'm guessing the Infinite Jest character's name was no coincidence

my favorite is the 1766 manila variation

when legends gather

“Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.”

the map is not the territory

equal parts corman and eames.

quite soothing

between the use of ‘strikes’, ‘matrices’, and the origin of the ‘K’ in CYMK, early color process nomenclature is suspiciously similar to printmaking/type-design jargon.

“No advertising, no support, no bug fixes, payment in advance.”

from scratchy feedback into muffled rumbles

still $5 (postpaid)

all my somerville-era hobby horses in one place

like an east coast bradbury bldg.

breaking bad brought me here

“ulp”

reputedly (and conceivably) dfw's testimonial 

fantastic explanation of overtones vs timbre

i remember being surprised when the title screen's music switched from being atmospheric rumbles to a proper song about 30 seconds in.

kilimanjaro simile intact

in alameda

multiple neat ideas (and a dramatic ending) marred by raggedy collision detection

norbert & me

phenomenology, doolittle

“Everything I do, I got a reason.”

drake's accountant

just one guitar

when los angeles's urban planning was at the burning man level