If, in some bizarre alternate history, chatspeak abbreviations like “LOL” had become popular long before there were computers and character sets, they might have, over time, become new symbols, like “et” became “&” and “at” became “@”. What might they look like?
An amusing exercise | Typophile via @webponce
Scunthorpe problem
“The Scunthorpe problem occurs when a spam filter or search engine blocks e-mails or search results because their text contains a string of letters that are shared with an obscene word.”
This Wikipedia entry tickled me. via @cdixon
(Source: Wikipedia)
AC Slater taught me everything I know.
(Source: yimmyayo)
Portraits of Australian criminals in the 1920s via @flipper01
In a word, sick.
Ziba for TDK via @nikroope
Ok, so I really don’t want to become the kind of person that posts cat videos, but this is fucking priceless.
(via katebowen)
Projection mapping vs swords. Wow.
Saotome Taichi - Dragon and Peony [早乙女太一- 龍と牡丹 剣舞／影絵] (via @bigspaceship)
Creative Review - Trainspotting’s film poster campaign, 15 years on
A good lesson on why saying no to a client’s direction can pay off.
(Source: yimmyayo)
Bad boyz
Orelha Negra - M.I.R.I.A.M. X Vhils (via @nationstudio)
If you ignore the ponytail and late-80s fashion sense, this is probably one of the best things you’ll see/hear today.
“Having a blog makes you no more a journalist than having an eyepatch makes you a pirate.”
DareDevil & Uri Geller… Strangest Marvel team-up ever? My money is on yes.
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