Big Captions, Even Bolder People

This could potentially be my new favorite blog. Big Captions; where jokes and statements are made using typography.

Charlotte Tolhurst’s Egg Sandwich Recipe

Food photographer-cooks. We need more of them. They're like Picasso's... armed with pastry buns and spoons. 

• 1 egg
• 5 hand cut slices chorizo (about 5mm or a little less than 1/4 inch thick)
• A hand full of rocket
• A little olive oil
• Pesto stuffs

Fry the chorizo in a hot pan with a little oil - not too much as the chorizo will produce its own oil. When the chorizo is starting to crisp up move to the side of the frying pan and fry your egg until the white is cooked through and the yolk is still runny.

Slice open a ciabatta roll and fill with the chorizo then the rocket and top with the egg, finishing with a drizzle of pesto. Yum.

Miike Snow Does It Again

I wish I could grow a beard as a kid. Beards bring so many awesome perks. Like the ability to shoot lasers and throw parties.

Gozu Review

Only Takashi. While I'm on my surreal horror spree, I stumbled upon this inconceivably ridiculous piece of cinematic deconstruction set in a homosexual love story played out against a self-aware purgatory-like town in the middle of nowhere. Gozu is rife with jarring shifts from parody to horror and eventually freewheels into a deranged ending that'll leave you scratching your head and questioning your Freudian beliefs. If ridiculous gangster theatrics, role playing, and gender metamorphosis is your thing, feel free to explore this existentialist piece. 7.1/10.

Noroi Review

Simply put, Noroi is like the Blair Witch project if it were made by a paranoid paranormal investigator that eventually gets himself killed by committing to a series of senseless, stupid actions that literally sets him up to get destroyed from every angle. Sound familiar? Well, it's definitely recycled, alright. It's also slow, boring, and completely not interesting. There's some promising moments, but your time would be better spent feeding pigeons bread to annoy your neighbors than wasting 2 hours plus away at this disappointing excuse for Japanese horror. 3.9/10.

Eames is Gold, Man

Got burnt today. Crisp. But being able to see (and sit in!) so many vintage Eames pieces offered at the Alameda Antique Faire today... made it all worth it.

Ageable Goods

There's something utterly irresistible about goods that age with time. Take this leather drafting kit, for instance. It's dead simple, functional as hell, and appears like it was meant to be used for 20+ years without signs of wearing out. If only technology could translate so well...

Get Used to the Seats

Lovin' the simple and modern use of typography style used in this contemporary book storytellin' the college life for incoming freshies.

Too Cool for School

Happy weekend, ya'll. Seems like it's gonna be a good one.

Sebastien Tellier - Look (Dirty Little Secret Remix) (MP3)

New Home This August

It may be quite a stretch to aim for such extravagance in the place I'll be moving into this summer with a small group of young musicians, DJs, and general hipsters, but one can always dream, right?

Getting Hooked

Eco-friendly and handmade in Brooklyn, these Hang Out Hooks by David Zachary are a fitting addition to any home space looking for cheap coat/scarf hooks that sport some mad styles. $18 at the Supermarket.

A Higher Purpose

Reminds me of the stuff we've learned in the history of HCI up until the third wave. Hoping to not make it a trend of having RSA videos every other day, but they inspire so many ideas for my sketch notes that I just can't help it.

The take home message? We need to motivate pay people enough for what they do so that they're not thinking about money. Then, provide them with the following:

Autonomy: Ability to have self-direction.
Mastery: Ability to get better at something.
Purpose: Ability to contribute to something great.