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Why Merlin Mann (Whom I’ve Never Heard of) is a Complete Jackass

Metafilter comment on someone called, “Merlin Mann,” who had been declared a “complete jackass” upthread:

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What I really liked about this whole business is when I visited the MetaFilter thread, the first advertisement I saw was something along the lines of “Organize and simplify your life with these simple steps! Click here for more!”

Irony. It’s like cream cheese or blue jeans: arguably goes with everything, except for some things.

Grizzly Bear + Fuzzy Feelings + Tracy Morgan waving his hand in front of Stevie Wonder’s face = Best commercial of the Super Bowl.

Jaded zombies acted quietly but kept driving their oxen forward.
Oxen-driving zombies? Best. Pangram. Ever.
Nothing is as depressing as a badly placed “X,” a gesture better reserved for extreme games and products, for bad dot-com era start-ups and for strip-club dancers not named Destiny.
Brand New, on Comcast’s recent announcement to rebrand as “XFINITY.”

It is also the most inconspicuous use of Flama (more specifically, Flama condensed) that I’ve ever seen. They took a bold, contemporary typeface and used it in such a way that it may as well be Trade Gothic.

Brand New

Incredibly (or scarily) well-versed typography buffs are my kind of people.

"The DJ Auteur," by Chuck Klosterman »

I’ve been reading up on my favorite musical personality, lately, and discovered this gem by the widely-admired writer about the aforementioned idol.

Someone Call A Doctor. Photo-manipulation, 2010.

There is very little left for me to do here.

Someone Call A Doctor. Photo-manipulation, 2010.

There is very little left for me to do here.

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Jay-Z/Danger Mouse (The Grey Album) - Encore

The answer is yes, I do in fact have enough balls to include a Grey Album track on the follow-up to The White Boy’s Beat.

High-Court Hypocrisy »