Sex, Money, & Power open

I missed posting this the other week… the open for our current series, Sex, Money, & Power. All and all I’m happy with how it came out. The goal was to convey the brash nature of the series and heavily imply the fact that we’re really putting it in your face, while at the same time honoring the look we’ve established with the mailer and logo. There are two cuts, a full length and a short version.

Sex, Money, & Power Open (full version)
Sex, Money, & Power Open (short version), used the second week before the Peditra video

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Surf & Turf

Surf & Turf

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Last night, Meg and I had a date night planned. But since we’ve been going hard all week and running errands most of Friday, we decided to make it a cook-at-home date night. Mmm… NY Strip (on sale at Publix, go get you some) and shrimp.

We also caught up on Scrubs and The Office from earlier. I gotta say, I wasn’t fully impressed in either of the post Writer’s Strike debuts. Hopefully they’ll warm up their brains and start turning out some more magical shows in the upcoming weeks.

Yes and No.

Yes (very creative) and No.

Rhodia

You know I love my Dot Grid Book from Behance, and I’ll probably keep using them. But as soon as this one is used up (about 10 pages to go!), I’m going to try out a Rhodia. I mean, they’re orange, they look like they’re from the 70s, and the graph paper is apparently purple.

I’m really psyched. The pair should arrive next week (one 8.5×11, and one 6×4).

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Would it be too much to order pencils, too? I didn’t, but maybe I should.

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G and the giant lolipop

G and the giant lolipop

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The other day, I brought home some sticky, sugary surprises for the kids. Yeah, that went very well.

Twitter

Here’s my current “state of the Twitter.”

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Dreamers Ink Aesthetics

Good, good stuff over at Dreamers Ink Aesthetics.

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Didn’t realize these still existed

Didn’t realize these still existed

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I didn’t realize these still existed. Reminds me of 1983.

Steel

Steel

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So, this little building project we have going is starting to take off. The guys have been catching b-roll on it religiously.

Perry has a little update on the state of things here.

I need to make sure my son doesn’t sneak out and take over use of the crane. With his recent track record, I wouldn’t put it past him.

Origami Jumping Frog

Another reason to carry around a Hipster PDA. How to make an Origami Jumping Frog.

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Camera, Open-Source

As a lover of modifying just about anything, I was intrigued by this firmware mod for Canon cameras (I have an SD1000). It appears you can temporarily overwrite the firmware and gain access to deeper features not intended to see the light of day. Cool.

In practice, I don’t think I know enough about cameras to pull any great elements out. I guess I’ll have to had it to Will to show me how to make it more exciting.

Sunday afternoon.

What, you took a nap on Sunday afternoon? You watched a movie, or TV, or played Wii? Not this guy, no sir, I was cuttin’ some grass.

Insert obvious iPod / sound reducing earmuffs joke here.

Yes and No.

Yes (great campaign) and No.

Yes and No. (ready)

Yes and No (to only be outdone by Testamints, which I believe are still on the market).

twitter wallpaper

I’m loving this. It graces my desktop at the house.

Vintage logo book scans

Take a look at these Vintage logo book scans from 43folders.com. Love it. Makes we feel the need to redesign, to put thought into it, and to find something that sticks.

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Megret / Review

Hey AV Club readers. I have a favor to ask. I don’t normally ask anything from you, so I hope you’ll entertain me on this one. My wife is hosting a contest whereby she gets products from a company, reviews them, and then gives it away. Various people send her things to review. How cool, right?

Anyway, the normal channel she uses to promote her giveaways is unable to advertise this giveaway. So she won’t disappoint her sponsor, would you guys mind dropping by her blog and reading the review. Then, please enter the contest so that things get interesting.

Thanks, that means a lot.

Yes and no

Yes and no.

Javan Ivey

Javan Ivey has a great piece (includes a “making of”). Go watch, you’ll appreciate. I love organic, non-computer generated imagery, and this technique tops it. Well realized.

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Nasonex bee working for Lucado?

Nasonex bee working for Lucado?

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I can’t be sure of this, but I’m 99% convinced that the Nasonex bee is working for the children’s Christian DVD industry.