Introducing Coup De Quill

It’s with great pleasure that I introduce you to Coup De Quill, a new book review blog.
It’s still pretty young, but Quinn is hard at work building up an archive. She doesn’t pull punches, but by and large you can expect her not to waste your time with a book unless she would recommend it. [...]

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On Graphic Design

Having done graphic design, even for a company which respected my opinion far beyond my experience, I have to say that this video is spot on.
I know you can’t please all the people all the time, but thats what you have to try to do. It usually falls short of it’s potential.

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A Little Giggle For You

For those who aren’t familiar with it, 4chan is an English language image board. In short, a bunch of anonymous people posting pictures of anything and everything.
Yeah, it gets a little nasty, and a little rude, but mostly it just lolz.
Here’s a pretty good taste of it.

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On The Boundaries Between Friendly Borrowing And Theft

About two weeks ago, I was looking for a good goat image to use in Etchstar’s custom image engraving service. (A gift for a friend, if you were wondering.) Thumbing through Google’s image search, I learned an unsettling truth: many goats are ugly, and those unfortunate goats who aren’t, have ugly pictures taken of [...]

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350.org

And I’m back!
Today, I’m here to help spread the word about 350.org. They’re message is simple but also surprisingly hard to get out: We need to reach and maintain an atmospheric carbon dioxide level of 350 parts per million in order to have a healthy and stable planet on which to live. Current, the level [...]

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Fun Friday: l33tn3ss Edition

If you can read this without the translation, you really need to get a life (I almost managed it). Honestly, if you can understand the translation I would worry a little.
Here is a video of an adorably lazy little machine.
A little proof that my choice of “fine arts” isn’t so bad, in the form of [...]

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Fun Friday: Little Green Men Edition

Inspired by recent evidence that Cheney has “special friends”, which may be the most silly and also awesome thing I’ve seen in a while, today’s Fun Friday will be alien themed! (Only thing that could make me like that photo better? The Cheney ordered cover-up I expect to follow.)
Not sure if they’re acting with Cheney’s [...]

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Fun Friday: Random Edition

Lots of fun links today. But first, a serious note:
Emos in Mexico are in danger. Wow, honestly, never thought I would be writing that.
Cuteness chaser, from a blog called “Little Four Eyes.” I imagine (or would think, anyway) that not that many people’s toddler’s need glasses, but boy is her daughter cute.
Chad hates aliens, and [...]

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Fun Friday: Blog Edition

I like to give other blogs their time in the spotlight, and there are a few that need attention.
Fail Blog.
What White People Like.
And to go completely off topic…
Alanis Morissette singing a version of the Black Eyed Peas’ song My Humps.

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Building Rapport

Joel Falconer at Life Hack recently offered some tips on building rapport. This is an area that I could stand to make some improvements in my own life. Being able to engage strangers in conversation can come in handy frequently (applying for a job, meeting new members of the opposite sex, etc). Here’s what Joel [...]

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