I hate to be a downer, but I can’t help but be tremendously upset by the oil spill in the Gulf. There are reasons to be enraged on a multiple of fronts, but the decimation of our wildlife is especially sad to me. Boston’s Big Picture (a website that captures daily news through photography) posted some terribly sad photos of of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana’s East Grand Terre Island. See more here.
My friend Christie just sent me this. Cute! Happy Friday before a long weekend (YAY!!!!!!!!!)
Maybe I’m into this because it was so damn hot yesterday, but I came across an ad for Friedrich’s Kühl window air conditioner units that are available in a variety of colors and I thought, yes duh, in a world of rainbow colored ipods, laptops, washing machines, cuisinart mixers, etc, why not help that ugly unit fit a bit better in your surroundings? Granted these things are still ugly (and could be designed to be even nicer) I still think it is noteworthy that they created an air conditioner that can entice you with something more than frosty cold air.
This was posted on Gothamist a few days ago, but I just came across is in NY Mag’s Approval Matrix today. Apparently last week at 22nd Street and Fifth Avenue someone painted a line to separate the true New Yorkers from the Tourists. Not a bad idea but the Gothamist goes on to also include people who text and walk as part of the sidewalk annoyances. Guilty as charged.. but at least a keep up my pace!
Check out this awesome illustration on a card my friend Karin found for her husband. Love it! Especially because they are happily married vegetarians and every veggie knows that beans and rice are a staple of vegetarian bliss!
Go to google and help celebrate the 30th anniversary of PacMan. Just hit insert coin to play! The perfect distraction for a Friday!
Late Breaking UPDATE: If you hit insert coin 2x you get a 2 player game with Miss packman!
There has been a bunch of superhero art projects going around lately and now that I’m in nerd training (thanks to Jeff), I’m digging it. Check out these superhero watercolors by Anthony Lister. I’m especially into the Wolverine one because I am in the process of catching up on nerd’ness by watching X-Men movies. If you want to see more cool super hero stuff check out these Mod Hero posters by Josh Rogan . [via Design Crush]
