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Weblog, link-dump, collection of ramblings past, photographically inclined, bilingual, since 2003.

Composé et édité à Montréal par Eric Demay. More +

eric@hippopocampe.org


Links published in July 2006 — Going down ↓ is going back in time.

31 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   It’s Only Beluga or: 26 Attempts to Achieve Happiness. Not alphabet soup. — edemay

31 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   From Director to Dictator: Kim Jong-il on the Art of Cinema. — edemay

31 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   A is for abortion, B is for beaver… The politically incorrect alphabet. — edemay

31 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   60’s Citroen 2cv magazine spreads. Quite typographicaly rich. Notice colours and illustrations as well. — edemay

30 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Piet Mondrian knitted wool shirt on eBay. — jihef

30 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   The nickel pool trick. Something of an instant classic. — edemay

30 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   A bit old but this Bravia advert from Sony is soothing. — jihef

29 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Wiki du jour :Drop City. — jihef

29 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   787 Cliparts video loop. Beautifully done. — edemay

28 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   The 25 Most Important Questions in the History of the Universe. Existential thoughts broken down and conquered! No less. Answers to some really tough ones like “Where Does Nougat Come From?” and “Can a Pregnant Woman Drive in the Carpool Lane?” — edemay

28 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Best thing.info: Which is better? You HAVE to make a choice! — edemay

28 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Cursor kite. Now double click that tree there and drag that bird over to the left. — edemay

27 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Kidz bop adult like in “Since you been gone”. (I have no idea how Dave found this one.) — edemay

27 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Waiter Rant: Daddy’s little girl. I had goosebumps after reading this. — edemay

26 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Electrolux Designlab competition. — jihef

26 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Top Ten Things They Never Taught Me in Design School. (merci John) — jihef

26 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   New Herzog & De Meuron glass cubic pyramid in London. “Kinda makes Steven Holl’s addition to the Nelson-Atkins look sensitive.” — edemay

26 Jul 2006   (7)

¶   Le podcast montréalais shüffle (le dire à la française avec le Ü) couvre trois types de musique: pop, distortion et gros beat. Diffusé sur leur site web ainsi qu’à CHOQ.fm (la radio univresitaire de l’UQAM), le podcast est animé à 3, chacun couvrant un style. Ça fait plusieurs semaines que je l’écoute et conclusion: Pas trop de bla bla + bonne musique émergente variée = podcast love. — edemay

26 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Canadian Tire fait un excellent pas vers l’autonomie énergétique: ils offre maintenant des éoliennes, des panneaux solaires, des batteries et des onduleurs, bref, de tout pour créer un système d’exploitation des énergies douces chez vous. Assez cool merci, CT vient de gagner des points chez nous. Je vais finalement pouvoir brancher mes hangars de plants de pot à St-Constant sans attirer l’attention d’Hydro-Québec. (Via CFD) — edemay

26 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Something you can put on the fridge at work. (via Miss Swiss) — edemay

25 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   Eddie Murphy’s 80s hilarious ice cream skit. I had no idea he could imitate a child so well. Youtube is hosting a bunch of these. — edemay

25 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   “Tartes Gaudet” sur google vous envoie chez nous (en 3e pos.)! Sont pas vraiment bonnes, j’en mange même pu. — edemay

24 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   Dave will be sick and tired of me posting “design stuff” BUT one of my dream jobs is combining typography and film like these guys do so well. — edemay

24 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Meet Dennis Hwang, Google’s frontpage logo artist. — edemay

24 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Somebody’s already thinking about the 2010 World Cup identity. — edemay

24 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Results of the 2006 Key Art (Movie posters and all related movie promoting material) Awards. To me this is MUCH more interesting than the Oscars. — edemay

24 Jul 2006   (3)

¶   The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, Aged 51 1/2 “Dude, I invented the friggin iPod, okay? Have you heard of it?” — edemay

22 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Wiki-du-jour: the turtleneck. — jihef

21 Jul 2006   (2)

¶   Probably the biggest news item this week: THE TURTLES ARE BACK! And it’s looking good! Oh do I feel 6 again. — edemay

21 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   Pees on Earth, a book by Ellen Jong (Category: Photography/Women’s studies/Full bladders). “It is a manifesto for our collective existence, a cry for all sentient beings: I am! I pee!” Take a look inside the book. (J’sais pas si je dois dire Merci Francis pour le lien.) — edemay

21 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Manatee Squash. Lol & cute. — edemay

21 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Photographer Ken Rockwell explains how to do anything photographic. Why pros share everything they know, why your camera does not matter, how to become a professional photographer, and more. — edemay

21 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Jon Stewart on net neutrality. — edemay

20 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Oui, j’ai joué à Comboling pendant 5 heures de suite au travail. Et j’étais payé en plus. — jihef

19 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Momus on The Curse of Storage. — jihef

19 Jul 2006   (2)

¶   Why Can’t I Own a Canadian? — edemay

19 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Japanese domino madness with houshold items. — edemay

19 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Pour les p’tits design-grafik-power qui lisent ce blogue, allez voir les boitiers de disques de musique électronique dans le portfolio de Trevor Jackson. — edemay

19 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Mark Jenkins fantastic street installations. — edemay

19 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Sam Weber Illustration. Spooky nice! — edemay

19 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Top 10 Dumbest Online Business Ideas That Made It Big Time. I wouldn’t exactly dumbest. Maybe “surprisingly simple”. — edemay

18 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Micheal Gondry’s (dir. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind) new picture The Science of Sleep. Full indy! — edemay

18 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   L’ONF a mis en ligne 50 de ses courts métrages animés – dont plusieurs grands classiques canadiens. Pour débuter, je vous conseille The Cat Came Back, The Sweater et Neighbours/Voisins. (via drawn.ca) — edemay

17 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   Play Pumps: a social and ecological design solution for clean water in developing countries. — jihef

17 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   This to that. Because people have a need to glue things to other things. — edemay

17 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Constructed of durable closed-cell foam and is only 50 pounds and 11⁄4” thick, The Watermat supports up to 1,500 pounds on the surface of the water. — edemay

17 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Delivery of your design input for the day. 3 beautiful, impressive and forward thinking portfolios of 3 design firms: Duck young kong (à voir: mostly the seductive consumer products), Gro design (à voir: appliances that look like furniture) and Peter Buchanan-smith (à voir: 3 vintage covers). — edemay

16 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   Vidéomusique : une sélection de vidéoclips en présentation au Musée des arts contemporains. N’emmerdez pas les libraires qui travaillent en face : ils feront de vulgaires commentaires au sujet de votre personne. — jihef

15 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Living Shadow Dances on Giant Electric Sign : un certain entreprenneur avec pignon sur rue au coin de Ste-Catherine et St-Laurent s’en est clairement inspiré. — jihef

15 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   You Work For Them is having a design book sale. — jihef

14 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Visual complexity explores the mapping of complex networks. Étaler graphiquement de l’information comme ça, je trouve ça beau beau beau. La plus récente étude en primeur est celle des passes effectué lors de la coupe du monde de foot. “This network shows the passes from every player to those three team-mates he passes to most frequently. Strength of arcs displays the number of passes. Size of nodes displays the influence (flowbetweenness) of a player.” (Via Kottké) — edemay

13 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Best of craigslist. You’ll have enough for the day with this. — edemay

12 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Wiki du jour: Dixie Square Mall – part of your post-suburban landscape. — jihef

12 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Bush: “Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over. Dave says: “This Onion article was publised in 2001, with Bush just coming into the office. It’s quite a remarkable read because it is so accurate. Must post.” — edemay

12 Jul 2006   (2)

¶   Grups: Everybody wants to be 22. (Langelier en a parlé y’a quelques semaines lors de sa dernière chronique avec Bazzo.) — edemay

12 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Todays topic: infrared photography. First, get intrigued with these beautiful IR landscapes. Then, wonder and wish you understood the science that makes IR photography so special. Finally, after grasping the concept, daddle and don’t get any work done by searching flickr for photos and groups related to IR photography. — edemay

11 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Zidane World Cup Headbutt Animation Festival. Y’a t’il un nom pour ce (nouveau) phénomène? J’imagine qu’on peut le comparer à comme faire des drôles de moustaches et des cornes de démons sur les photos de politiciens sur la page couverture d’un journal. Mais y’a qqch dans la vidéo-internet-média-nouvelle-culturepop… — edemay

11 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Résoudre vos p’tits casse-têtes Sudoku avec un tableau Excel. Le Times offre apparemment une bouteille de champagne à celui qui envoie le résultat du Sudoku quotidien avant midi… — edemay

10 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   The 108 winners of the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). — edemay

10 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   YouTube: The world’s most dangerous comic act. Je vous laisse la surprise. — edemay

9 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   How To Be Sarcastic. — jihef

8 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Interview with Motorola’s design director about process of creating new models. — edemay

8 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Kawaii Not: the webcomic for cute gone bad! — edemay

7 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   Creasley comics present Cox & Combes’ George Washington. “I heard that motherfucker had, like, 30 god damn dicks. Washington… Washington…” — edemay

6 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Des fois, internet. Comme Phil y dit: OMFG. — edemay

6 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Area homosexual saves four from fire. The local hospital has announced plans to rename its burn ward “The Kevin Lassally Gay Burn Ward.” (thanx davey) — edemay

6 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   Add this to your bookmark bar: Inquisitor searches the web instantly as you type. The abiliy to search other sites like flickr or amazon is quite a feature. — edemay

6 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Modern Living’s neurotica series. An old classic worth checking out again. — edemay

5 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Crate Tetris installation. — edemay

5 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Comment devenir un Dj à succès. — jihef

3 Jul 2006   (1)

¶   Dave veut que je publie des liens plus légers en terme de contenu. Voilà. — edemay

3 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Beautiful Decay has some fucking glorious t-shirts. — edemay

3 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   When the dust gets thick on the back window of his Mini Cooper, Scott Wade uses it as a canvas to create temporary works of art. — edemay

2 Jul 2006   (0)

¶   Wiki du jour: Transatlantic Tunnel. — jihef