From scratch, installing Lion: One reboot, one update package, one more reboot, and Safari opens with no bullshit. Windows 7: Two hours, four reboots, and updates that prevent me from shutting the laptop, two more reboots, and IE opens with TWO TABS full of random bullshit.

Truly, I'm just a sheep who doesn't appreciate what Microsoft has to offer.Brandon Matthews

this crawler town has been making its way around the internet, and I have to share it:

look through the set at the detail built into the thing, from the hangar's lights to the vegetable garden, even ongoing construction:

it's truly epic

every time I visit a page by Panic, I am impressed by its design.

this blog post about blue moons is not only an informative yarn, it's also beautiful. the paperclips, the blueprint paper, the snippets — even the comment bubbles and comment form. sublime.

Cindy's mom is really into Scrabble, so it didn't surprise me when we moved into our new place and a box produced these magnetic letters. what did surprise me was how useful they are to have around.

Kiel Johnson's Cardboard Twin Lens Reflex Camera Time Lapse from Theo Jemison on Vimeo.

screw the sculpture, the video is the real piece of art, the sculpture the end result. the restful 1x portions of Kiel just inspecting or playing with a part he's just completed are a beautiful mechanic.

I love this video by Jarratt Moody. if you haven't seen it yet, try it out. audio track from Pulp Fiction, filled with cursing:

today I ran into this gem, and it turns out that it's from Causes! they're good people (Brad works there), and I highly recommend using them when you feel like supporting a cause. like this one, featuring Harvey Milk:

I was really looking forward to Finer Things in Mac, but lately the information that's shown up there has either been something I'd get from Mac OS X hints or underinformed tidbits (that readers wind up correcting, though many remain errant). occasionally, you find a gem.

despite my high hopes, it failed to beat my signal to noise requirements. maybe my parents will find it useful.

I have a thing for well-made commercials, ones that are more art than advertisement.

it's too bad the car is so ugly at the end of such a beautiful commercial. maybe the advertiser should have some input into the car design process; Saab makes solid cars, but they've never been the easiest on the eyes.

I love what Google has done.

Search surprised the world (or at least Yahoo!), GMail turned the world of webmail upside-down, Maps effectively launched web2.0, and part of their success has been their spartan yet functional design. I like it, but for a company focused on engineering, the various apps' interfaces (Mail, Voice, Reader, Calendar, for today's example) all differ from each other in noticeable and annoying ways.