Design Thoughts
10-09-07 | How to Set Up Custom Wordpress Category Templates in Four Easy StepsSo you want Wordpress to style posts from different categories in different ways, but don’t know how? This tutorial explains how to set up custom category post templates in four simple steps.
08-23-07 | 8 HTML Email Tips I Wish I’d Known SoonerDesigning HTML Email can be tricky, ugly, and messy. Here are 8 tips for doing it right.
05-18-07 | Eight logos that suckA critical look at eight well-known logos that bug the hell out of me
05-17-07 | Like Iron Chef, but for web designers“The concept is simple. Web teams take each other on, at the same location, to build a complete website in 24 hours. No excuse, no extensions, no budget overruns…”
05-09-07 | One Designer. Five Questions.Just think of me as the lost 36th designer…
04-20-07 | Monsters, mess-management, and music: How I get things doneMore than you could ever want to know about how your friendly neighborhood poker-playin’, mashup makin’, dog-walking designer gets things done.
03-24-07 | Cool ad! You’re fired…Phil de Vellis remixed a classic 1984 Macintosh ad with video from Hillary Clinton’s web site. Too bad millions of people liked it so much. Otherwise, he might still have his day job.
03-07-07 | Five thoughts about the USA Today redesignUSA Today relaunched it’s site with a ton of new interactive, community features. Is that a good or bad thing? Five thoughts on the matter.
03-02-07 | Obama’s LogoBarack Obama’s logo is one more reason to like the guy.
Other thoughts
02-19-08 | Forty (and counting) energy drinks reviewedI’ve tried more than three dozen different energy drinks: the good, the bad, and the undrinkable. In the interest of public service, I rank them for you.
10-02-07 | Big in Italy… sort of…It took a while, but someone from the old country noticed one of my bootlegs.
09-06-07 | The 11 Most Overrated Movies of All TimeEleven movies that aren’t as good as you remember them.
07-05-07 | “Dramatic Look” Prairie Dog: Evolution of a Web MemeHow a funny-looking Japanese prairie dog became the latest, biggest web celebrity
05-14-07 | The Ten Best TV Shows of All TimeNo, Sopranos isn’t the best show in TV history. It’s good, but it just barely cracks my top ten.
04-04-07 | Big in JapanMy Justin Timberlake/Kraftwerk mash-up got some love from Japan
03-14-07 | Eight cool and three lame things I discovered at SXSW ‘07SXSW Interactive is a great place to discover interesting new stuff. It’s also a good place to discover stuff you’d rather never see again.
03-08-07 | mattmedia 3.0Say goodbye to the flash-based clunker I had before. Say hello to an accessible, dynamic, CSS-based mattmedia. I’ll miss my bouncy sound effects, though.
03-04-07 | SXSW-boundI’m heading back to Austin for the third time in four years. It’s safe to say that without SXSW, I don’t think I’d have the job I do now.
Quick lnks you don't really need
The Manning/Tyree Superbowl Helmet Catch… as recreated in TecmoBowlJapanese Spider-Man. Just like our Spidey, except somehow, there’s a giant 20-story tall flying robot involved.
Dogs don’t have good poker faces
This is cool and all, but I’m going to teach my daughter-to-be how to sing “Sucker MC’s”…
Giant robot spiders have arrived. Hug your families tonight… It’s all over soon.
A roller coaster tycoon tragedy. (No actual thrill park guests were harmed in this simulation)
Beware: Old Lady with an Axe
Take that, Fifi. A beagle won Westminster!
Evolution of the Google Logo.
Another X-Files movie?
The Wire is the best show on TV. Catch what you missed in the first four seasons in four minutes.
Wow. I miss having skills.
“Naw… I’ll leave these on…”
My dreams has been answered!!! A robot that can serve toast.
Do iPods lead to a surge in urban crime?
What the Appalachian Trail looks like when humans aren’t looking
This seems so unfair, but the Dog wins in the end.
Best Flash game I’ve seen in a while: A Walk In the Park
Whistling puppy. Skills.
An old Dungeons and Dragons ad. It seemed cooler at the time.
Cuban bananas storm the beaches of Amsterdam
Wild Boars terrorize China
Goat thief ordered to apologize
I may have found this year’s Halloween costume….
Star Wars trumpet performance. When it gets to about 1:45, it goes to 11.
Pulp Muppets. Honeydew is a bad MF.
First McDonald’s commercial. I’m not going to sleep well tonight.
6-year-old tries to drive grandmother’s car to find chicken nuggets
Ostrich murderer goes to jail.
“you have a family, and they love sour cream just as much — if not more — than you do”
Even Jackie Chan thinks the Rush Hour movies sucked
Austian judge declares a chimp is not a person. Tell that to Bubbles!
America has a new world champion of grits
Pigeons a slight favorite over Bengals
Baseball, Soccer? Nah… When I have kids, I want to teach them to do this.
Rescuers save donkey trapped in well. Whew!
Best thing I’ve seen in weeks: Simpsons Star Wars
Swimmers attack shark
The NFL season starts in ten days. It’s time for you to get to know Staley better.
Leona Helmsley left 12 million dollars to her dog. I’d have thought $1 million might be enough, but then, the cost of living in Manhattan is higher than D.C.
Cats can’t surf. Dogs can.
Nice to see one of my favorites movies reduced to 30 seconds, and re-cast with bunnies.
The Nationals may be terrible, but they do have racing Presidents
A tragic day in American journalism: The Weekly World News is coming to an end.
I put my photo into Simpsonize Me and it came back with this. Then I went in and gave it a little help, and finished with this. Come to think of it, I am a bit goofy and cartoon-looking, so maybe neither is quite far off…
They do things differently in Thailand. Hello Kitty as disciplinary action…
It’s official: gestures help people communicate better. And you though us Italians were just wasting energy our animated talking style…
I don’t even really like Family Guy, but this clip makes makes my day.
Man + Lawn Chair + 105 Balloons = A Personal Aircraft
I have no idea what 1-18-08 is, but I can’t wait to see it. Watch the trailer.
Hmmm… I have a meez. I’m not sure I’m really that fidgety, but its kind of cool. Try it out yourself.
It’s official: Party Ben is my hero. Bootleg of the Week: Every Car You Chase.
Buried aliens!?! Sweet. Oh, wait, they’re just tree trunks.
Somehow, I came across this classic Flash cartoon I hadn’t seen in years: We really didn’t get enough of Papu.
Fun with Google Maps: The Tastiest Twelve Places on Earth
Maybe my dog is right to be concerned. Squirrels attack!
Camels stealing cabs
Mark Fiore is the best Flash cartoonist in the business. His latest piece is a classic.
I didn’t think I wanted an iPhone. Then I saw the ads… and the demo…
There goes the neighborhood
Robot lawnmower kills man. This is how it begins.
Mashup of the Month: Falling in September (Beatles v. Earth, Wind & Fire) by Voicedude. Just brilliant work.
I knew it! 38 Percent Of People Not Actually Entitled To Their Opinion
Woman Drinks 12 Diet Cokes a Day. Um… am I supposed to be impressed?
Tecmo Bowl coming back? 2K Football, too? Why not bring back Cyberball?
British Judge: “The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a Web site is”
The Slow Loris has some big hands.
My kind of criminal: Man steals $250,000 worth of Skittles
Puppy or chicken?
Legislators in Taiwan argue over budget, then turn to fists to settle things.
New Zealand honors George, a deceased Jack Russell terrier, with a bravery medal for saving five children. No cats won any bravery medals.
Lost until 2010? So this season was slow, watered-down, and meandering until the last two weeks. ABC’s solution? Stretch out an already convoluted storyline for three more years?
R.I.P. ‘07-‘08 Los Angeles Lakers
Not exactly a “sea monster.” More of a salt-water-taffy snake? See for yourself.
I spoke too soon when I mocked the lack of bee attacks. Not quite The Swarm, but still, a little spooky.
Brazilian Fire Ants are invading Texas. Which reminds me… whatever happened to the imminent killer bee attacks I heard about when I was a kid?
Ever since we saw Uzumaki, a very odd Japanese horror film, I tend to notice spirals everywhere. Apparently, I’m not the only one…
Wow, NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson turned down the chance to be on the cover of Madden 2008. Supposedly, it was because of the money, but we all know it was really about the Madden curse.
NBA referee challenges seven-foot tall player to a fistfight.
Because we could all use some lighter news: A close shave for a duck named “Peepers”
Citigroup is laying off 17,000 people. Meanwhile, they’re paying their CEO $26 million. Oh, and four other Citigroup execs will make between 10 and 17 million each.
The Groundhog is a moron. Early spring?
Finally, you can eat Grover in cupcake form.
Alanis Morissette covers Fergie’s “My Humps.” Canadians are funny.
Yikes. Obama really needs our support.
“Gmail Paper is made out of 96% post-consumer organic soybean sputum, and thus, actually helps the environment. For every Gmail Paper we produce, the environment gets incrementally healthier.”
Dog saves his owner from choking. Show me a cat who can do that.
Wow. Not sure what’s more nauseating: a) Karl Rove dancing; b) Karl Rove trying to beat-box; or c) the audience of reporters and journalists finding this loathsome toad so wildly amusing.
NCAA Hoops? Who cares. Check out the International Beard Championships.
“Cause it’s worn, and it’s torn… and I know that girl’s reborn!”… Baby Got Bible.
Whoa. Turkish Star Wars. Possibly the greatest thing ever created. I don’t even have words to describe this. Wikipedia tries.
The newest Full Tilt Poker ad is brilliant. Just a great, great ad.
Watching George Bush dance is even harder than watching him give a speech
Where can I get a pet lemur?
Japanese Fanta Ads make me happy.
Scott's Ramdom Thoughts podcast rocks my ipod with great stuff he digs up from the mash-up/bootleg community. He featured two of my mashups in recent episodes… Check out episode 37 and episode 32 to hear some of my stuff…
I've designed some animated GIFs now and then, but this thing is insane.
Forrest Gump 2? Seriously? Seriously. Is Titanic II next?
So the Bears stick with Rex, but trade away their best offensive player? Savvy move! Someone please bring me a bucket…
I love those ads, but can the GEICO Cavemen carry a 30-minute weekly sitcom? ABC thinks so.
Science Progress makes a good point in their “Snap Observations” piece about mishandling pathogens. Looks like they actually had good news, for once, about the EPA under Bush.
